Special Educator for Adapted Primary School in Eskilstuna

Are you a driven special educator with a strong focus on students? Are you looking for a meaningful job where you can contribute to both the development of students and the school? Then you should apply for the position with us. We are currently seeking a special educator for our adapted primary school.

As an educator with us, you will work with a wonderful group of students who stimulate the development of your own teaching every day. The adapted primary school in Eskilstuna is locally integrated into two primary schools, Djurgårdsskolan and Årbyskolan. Together, we welcome around 150 students from grades 1-9 with varying degrees of intellectual and physical disabilities as well as NPF diagnoses.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a special educator, you will work alongside another special educator to support our students and staff. You will assist all teachers with adaptations and special support, as well as guide staff on special educational issues. You will conduct assessments, observations, and investigations. In this role, you will also provide special education to students and participate in the student health team. In your assignment, you will collaborate with guardians, habilitation services, and sometimes other authorities. You will help school management identify where resources are needed and how we can improve support for our students. Together with other staff, you will develop the workplace through your ideas and suggestions for improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a trained special educator/special teacher, or who will complete their training shortly. You have experience in guiding colleagues, working with individual interventions, and teaching students with intellectual disabilities combined with other diagnoses. You also have experience leading development work in educational settings. Experience as a special educator or special teacher is a significant plus.

As a person, you are humble, calm, and clear in collaboration with others. You are confident in yourself, express your opinions, and set clear boundaries. You are structured but also flexible and responsive to different needs.

Warmly welcome your application!

The municipality of Eskilstuna has removed the requirement for a personal letter from the application process. We do this to create a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for those applying for jobs with us. Your answers to the selection questions will be an important part of our selection work. Here you can read more about the background to the decision: https://jobb.eskilstuna.se/personligt-brev (https://jobb.eskilstuna.se/personligt-brev)

OTHER

Every day we welcome 18,000 children and young people in our operations. Together, we are about 4,000 employees contributing to ensuring that children and young people are challenged, stimulated, and grow into good learning individuals in our preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, adapted primary school, intercultural unit, and family centers.

Do you want to help lead the way?

We offer a workplace that leads the way in one of Sweden's most sustainable municipalities. Together with competent and engaged employees, you will help develop Eskilstuna through good sustainable meetings, guidance, and service. Through active and courageous employee engagement and a trusting and committed leadership, you will help drive change. You make a difference for people every day.

We welcome employees from diverse backgrounds and work to ensure our workplaces are accessible to all.

The majority of all permanent employees in the municipality of Eskilstuna are placed in crisis management roles. If your position is affected, you will be informed during the recruitment process. This means you have an obligation to serve within the municipality even during heightened preparedness.

During the interview, you will need to verify your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a personal certificate along with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must provide proof of a valid work permit or be exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required under the Aliens Ordinance.

If you have a protected identity, you should apply by submitting your application in writing or delivering it to our reception at Alva Myrdals Gata 3 D. Mark your application with the Recruitment Unit and the advertisement reference number.

In this recruitment, we will ask you to show an extract from the police criminal record before employment.

The position will be filled provided it is not claimed due to redundancy and that necessary decisions are made.