Teaching Assistant at Lovisedal School

Do you have the courage to lead and create a Vallentuna where people and ideas grow? Are you the passionate person who is eager to make a difference? Do you want to support our students in having a safe and meaningful school day? Then you are the teaching assistant we are looking for.

Vallentuna Municipality has the courage to lead. Our ambition is to be at the forefront when it comes to innovative solutions, smart working methods, and an efficient organization. As an employee, you play an important role in the development work. The municipality as a workplace is characterized by an understanding between politics and operations, where the common interest and responsibility for the best of Vallentuna shines through. Approach, accessibility, and customer focus are important in our work for good results and increased quality.

Engagement, collaboration, and equal value for all should permeate our organization. You who are applying should of course share our common values.

About the operation:

At Lovisedal School, we have a leadership philosophy where every employee is encouraged to dare to make their own decisions and thus develop themselves and our common operation. We trust each other's abilities and believe that everyone can take their own responsibility, and therefore we dare to have high expectations of each other and the work we perform. Lovisedal School's vision is as follows: Students at the center where knowledge, courage, engagement, and curiosity create the citizens of the future. To achieve this, we need to be clear role models where we, through collegial collaboration, support each student where they are. In our teamwork, we focus on working with guidance and stimulation, in order to create the best conditions for all our different student groups in the school.

Lovisedal School is located in southern Vallentuna and borders Täby Municipality. The school is centrally located with good commuting opportunities and is also close to nature. The school has about 740 students from preschool class up to grade 9. The school's premises are pleasant and bright and have an accessible learning environment. The management consists of a principal and three assistant principals for each stage and after-school care. We at Lovisedal School are proud of our student health work and have a strong student health team that supports and guides both teachers and students in all parts of the process.

Welcome to visit our website for more info: www.vallentuna.se/lovisedalsskolan (http://www.vallentuna.se/lovisedalsskolan)

Or check out our Instagram profile: www.instagram.com/lovisedalsskolan/ (http://www.instagram.com/lovisedalsskolan/)

Job Responsibilities:

As a teaching assistant at Lovisedal School, you are an important part of our common mission to put the student at the center. You work on building relationships and are a clear, safe, and positive role model for the students. Your mission includes providing individually tailored support to our students in the middle school throughout the school day, with a particular focus on structure, clarity, and a low-arousal approach. You support students in their schoolwork, social interactions, and in developing courage, engagement, and curiosity. The work is done in close collaboration with mentors, subject teachers, the student health team, and guardians, where you actively contribute to planning and adapting the school day based on the student's needs.

You are involved in the school's collegial collaboration and teamwork, where guidance and stimulation are the focus to create good conditions for all students. As a teaching assistant, you are a stable adult presence who stays one step ahead, identifies needs, and is there for the students when they need it.

Qualifications:

• Experience as a teaching assistant or other educational work with children and students, preferably with a focus on NPF.
• Good knowledge of and practical experience with low-arousal approaches as well as work with structure and clarity.
• Personal maturity, responsibility, and the ability to take initiative in line with the school's values.
• Proficient in the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

Personal qualities:

• You work towards results, demonstrate reliability, and take responsibility for planning and following up on your work.
• You strengthen relationships by helping others, collaborating, following rules and processes, and sharing information.
• You develop, improve, seek solutions, learning, and knowledge on your own initiative.
• You are the link, provide service, show loyalty outward and inward, and monitor the environment.
• Common values are visible in your approach.
• You have the ability to build trusting relationships with students and meet their individual needs.
• You are proactive, stay one step ahead in everyday life, and have a solution-focused approach.
• You are a safe and stable adult driven by making a difference for students' development and well-being.

Information:

As an employer, we want to take advantage of the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and cultural diversity bring. Vallentuna Municipality invests in competence development and a sustainable working life. To have the best possible conditions in your employee role, Vallentuna Municipality has an employee academy where you will receive training and tools.

The employment is a fixed-term position at 100% starting 2026-02-20 or as soon as possible. We apply individual salary setting.

All those employed to work with children and youth must submit a criminal record extract from the police authority, the e-service for application via digital extract or form can be found here; https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623 (https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623)

Before any new employment, Vallentuna Municipality conducts a background check.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we use the tool ReachMee. We ask you to submit your application by clicking the application link in the ad. We do not accept applications/expression of interest via email. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us as below. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

You are warmly welcome to send your application with a personal letter and CV no later than 2026-02-10.

For more information contact:

Lena Borell, Assistant Principal grades 4-6
Phone: 08-587 851 82
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

More information and union representatives can be found at https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/ (https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/)