Caregiver for the mobile support team Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Carer/Work supervisor/Residential support worker
Work model On location
Application due date 2 February 2026
Are you the one? For a vibrant Kiruna.
One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we say. We are the caregiver who holds old mom's hand and the teacher who makes little brother read his first words. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support workers who drive to villages in blizzards like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture, inspire, teach, save lives, innovate, move cities, stand up for each other and care for people. With pride and care. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important?
The Social Administration's mission is to meet people's need for security. The administration must work to ensure that the municipality's residents receive social care in various forms and with a special responsibility to safeguard the needs and interests of vulnerable groups. We constantly strive for good quality that benefits the users of our services.
We look forward to hearing from you!
WORK TASKS
The business works based on the basic principles and important starting points of the LSS Act. As a staff member, you will make the users feel safe, involved and independent in their everyday lives by creating a predictable and understandable existence. Together with your colleagues, you work to ensure that each user can make use of their abilities and have the opportunity to develop with the help of clarifying pedagogy and individual adaptations. The work includes providing support in all common chores in a home such as planning, personal hygiene, clothing care, laundry, cleaning, diet, cooking, shopping, finances, medicine, social training, culture and leisure. You are expected to cooperate well with the user's network such as daily activities, trustees and relatives.
Work is scheduled for day/evening and weekend
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for you with a big heart who wants to make a difference and develop together with us. You are curious about people, a problem solver who thrives on challenges and is easy to work with. You enjoy working in a team but are also confident in making your own decisions when the situation demands it. You remain calm even under pressure and show good judgment when dealing with users and colleagues. You are aware that your actions and communication affect the situation and therefore act with respect and professionalism towards the users.
We are looking for you who:
Have an education as a nurse, child care worker or other equivalent education.
- Have an educational and professional approach.
- Is flexible in both thought and action.
- Have previous experience of working in LSS (meritorious).
- Have a good command of the Swedish language, both spoken and written (requirement).
- Have good physical ability and mobility.
- Have a B driving license (requirement).
We attach great importance to personal suitability.
Criminal record:
Before employment, you must present an extract from the criminal record from an unopened envelope. You apply for it on the police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/
OTHER
To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words.
We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure.
We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off.
We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages.
Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting advertisement sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.