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Teaching Assistant with a Focus on Intellectual Disabilities
Nykvarns kommunStockholms län, Nykvarn
Previous experience is desired
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Come closer - come to Nykvarn Municipality! With nature as a neighbor and the pulse of the city around the corner, approximately 11,500 residents are waiting for you and your contribution to make a difference in their everyday lives. We are a relatively young municipality - drive, responsibility, and a willingness to develop characterize us. Today, we are about 800 dedicated employees, and we need to grow. Are you one of them?
At the education office, we have high competence within the faculty. Together, we take broad responsibility for the quality that truly makes a difference, from the individual to the municipality as a whole. With us, everyone has the opportunity to develop and grow in their role, in line with an expanding municipality. We make decisions with great commitment, based on the reality of a life-changing job!
Furuborg School is the municipality's youngest school and includes grades F-6 as well as adapted primary school. The organization has 380 wonderful students and a dedicated and competent staff.
At Furuborg School, shared responsibility, competence, and engagement are a given. The best interests of the students must always be the focus. We offer a pleasant working environment with good conditions for development in an inspiring setting. We are looking for employees who are engaged, attentive, and enjoy working to develop themselves and others. We see teachers' leadership, attitudes, and competence as important factors for developing teaching.
Teaching Assistant with a focus on intellectual disabilitiesJob ResponsibilitiesYou will work as support for a student who needs to be in an adapted learning environment in our adapted primary school and after-school care. This may involve teaching the student individually, in small groups, and in whole classes. You will have close collaboration with teachers, childcare workers, and special educators. The work involves participating in planning to implement teaching that enables instruction in an accessible learning environment. The tasks also include personal care to meet the student(s) needs for care, such as during meal times and hygiene. You will work with a vacation service, meaning you work in after-school care during school weeks and school breaks.
Additional InformationThe position is 75% permanent and will commence upon agreement.
We require you to present a criminal record extract before employment.
Nykvarn Municipality is a Finnish administrative area, and we consider it an advantage if you speak Finnish.
QualificationsWe are looking for a 75% teaching assistant with experience in adapted primary school. You are driven, engaged, and enjoy collaborating with students in need of extensive special support. We also wish that you have experience working with students with intellectual and neuropsychiatric disabilities. It is advantageous if you have knowledge of sign communication and/or other alternative communication methods.
To succeed with us, you need to be flexible, have good collaboration skills, be attentive, and have the ability to understand other people's perspectives. A secure and stable personality is necessary, as well as having good physical fitness to handle rapid changes and support students with significant care needs regarding meal situations and hygiene. It is also important that you can easily adapt to changing circumstances in the organization.
We place great emphasis on personal qualities.
We see that you have a high school education and good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.
ApplicationInterviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.
We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.
We kindly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.
Read more hereOur website
https://nykvarn.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/kommunen-som-arbetsgivare
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