We are Varberg Municipality, an employer that sees the possibilities in you. With us, you'll make a difference, both for others and for yourself. Through knowledge, innovative thinking, forward momentum, and courage, we work together toward our vision of being the creative center of the West Coast. Welcome to join us!
The Social Services Department is responsible for providing support, care, and assistance to people at different stages of life. We work based on the individual's needs and offer services built on several laws, including the Social Services Act (SoL), the Act on Support and Services for People with Certain Disabilities (LSS), and the Health and Medical Services Act.
This may involve providing elderly people with a secure and meaningful daily life, supporting people with disabilities, or being there for children, young people, and adults in difficult life situations.
With us, you will meet each individual with respect and professionalism. We collaborate across professional boundaries—both within our own department, with other parts of the municipality, and with external partners. To ensure quality and development, we actively work with follow-ups, continuous improvement, and digitalization.
Here you make a real difference—every day.
1 position(s).
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Working as a care assistant with us means being an important part of people's daily lives. You will use your compassion and commitment to make a difference every day. We're looking for someone who wants to help create safety, continuity, and quality care for people who need support, whether at home, in special housing, group homes, or in psychiatric social services.
As a care assistant, you provide support with daily living activities for people who need care and assistance. This may include help with personal hygiene, meals, mobility, and creating a meaningful daily life for the service user. The work is based on individual implementation plans and aims to strengthen the individual's independence and participation.
You work closely with colleagues and other professionals, and it is part of the role to document services according to applicable guidelines. The position requires good communication skills, flexibility, and professional conduct—always with the service user's needs at the center.
Work takes place during daytime, evenings, and weekends, depending on the department's needs.
The work may include assignments at other units in the form of resource shifts.
QUALIFICATIONS
To thrive in this role, you need to be confident, have a respectful approach, and want to contribute to a good work environment. You should be thorough, service-oriented, and able to adapt to different people's needs.
The work requires good collaboration skills, but also the ability to take responsibility and work independently. It is important that you are attentive, observant of changes, and can handle both routine situations and more unexpected events in daily work. You need to be able to document according to applicable procedures.
We also see that you have:
- Care assistant training
- Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both spoken and written
- Driver's license (Category B), if required by the department.
Experience from elderly care, disability services, and/or psychiatric social services is an asset.
We believe in a working approach where quality and development go hand in hand—and we would like to see you want to be part of that.
Welcome to apply for the care assistant position and become part of an operation that makes a real difference—every day.
Salary form: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date: 2026-09-14. Start date by agreement.
To ensure your application works correctly in our recruitment system, we ask all applicants, including internal candidates, to use their personal email address when applying.
Varberg Municipality welcomes diversity and sees differences as a strength. We hope that you, as an applicant, can contribute with your background and expertise.
Welcome to read more about what it's like to work with us at: https://varberg.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete/till-dig-som-ska-borja-hos-oss
Before employment, you need to be able to demonstrate that you have the right to work in Sweden, for example through citizenship in the EU/EEA/Switzerland or a valid permit to stay and work here, or an exemption from it.
This position requires a driver's license for both manual and automatic transmission vehicles.We are Varberg Municipality, an employer that sees the possibilities in you. With us, you'll make a difference, both for others and for yourself. Through knowledge, innovative thinking, forward momentum, and courage, we work together toward our vision of being the creative center of the West Coast. Welcome to join us!
The Social Services Department is responsible for providing support, care, and assistance to people at different stages of life. We work based on the individual's needs and offer services built on several laws, including the Social Services Act (SoL), the Act on Support and…