Special Education Teacher at Järfälla Gymnasium

At the Education Administration in Järfälla Municipality, around 3,100 employees work in one of our 39 preschools, 22 schools, a gymnasium, adult education, and central administration. Our operations are characterized by our guiding principles: professionalism, collegiality, and development power. With courage and competence, we drive the operations forward, and we value mutual respect and understanding among colleagues. Together, we strive to make each other better, because we know that when we develop and continuously improve together, we move Järfälla forward.

We are now looking for someone who wants to be part of Järfälla Gymnasium's continued journey forward. We are looking for a secure, positive, and engaged special education teacher who is passionate about creating the best conditions for our students.

Järfälla Gymnasium has over a thousand students distributed across two campuses in Barkarby and Jakobsberg. Here, there are both college preparatory programs, vocational programs, introductory programs, and adapted upper secondary school.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a special education teacher, you will be a central part of the school's pedagogical development and our joint efforts to create the best conditions for each student. You are passionate about learning and see it as a given to follow up, challenge, and develop teaching so that all students have the opportunity to grow and reach their full potential.

With your competence in clear learning environments and adaptations in the classroom, you support mentors, teachers, and students in their daily work. You are close to the operations, participate in teaching, and build trusting relationships that make a real difference. In student-centered work, you work in a coaching and guiding manner.

You are part of the school's student health team, where you work closely together and contribute your special education expertise. Your responsibilities include establishing action programs, mapping and investigating students' needs, working with attendance, and guiding and mentoring staff in the pedagogical work.

Your role also includes being a support for the principal in systematic quality work. You contribute with analyses, follow-ups, and a long-term student health perspective that helps us develop the operations in a sustainable way.

You meet both students and guardians with clarity, responsiveness, and good communication. You do this in close collaboration with student health, the school's support functions, mentors, and teachers - together we create a safe and developing school environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who:

• has a teaching license and is an educated special education teacher
• works in a structured and secure manner, with the ability to see both the big picture and capture important details
• has good digital competence and uses it as a natural support in your work
• has solid knowledge of learning and school development, based on research and proven experience
• is well-versed in the school's governing documents and sees the value of long-term, systematic quality work where student health is an obvious part
• has a coaching and responsive approach, while being flexible and solution-focused

It is a plus if you also:

• have experience and knowledge in the NPF area
• have worked goal- and result-oriented in previous assignments
• have broad and in-depth experience of pedagogical work within upper secondary school
• have experience leading and driving development work in a school environment

You express yourself well in Swedish in both speech and writing. We place great importance on personal suitability. We are looking for someone with drive, commitment, and a strong desire to make a difference for our students - every day.

Welcome with your application! We interview continuously and look forward to hearing from you. Do not hesitate to submit your application - perhaps you are the one who will become our new colleague.

OTHER

Järfälla has the most exciting geographical location in northern Stockholm and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variation, good development opportunities, and work according to the vision Järfälla for everyone forward. Read more about what it is like to work with us at www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla (https://www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla).

We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

A criminal record extract is required for work in preschools and schools.

We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this recruitment process. Background checks are only conducted to the extent that it is relevant for the position in question. In cases where extracts from the criminal record are legally required, you will also need to present such an extract. For more information on how we work with background checks, see https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller (https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller).