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School Psychologist with PLA Assignment to Södertälje Municipality

Are you a psychologist who enjoys developing and working for increased quality? Do you thrive in relational work, building collaborations that make a difference and spreading psychological knowledge in the school environment? Do you also want to continue developing alongside engaged and growth-oriented psychologist colleagues?

Then this might be the position for you.

About the Assignment

The position combines work as a school psychologist with management responsibility (PLA) for the health and medical care part of the psychologists' assignments. You will work closely with the operational manager for the psychologists and assist in profession-specific issues within HSL.

As PLA, you have overall responsibility for patient safety and quality within HSL, with a particular focus on investigation work and, if necessary, other HSL-related tasks. The assignment involves ensuring quality and further developing the part of the psychologists' work that falls under HSL.

The PLA part is not fixed in percentage but varies according to the needs of the organization. In addition to the PLA part, you have assignments as a school psychologist at two contact schools.

The psychologist group consists of 10 psychologists who work with preschool, primary school, secondary school, and adapted primary and secondary schools, including PLA. The psychologists are centrally employed at the Resource Center and regularly collaborate in various forums.

As a school psychologist in Södertälje, you have access to continuous professional development and skills enhancement, including through collegial and external supervision. Recently, development areas have included relational leadership, complex intelligence assessments, and language disorders. Södertälje Municipality prioritizes student health highly, which permeates daily work.

Responsibilities in the PLA Assignment

In the role of PLA, you are responsible for:
- Leading ongoing quality and patient safety work and annually preparing quality and patient safety reports
- Developing, enhancing, and ensuring the quality of routines and support materials related to HSL and related processes
- Preparing and coordinating professional meetings and collegial supervision for the psychologist group
- Assisting the operational manager in the procurement of psychological services
- Monitoring research, regulations, and legislation concerning the psychological interventions of student health
- Collaborating with external actors and healthcare neighbors as needed

Work as a School Psychologist

Each psychologist is responsible for their own schools and primarily works preventively and promotively within student health, for example, through:
- Guidance and consultation for staff and school management
- Lectures and skills-enhancing initiatives
- Collaboration in the schools' student health teams
- The work also includes intelligence assessments with high-quality requirements, supported by both collegial and external supervision.

Who are you?

You are a licensed psychologist with experience working as a school psychologist and feel confident in both consultative and investigative roles. You have an interest in professional development and want to contribute to further developing the school psychologist's role alongside colleagues and student health teams.

Requirements:
- Licensed psychologist
- Experience working as a school psychologist
- Knowledge of and experience with investigations concerning intellectual disabilities
- Good ability to plan, structure, and prioritize
- Good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written

Personal qualities:
- Secure in your professional role
- Flexible and solution-oriented
- Ability to create and maintain trusting relationships

We place great importance on personal suitability.

We Offer You:

We offer a varied and stimulating job where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for children and students. You have significant influence over how the assignment is shaped and plan your efforts in consultation with school management, student health teams, and staff.

- Working hours: 39 hours/week with annual working time
- Great flexibility in planning and the possibility of some remote work
- Collegial support in interdisciplinary forums together with special educators, special teachers, development teachers, school nurses, and school doctors
- Generous wellness allowance
- Newly renovated premises in central Södertälje, about 30 minutes from Liljeholmen by bus

Application

Does this sound interesting? Welcome with your application and take the chance to become one of the school psychologists in Södertälje Municipality.

Selection and interviews may take place continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Contact

If you have questions, please contact:
Anna Appelgren, Operations Manager HSL
Phone: 08‑5230 25 34
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Sofie Elliot, PLA
Phone: 08-5230 40 67
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Before employment, a criminal record extract and proof of psychologist license are required. The employment may involve placement in a security class and security screening according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). For certain tasks, Swedish citizenship may be required.

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