Become a Driving Force in Our Team and Promote Positive Development for Every Student!

As a school counselor, your work is crucial in promoting students' health, development, and learning. Through preventive and supportive measures, you contribute to developing positive learning environments and effective pedagogical strategies.

Starting January 1, we are part of Höglandsförbundet, a collaboration between high schools in Eksjö, Nässjö, Sävsjö, and Vetlanda. Together, we work to create a strong and innovative educational environment that benefits our 100,000 residents.

Through collaboration, we offer opportunities to stay at the forefront of both working methods and organizational development. With us, you will be part of an engaged team that is not afraid to test new ideas and ways of thinking.

At Njudungsgymnasiet, we value openness, respect, and a good working environment. We offer a workplace where you can work with socially relevant, interesting, and developing tasks, giving you the opportunity to truly make a difference. With us, you will be part of an exciting journey of change together with our member municipalities, associations, and municipal companies.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

By utilizing your psychosocial expertise in collaboration with school management and other staff, you play a central role in our student health team. You are an important resource in our work against bullying, drugs, and crisis management, where you also support educators in psychosocial issues.

Your responsibilities include:

• having individual conversations with students and supporting them in their psychosocial development
• engaging in meetings with parents and groups
• actively participating in the school's work with values, safety, attendance, and equal treatment
• acting as a link to additional community support when necessary and contributing to processes that require collaboration with, among others, social services and psychiatry

We value your previous experience as a counselor in a school environment and your work with youth. Whether your background is in social work or another relevant education, it is your ability to build relationships, work independently, and in a team that makes you an important part of our organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

• You are a trained social worker or have another education that we assess as equivalent and relevant for the role.
• You have professional experience as a counselor in a school environment and experience working with youth.
• We place great importance on personal qualities.

OTHER

Warm welcome to your application! To ensure efficient, quick, and secure handling of your application, we ask you to submit your application via our recruitment tool "Offentliga jobb". Apply directly via the link in the ad.

Vetlanda municipality is an inclusive employer that advocates diversity and equality. All applications are treated from an equal treatment perspective. In Vetlanda municipality, we work based on the core values of joy, courage, respect, and togetherness, a value foundation that permeates the entire organization.

In preparation for recruitment, Vetlanda municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask for no contact with media sellers and recruitment companies.