Caregiver to Lastaregatan LSS operations
Kiruna, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Carer/Work supervisor/Residential support worker
Work model On location
Application due date 31 October 2025
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. The goal of the business is for users to feel safe and receive good quality care, the goal is also to help the individual to live like others of a comparable age. The work includes having the ability to meet the individual's needs for guidance and care with respect for self-determination, independence and integrity. The tasks include being sensitive to the users' individual needs, wishes and QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for people who want to work with people with physical, mental and/or neuropsychiatric disabilities. You should have secondary care or child and leisure education with a focus on developmental disabilities, social work or other education with a similar focus. You should be responsible and have a positive mindset and a clear pedagogical approach. It is a requirement that you have experience with the target group. It is an advantage if you have experience of clarifying pedagogy. You show good judgment and understand that you influence the situation yourself when you speak or act. You should be open to new ideas, show initiative, be flexible, have the ability to work in the long term, have good teamwork skills and a professional approach. Very high importance will be attached to personal suitability. You should have good computer skills as we document digitally, as well as your own scheduling. Very great importance will be attached to personal suitability. Criminal record: Prior to 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.