Dedicated Special Teacher Wanted for Adapted School in Ulricehamn Municipality

Ulricehamn Municipality is in an exciting growth phase - we are growing while preserving the small-scale. As the largest employer with over 2,200 employees in 100 different professional roles, we offer a meaningful working life where development, community, and societal benefit meet. With Vision 2040 - "Together Towards the Future" - we shape an innovative and sustainable everyday life together. With us, you make a real difference every day, in a culture characterized by courage, commitment, and opportunities to grow - both professionally and personally. Are you ready to shape the future of Ulricehamn with us?

The Learning Sector works for a cohesive and inclusive learning environment for all - from the youngest to adults. Together, we create a culture where participation, safety, and high expectations are at the center. Through collaboration, language, and presence, we lay the foundation for achieving goals and lifelong learning.

The Adapted School in Ulricehamn Municipality, which is part of the Tingsholm school area, offers students with intellectual disabilities an education that is carefully tailored to each student's individual conditions - from primary school to high school and adult levels. The operation is based on the same structure as primary school while encompassing special subject areas that promote students' motor skills, communication, daily activities, aesthetic development, and understanding of reality. Here, every student has the opportunity to develop in a safe learning environment where participation, learning, and belief in the future are at the center.

We are now looking for a dedicated, resourceful, and knowledgeable colleague who wants to continue developing tomorrow's adapted school with us. You will play an important role in creating a safe, developing, and inclusive everyday life for our students. Welcome with your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Your mission is to plan, lead, and develop teaching for students based on the adapted school's subjects and subject areas, focusing on each student's individual abilities, needs, and goals. You create good conditions for learning by using adapted methods and an inclusive pedagogy that aligns with the curriculum's intentions of harmonious development, participation, and exploratory learning.

Together with your colleagues, you are responsible for ensuring that students receive the pedagogical and social support they need to develop and achieve their goals. Your role may also include tasks that might otherwise fall to teaching assistants, to support students in everyday and social situations where needed. You also contribute to the overall pedagogical development work and collaborate closely with lead teachers, the principal, and other educators to enhance the quality of teaching and create a cohesive, safe, and stimulating learning environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a licensed special teacher and has experience working in preschool, school, or adapted school. It is advantageous if you are a trained special teacher with a focus on intellectual disabilities and if you have knowledge of sign language and alternative communication (AAC). Good competence in using digital aids is also seen as a valuable asset. Additionally, it is beneficial if you have experience working with students with neuropsychiatric disabilities, particularly autism, as well as students with visual and hearing impairments.

In your professional role, you work in a structured manner and have a flexible approach to changing needs and situations. You have good collaboration skills and are skilled at building trusting relationships with both students and colleagues. To thrive in the role, you need to be secure and stable, even in situations that may be stressful or challenging. You meet students and the environment with calmness, clarity, and empathy, and have a solution-focused attitude that contributes to a positive working environment.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

OTHER

Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously during the advertisement period. Employment will occur only after the necessary decisions have been made.

We encourage you to attach your diploma with your application.

Requirement for a background check upon job offer within preschool, preschool class, after-school care, primary school, special primary school, and other educational activities according to the Education Act (2010:800, chapter 2 §§ 31-33).

We kindly ask for no contact with advertisers and staffing companies during the recruitment process.

Please note that according to the principle of public access to information, application documents are public records that are disclosed upon request.