School Coordinator at Jönköping Municipality

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We are growing in line with the development of the municipality, with more residents, more housing, and a larger range of services. We are always on the lookout for new competencies - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Do you have experience in special educational support, excellent knowledge of the Education Act, and want to work closely with children, youth, and their networks to create the best possible conditions for positive learning? As a school coordinator with us, you will be a key person making a difference - every day!

Your new job

As a school coordinator, you will work closely with the child, guardians, and the responsible social worker. You will focus on the child's education and support the social worker in coordinating and following up on the child's schooling, becoming an important link between social services, schools, and the child's network - always with the child's best interests at heart.

Your role includes:

• Ensuring that the child's rights under the Education Act are met, e.g., special support, additional adjustments, action plans, as well as follow-up and evaluation.
• Providing support to social workers based on your expertise in educational matters.
• Mapping the child's previous schooling by collecting and analyzing documentation to gain a better understanding of the child's needs and abilities.
• Following up on school attendance and academic results before, during, and after placement.
• Ensuring that schooling is planned and functions during school transfers and relocation.
• Documenting educational matters in the child's file and ensuring that relevant information reaches concerned parties.
• Contributing to care plans and implementation plans with a focus on education.

Your qualifications

You who are applying for the position have a completed and approved university degree as a special educator, licensed special teacher, or licensed teacher with extensive experience in the educational field. Furthermore, you have a good understanding of the support process and are used to collaborating with various professionals in student health. You have experience working with children with extensive needs, both academically and socially and psychologically. Naturally, you have excellent knowledge of the Swedish language, in reading, speaking, and writing, as well as good computer skills since documentation is a significant part of your work.

Additionally, you have experience working with special support, additional adjustments, writing action plans, following up and evaluating the student's situation, and assessing whether the student should attend a special education group or receive individual instruction. You have a good understanding of the work of student health and the functions involved. Naturally, you have excellent knowledge of the Swedish language in reading, writing, and speaking, as well as good computer skills since documentation is a significant part of your work.

A valid B driver's license is a requirement for the position.

We are looking for someone who is engaged

We are looking for someone who is engaged, proactive, and confident in taking a specific role in the workgroup. You are collaborative but also self-driven when needed. Furthermore, you are stable and have a good ability to build alliances with children, youth, networks, and partners. We place great importance on personal suitability in the recruitment process.

We offer you

We offer you an important, fun, and engaging job in a workgroup with a strong team spirit and dedicated and knowledgeable colleagues. For us, you as an employee are important, and when you join us, you will receive an introduction and close support in your work from the management. Read more here (https://www.jonkoping.se/jobba-hos-oss/jonkopings-kommun-som-arbetsgivare-/detta-far-du-nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss).

Welcome to us

The unit for enhanced investigation and support currently consists of five specialized functions that work together to provide children, youth, and their families with enhanced support in vulnerable life situations. The teams consist of experienced social workers and a team leader.

The work is almost exclusively carried out in collaboration with other units and in close cooperation around the child to create security and sustainable solutions. The focus on the child's best interests and safety requires high flexibility and adaptation based on individual needs.

Good to know

In this recruitment, one (1) permanent full-time position will be filled, with a start date according to agreement. A probationary period may be applied.

In your application, we would like you to include a personal letter, a CV, a copy of your degree from the relevant university education, and previous employment certificates. All your employment must be verifiable, and it should be clear what extent you have worked, what type of employment has been relevant, and what position you have held. Incomplete applications will not be prioritized.

We use ongoing selection and interviews.

Before employment is confirmed, a background check will be conducted where you must present an extract from the criminal record. In this recruitment, the extract referred to is called “Check your own information in the criminal record.”

Want to know more?

Recruiting manager, see the information box. Union representatives: here (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligasoc).

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better - for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position!

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made a decision regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.