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Benefits

• Opportunity to help build a new school social team from the ground up.
• Good opportunities for professional development.
• External supervision. Opportunity to get help with housing.
• Vacation exchange.
• Wellness allowance.

Description

Do you want to make a difference for our children and youth? We are now looking for two employees for our new school social team. The positions are full-time, daytime, and involve close collaboration between the school and social services.

We believe that a safe and functioning school experience is the foundation for a positive future. The mission of the school social team is to work early, preventively, and proactively to increase school attendance and strengthen students' mental and social well-being.

As part of the team, you will work cross-professionally with students, guardians, and school staff. The positions will be filled simultaneously but with separate employment within each administration.

Job Responsibilities

The team works together to:

• Prevent and reduce school absenteeism through early and coordinated interventions.
• Provide support to students and guardians.
• Supervise school staff and contribute to competency-enhancing initiatives.
• Conduct training and informational sessions for parents and staff.
• Establish the team's working methods, structures, and routines.

Position 1 – Social Worker, placement within Social Services

As a social worker, you are the link to social services. You work with individually tailored interventions for students at risk of school absenteeism. The work includes motivational work, family conversations, and coordination of interventions from social services and other actors. You contribute with a systemic perspective and a good understanding of children's and youth's life situations.

Position 2 – Social Pedagogue / Social Worker / Behavioral Scientist, placement within the School

In this role, you are part of the school's student health team. You work closely with students and educators with promoting and preventive initiatives, identify early signs of school absenteeism, and provide psychosocial support. You lead group activities and work on relationship-building at both individual and group levels to create a safe school environment.

Qualifications

Requirements – Position 1

• Degree in social work or another higher education that the employer considers equivalent.
• Experience in social work with children, youth, and their families.
• Good knowledge of the Social Services Act and its application.
• Good communication skills and experience handling complex situations.
• Driver's license (B).

Requirements – Position 2

• Degree as a social pedagogue, social worker, behavioral scientist, or another equivalent higher education. Experience and good knowledge of working in a school environment.
• Ability to work with groups and build relationships with students and guardians.
• Good communication skills and experience handling complex situations.
• Driver's license (B).

Meritorious (both positions)

• Experience of collaboration between different authorities.

Personal Qualities

You are driven, solution-oriented, and have a strong belief in collaboration. You work independently but thrive in a team where you collectively drive development forward. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Conditions

The positions will be filled in August 2026 or by agreement. We apply ongoing selection, and the positions may be filled before the application deadline. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. For both positions, a valid extract from the police criminal record is required before employment. In your application, please indicate which of the two positions you are applying for.

More about Hällefors Municipality

In Hällefors Municipality, there are several benefits available to you as an employee. Among these benefits are extra vacation days upon reaching a certain age, and for some employees, there is also the possibility to convert vacation day allowances into additional vacation days, as well as a favorable occupational pension agreement. These benefits aim to create a pleasant and advantageous working environment for all employees in Hällefors Municipality.

Read more here (https://skr.se/skr/tjanster/rapporterochskrifter/publikationer/saghejtilldittkollektivavtal.65598.html)

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We have chosen to conduct the recruitment process ourselves and kindly decline all forms of offers from advertising and staffing/recruitment companies.

Hällefors Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area and thus has a responsibility to uphold the status of the Finnish language; if you have knowledge of the Finnish language, it is especially welcome.