Home-based Personal Care Workers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Home-based Personal Care Workers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 5322) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Home birth assistant
- Home care aide
- Nursing aide (home)
- Personal care provider
Pay in the UK for this job
UK occupation used: Care workers and home carers (SOC 2020 code 6135). Placeivo matched this to ISCO-08 5322 by job title and duties; the UK and international occupation lists do not line up exactly. National figure for the whole United Kingdom, in pounds sterling (GBP), before income tax and National Insurance.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 provisional, Table 14 (occupation by 4-digit SOC 2020): tables 14.7a (annual pay, gross) and 14.1a (weekly pay, gross), full-time employee jobs, United Kingdom. Weekly pay is for April 2025; annual pay is for the tax year ending 5 April 2025, employees in the same job for at least a year. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
UK Skilled Worker visa for this job
This occupation (UK code 6135, Care workers and home carers) is a medium-skilled job. GOV.UK says a new visa for a medium-skilled job is usually possible only if the job is on the Immigration Salary List or the Temporary Shortage List, with their own conditions; some people extending a visa they already hold have different rules. Check both lists before applying. GOV.UK says the lower going rate applies if you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa in certain occupations, or got the certificate of sponsorship for your first Skilled Worker visa before 4 April 2024 and have held one ever since. Going rates are for a 37.5-hour week and are pro-rated for other hours. Placeivo matched this UK code to ISCO-08 5322 by job title; the lists do not line up exactly.
This is a summary of official rules, not legal advice. Rules change and some people (for example those already on a Skilled Worker visa) have different rules. Always check GOV.UK before you apply.
Source: UK Visas and Immigration, GOV.UK tables "Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes" and "Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes", updated 2025-07-22, retrieved 2026-10-15. General minimum salary from GOV.UK "Skilled Worker visa: Your job", checked 2026-10-15.
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Latest home-based personal care workers job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
3,101 open ads- Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
AWO Bezirksverband Westliches Westfalen e.V. · Hamm, Westfalen · Posted 2026-10-18 - Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
AWO Bezirksverband Westliches Westfalen e.V. · Bochum · Posted 2026-10-17 - Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
KWA Stift Urbana im Stadtgarten · Bottrop · Posted 2026-10-15 - Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
H.E.L.P GmbH (Hilfe Entlastung Leben und · Berlin · Posted 2026-10-14 - Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
DRK Kreisverband Worms e.V. · Worms · Posted 2026-10-14 - Care assistant
German title: Betreuungskraft
spp direkt Darmstadt GmbH Niederlassung Aschaffenburg · Bad Kissingen · Posted 2026-10-13
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
3,652 open ads- Golden friend wanted for Bromma
Swedish title: Guldvän sökes till Bromma
Guldtid AB · Stockholm · Posted 2026-10-18 - Become Golden Friend a meaningful and long-term part-time job
Swedish title: Bli Guldvän ett meningsfullt och långsiktigt deltidsarbete
Guldtid AB · Stockholm · Posted 2026-10-18 - Golden friend wanted for Vällingby
Swedish title: Guldvän sökes till Vällingby
Guldtid AB · Stockholm · Posted 2026-10-18 - Group Manager, Assistant Nurse Riddarstensgården
Swedish title: Gruppchef, Undersköterska Riddarstensgården
Humana AB · Lerum · Posted 2026-10-18 - Personal assistants are sought to Gothenburg and the surrounding area, hours - 80%
Swedish title: Personliga assistenter sökes till Göteborg med omnejd, tim - 80 %
Göteborgskooperativet för Independent Living, GIL ek. för. · Göteborg · Posted 2026-10-18 - Personal assistant sought for young man at Hisingen -80%
Swedish title: Personlig assistent sökes till ung man på Hisingen -80%
Göteborgskooperativet för Independent Living, GIL ek. för. · Göteborg · Posted 2026-10-18
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where home-based personal care workers are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all service and sales workers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €510 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Cyprus | Shortage | Not yet verified | Nicosia: €750 |
| Denmark | Shortage | €3,491 a month * | Copenhagen: €1,800 |
| Estonia | Shortage | €1,105 a month | Tallinn: €720 |
| Germany | Shortage | €2,479 a month | Berlin: €1,350 |
| Ireland | Shortage | €3,296 a month | Dublin: €2,000 |
| Netherlands | Shortage | €2,491 a month | Not yet verified |
| Poland | Shortage | €892 a month | Warsaw: €840 |
| Slovenia | Shortage | €1,527 a month | Ljubljana: €950 |
| Belgium | Shortage and surplus | Not yet verified | Brussels: €1,150 |
| Finland | Shortage and surplus | €2,706 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Sweden | Shortage and surplus | €2,906 a month * | Stockholm: €2,100 |
| Austria | Surplus | €2,397 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Czechia | Surplus | €1,124 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Greece | Surplus | €1,166 a month * | Athens: €1,150 |
| Latvia | Surplus | €928 a month | Riga: €870 |
| Portugal | Surplus | €1,014 a month * | Lisbon: €1,400 |
| Romania | Surplus | €767 a month * | Not yet verified |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all service and sales workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for home-based personal care workers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What home-based personal care workers do
Home-based personal care workers provide routine personal care and assistance with activities of daily living to persons who are in need of such care due to effects of ageing, illness, injury, or other physical or mental condition in private homes and other independent residential settings.
Typical tasks
- Assisting clients with personal and therapeutic care needs such as personal hygiene, feeding, dressing, physical mobility and exercise, communication, taking oral medications and changing dressings, usually as per care plans established by a health professional
- Maintaining records of client care, changes in condition and responses to care and treatment, and reporting concerns or providing referrals to a health or social services professional
- Positioning and lifting clients with physical mobility challenges, and helping transport them in wheelchairs and motor vehicles
- Providing clients and families with emotional support and information and advice on topics such as nutrition, hygiene, exercise, caring for infants or adapting to disability or illness
- Maintaining clients' environmental hygiene standards, such as changing bed linen, washing clothes and dishes, and cleaning living quarters
- Providing psychological support to clients such as through conversation or reading aloud
- Planning, purchasing, preparing, or serving meals to meet nutritional requirements and prescribed diets
- Providing support to parents and care for newborns during the postpartum period
- Scheduling and accompanying clients for appointments with medical doctors and other health professionals or performing other errands
Finding home-based personal care workers jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Home care aide".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group. United Kingdom, closest UK occupation: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Table 14 (median pay of full-time employees).
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.