Social and Health Care Assistant sought for Funder Nursing Home
8600 Silkeborg
- Location
- 8600 Silkeborg
- Company
- Silkeborg Kommune
- Working hours
- Full-time
- Salary level (statistics)
- Avg. approx. 38.697 DKK/month (Statistics Denmark, 2024) — see the salary guide
- Posted
- 5 October 2026
- Application deadline
- 23 October 2026
- Category
- Healthcare assistant
About the job
We are seeking a social and health care assistant for permanent employment with a working time of 37 hours per week. The shifts will mainly be during daytime hours; we work in mixed shifts, with approx. 6-8 evening shifts over 12 weeks. We work 5 weekends over 12 weeks.
Who are we
Funder Nursing Home has 29 apartments, several of which are offered as couple housing. We have a activities staff member employed in the afternoon, close cooperation with the local kindergarten and after-school program, and a Friends Association founded by relatives.
Our house is characterized by our residents experiencing their home as a safe and good place to live – it is the citizen's home, and relatives should feel welcome.
The house is divided into 3 units, where there are modern homey kitchens / dining areas in each department. We have a sensory garden with plenty of flowers, a large garden with a greenhouse.
We look forward to collaborating with you there
- Are trained as a social and health care assistant
- Have an overview in everyday life with a focus on rehabilitation
- Can contribute to lifting and developing the professional skills in the house, in collaboration with our other staff
- Have experience with documentation, and know its importance – we use the care system Nexus
- Consider relatives as important co-players in the residents' well-being
- Can contribute to a good collegial community with shared responsibility that the nursing home is a good place to live, a good place to work, and a good place for relatives to come
- Wish to further develop their professional skills and keep to the core tasks
- Naturally takes on the caregiving responsibilities and is proactive
- Is thorough and follows tasks through to the end
- Is reliable
- Wants to deliver care close to the resident, and think inclusion in all contact with residents and relatives.
- Has good collaboration and communication skills.
- Is open to changes being a part of everyday life.
- Willing to actively participate in activities that bring joy to our residents.
With us you will experience
- Great variety and breadth in the types of tasks
- Close collaboration with our nurse
- Influence in your working life – where ideas are tested jointly
- A varied and sometimes fast-paced daily life with many exciting professional challenges
- Opportunity to have special responsibilities
- A good team collaboration
- A house where residents are at the forefront, and they guide their own lives
- A house where professionalism, closeness, humor, and team spirit are highly valued
- Planned professional forums where we reflect on our profession, and share learning
- At Funder we are several different professional groups working closely together with a focus on professionalism, dignity, and resident involvement.
- Opportunity to feel that our house clearly bears a home-like character
Would you like to know more
You can learn more about the position by contacting the Nursing Home Manager Mette Thornvig at phone number 20586123. We are happy to show you around and offer you a coffee.
Employment from December 1, 2026, preferably earlier if it suits you. Application deadline October 23, 2026. Interviews are held on an ongoing basis and the job advertisement will be removed when the right person is employed.
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If you are recommended for employment in the position, before the final employment agreement is signed, a reference will be sought from your most recent employer and preferably from several others.
When we hire personnel within health and care, it is a condition that the person we wish to hire can present a satisfactory criminal record check
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Social and Health Care Assistant sought for Funder Nursing Home
Silkeborg Kommune · 8600 Silkeborg