Care Assistant

You help residents with washing, dressing, meals and moving about, following the care plan and the transfer instruction for each person. You serve breakfast and lunch, support residents who need help to eat, and take part in activities in the common room. Observations go into the care record before the end of the shift, and you hand over verbally to the next team. Shifts are 07:00 to 16:00 and 13:30 to 21:30 on a rolling schedule with every third weekend.

Completed upper secondary schooling, care programme an advantage

Some experience of care work, in a home, a hospital or a family setting

Patience and a calm manner with people who have dementia

Able to use a hoist and follow a written transfer instruction

Willing to document observations in the care record every shift

Willing to work evenings and every third weekend

Swedish at a working level is taught on the job, English B1 to start

Net salary from 2066 up to 2273 EUR per month

Permanent contract under the municipal sector collective agreement

Unsocial hours supplement for evenings and weekends

Occupational pension and insurance through the sector scheme

Paid Swedish language tuition during working hours

Paid training towards the assistant nurse qualification

Work clothing, shoes and laundry provided

Care assistants who complete the assistant nurse programme move to the certified grade, which is a protected title in Sweden and carries a higher rate in the same agreement.

A modern care home with single rooms, ceiling hoists in every room and a staff room on each unit. Gloves, aprons and hand disinfection are supplied, and the home runs a lifting technique course twice a year.