Social Pedagogue at Lingenässkolan

Kristianstad Municipality has over 7,000 employees who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. Here you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad Municipality offers several different career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life.

We are looking for a social pedagogue! Do you want to help create the right conditions for a safe school environment for our students in need of support? Then we have the job for you!

Lingenässkolan is a F-6 school that includes both primary school, adapted school, and leisure activities. It is located in the beautiful Lingenäset with nature as its closest neighbor. The core of our pedagogical philosophy: "Here I can be who I am and become who I want to be" should permeate all activities at the school.

Through the school's emphasis on good treatment and an inclusive perspective, as well as teaching based on a formative approach and a language-developing method, we believe that we create a safe school with students who develop towards their goals. The school has about 550 students in primary school and about 30 students in adapted school.

Curious? Read more and welcome with your application!

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a social pedagogue, you will work with practical support for students and guardians. You will identify which students are in need of support and interventions and assist students in both social situations and teaching situations throughout the school day, both inside and outside the classroom, striving to create the right conditions for a safe school environment.

You will build good relationships with both students and guardians and work with motivational conversations with students and advisory and follow-up conversations with guardians. You will plan and implement activities for individual students or in groups based on students' needs, with the aim of promoting safety and study peace.

The work is done in close collaboration with other staff at the school and the student health team. Understanding each other's professional roles is of utmost importance. In consultation with the student health team, you may assist in contact with authorities and external agencies such as the labor and welfare administration, child habilitation, child and adolescent psychiatry, and if necessary, make home visits to reach students who do not come to school. The work can be both physically demanding and psychologically taxing.

QUALIFICATIONS

You who are applying have;

• A social pedagogical degree at least at the bachelor's level (180 credits/120 points)
• Two-year social pedagogical education at folk high school/vocational college
• A degree/pass from an equivalent education from university/college/vocational college that the employer assesses as sufficiently comprehensive.

It is meritorious if you have training in ART - Aggression Replacement Training and MI - Motivational Interviewing. You need to have at least one year of experience working with children and youth. If you also have at least one year of professional experience as a social pedagogue or work within a school, it is meritorious.

Work experience that has involved close contact with guardians is meritorious, as well as experience working with a multicultural target group. We would also like you to have previously worked with individuals with neuropsychiatric disabilities.

You have the ability to choose methods within the pedagogical methods and techniques that the school works with. Experience of innovative learning is meritorious. We want you to have the ability to independently and in collaboration with others act for the best interests of children and students, which you do with respect and openness to different people's life situations and life choices. You have knowledge of work with inclusion and social participation.

Good ability to document and communicate in Swedish, both spoken and written, is required for the role. You are attentive in interaction with different target groups and meet them in a balanced, low-affect, and respectful manner. You also need to have a good ability to guide students based on their experiences and conditions.

In order for us to consider your application, you must attach your diploma/certificate of your completed education. When we want to offer you the position, you will be required to present an extract from the police record to be able to employ you, according to the provisions in Chapter 2, Sections 31-33 of the Education Act.

OTHER

The Department of Education and Training conducts educational activities ranging from preschool to adult education. In a safe, creative, and democratic environment that values the equal worth of all people, we work for learning, knowledge, and care. We are looking for you who want to help shape the future!

In Kristianstad Municipality, we apply full-time for all, which means that all employees with permanent employment have the right to full-time, and part-time is an option. We also apply smoke-free working hours.

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