Teaching Assistant at Ytterharnäs School

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Ytterharnäs School is a smaller F-6 school in the southern part of the municipality. Here, just over 110 students attend. The school is located in a scenic area near the sea.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a teaching assistant, you have an important and meaningful role where your work makes a significant difference in the student's daily life.

The assignment involves working with a student/students in teams of 4-6. You will be two teaching assistants working in parallel and taking turns with the tasks. Sometimes the work is done alone with a student, sometimes in smaller groups, and sometimes in class. There is a significant support need for students in vulnerability within the neuropsychiatric area (NPF). You will be present throughout the student's school day and, if applicable, also at the after-school program. The work is done in close collaboration with educators at the school and in dialogue with guardians.

Your tasks include, among other things:

• Working individually with a student and providing pedagogical and social support during the school day
• Supporting the student in teaching across all subjects in grades 4-6
• Working in a low-arousal manner and proactively in situations that may be perceived as challenging
• Collaborating with educators, student health, and guardians

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has a strong commitment to the development of children and young people and who thrives in a role where relationship-building, clarity, and safety are central to the assignment. You are calm, stable, and have the ability to meet students with different needs through a low-arousal approach.

We are looking for someone who has:

• a high school diploma or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position
• experience and competence in working with children and young people within the NPF spectrum
• good ability to express yourself in the Swedish language, both orally and in writing
• experience in supporting students in teaching across all subjects in grades 4-6
• an interest in football

To succeed in this role, you are:

• stable, calm, and act in a low-arousal manner even in challenging situations
• relationship-building and have an easy time establishing trusting relationships
• collaborative and enjoy working together with colleagues and guardians
• structured, contributing to clarity, predictability, and safety in the student's daily life

OTHER

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gävle municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not via email or paper format.

Within Gävle municipality, there is a decision regarding the right to full-time work, meaning that permanent employees can request that the position be a full-time employment. This request must be accommodated within six months, earliest counted from the first day of employment. To have the right to full-time work fulfilled, you may need to perform other tasks than those normally included in your employment.

Gävle municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you also speak Finnish in addition to our other competency requirements, it may be an asset.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Gävle municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request not to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.