Recreation Leader at Fritid Järva

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Welcome to us

Fritid Järva is responsible for several youth centers, park play areas, and specialized services for children and young people with disabilities.

Our unit is a safe, creative, and stimulating environment where we work to create meaningful recreational activities and meeting places for children and young people. Our activities include, among others:

• Smultronet short-term supervision, a recreational activity in Akalla for young people with disabilities, from 12 years up to completed upper secondary education, according to LSS.
• Electric youth center, which is also run according to LSS, aimed at young people with specially adapted schooling, aged 13–24 years.

We offer a stimulating work environment that promotes diversity, with a strong focus on development through children's participation and influence. By documenting and analyzing our activities, we ensure that we meet the city's goals for qualitative and inclusive recreation for our youth.

We offer

The unit for Fritid Järva offers a developing, stimulating, and meaningful workplace where we value our employees' diversity, competence, and interests. We offer wellness benefits and the possibility of vacation exchange. Read more about our benefits here.

Your role

As a recreation leader, you will work within several of Fritid's activities to:

• Create and lead meaningful activities, workshops, and projects that engage young people.
• Collaborate with other recreation leaders in the unit to create an attractive and varied operation.

The work involves evenings and weekends according to a rolling schedule, as well as during school breaks.

Your role also includes a focus on follow-up and documentation of activities to ensure that we continuously improve our operations and meet the needs of young people.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for someone who is:

• Educated as a recreation leader or has other education deemed equivalent by the employer, preferably with a focus on working with children and young people with disabilities.
• Has experience working within LSS operations, preferably focusing on young people aged 12–24 years.

We consider it an advantage if you also have:

• Experience working with music, art, theater, or music production.
• Experience documenting in the Parasol system and knowledge of sign language communication.
• Experience driving collaboration with external parties, project work, and creating an operation with youth participation.

We see that you have the ability to create a safe, fun, and developing leisure for children and young people, and have a mature approach that helps you see things from their perspective. You are stress-resistant, communicative, and active in your daily work.

Other

We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences requested for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base it on your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position. We wish for you to respond concretely and succinctly to the questions, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period. The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thus counteracting discrimination.

Welcome to Järva District Administration!

To meet today's and tomorrow's challenges, Järva District Administration was established in 2023. In our district administration, we develop support and services focusing on all residents of Järva. Our operations are characterized by collaboration, courage, empathy, and respectful treatment. We strive for open communication and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity and a balanced gender distribution contribute to developing our operations. We hope that you who are applying want to develop together with us.

Here you can read more about Järva District Administration. (https://start.stockholm/om-stockholms-stad/organisation/stadsdelsforvaltningar/jarva/)