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The municipality of Ulricehamn 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 work 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, together with us?

The learning sector works for a cohesive and inclusive learning experience 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 goal achievement 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 also encompassing special subject areas that promote students' motor skills, communication, daily activities, aesthetic development, and understanding of reality. Here, each 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 employee who, together with us, wants to continue developing tomorrow's adapted school. You will be an important part of 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 working methods and an inclusive pedagogy that aligns with the curriculum's intentions for harmonious development, participation, and exploratory learning.

Together with your colleagues, you are responsible for ensuring that students receive the educational and social support they need to develop and achieve their goals. Your role may also include tasks that would 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, principals, and other educators to strengthen the quality of teaching and create a cohesive, safe, and stimulating learning environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a licensed special educator and has experience working in preschool, school, or adapted school. It is an advantage if you are a trained special educator with a focus on intellectual disabilities and if you have knowledge of sign language and alternative communication (AAC). Good skills in using digital aids are also considered 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 problems.

In your professional role, you work in a structured manner and have a flexible attitude towards 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 approach that contributes to a positive work environment.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

OTHER

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

We would like you to attach your diploma in your application.

Requirement for a criminal record extract 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 documents that are disclosed upon request.