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Do you want to help create the best conditions for equal education?

At the National Agency for Special Education (SPSM), we work to ensure that all children, students, and adult learners with disabilities reach their educational goals. We run our own special schools in various locations across Sweden. We also provide support to preschools and schools nationwide to create learning environments that are developmental and accessible. Additionally, we distribute state grants and develop educational materials.

We hope that you, with your background and competence, can contribute to increasing our diversity.

We work passionately to make equality a reality. Together, we use collaboration and competence to solve assignments. Developing leadership and increasing diversity are currently on our agenda. Together, we contribute to sustainability in society, economically, socially, and environmentally. You can read more about what we offer at www.spsm.se/ledigajobb (https://www.spsm.se/ledigajobb).

Ekeskolan in Örebro

All students have the right to a school that gives them the opportunity to develop based on their own conditions. SPSM runs schools on behalf of the state. We offer students a learning environment that provides opportunities for participation, learning, and development. We offer meaningful, stimulating, and important pedagogical work at our schools.

Ekeskolan is located in Örebro and teaches students with visual impairments and additional disabilities from preschool class through grade 10. The teaching should contribute to good conditions for the students' development and learning, as well as improved knowledge results. Our staff works extensively with form and sensory perception for all senses. We offer housing for students who cannot commute to school every day.

1 Position(s)

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting workplace in a school where there is time and space to work closely with each student in smaller groups? Then you are one of the teachers we need in our Team.

We are looking for a special needs teacher/teacher for instruction in mathematics and another subject in special school for grades 8-10. You should have experience working with extra adaptations and the ability to differentiate instruction to help students who are behind grade 7 requirements catch up to those performing highly in grade 9 mathematics. You will also teach another subject depending on qualifications/needs in the operation. There are also great opportunities to collaborate with other teachers/subjects in cross-curricular work.

Through your pedagogical work, you will support our students with severe visual impairment/blindness combined with additional disabilities in reaching their goals.

Teaching, environment, and communication are adapted to each student's needs. As a special needs teacher/teacher with us, you work with teaching, pedagogical mapping, documentation, adaptation of the learning environment, follow-up, and evaluation. Collaboration with guardians is an important success factor for our students, and mentorship may be included in the position.

Working with us requires close collaboration with student assistants, students' guardians, other colleagues, and other external actors such as the vision center and habilitation, which are important for the students' health and development. You will also have support from a special educator, IT-pedagogue, counselor, school psychologist, speech therapist, school nurse, and physiotherapist.

We offer you a varied and stimulating job where you, in collaboration, have great opportunities to influence your own work situation and have good development opportunities. Together with your colleagues, you have a responsibility to promote a positive collaborative climate throughout the operation.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• Teacher certification to teach in special school/primary school in mathematics for grades 7-9.
• Basic knowledge of child development and various disabilities.
• Basic IT skills.

Meritorious if you have:

• Teacher certification in one or more subjects besides mathematics.
• Experience working with students with severe visual impairment combined with other disabilities.
• Knowledge/experience in neuropsychiatric disabilities (NPD).
• Knowledge/experience in the International Child Development Programme (ICDP).
• Knowledge/experience working with students with congenital deafblindness.
• Experience with sign language as support.

Personal Qualities

As staff at Ekeskolan, you are expected to be involved in the planning, implementation, and development of the school's operations. Social interaction and communication are important in our work.

You are flexible, have good collaboration skills with your colleagues, management, guardians, and other school staff. We value qualities such as secure, stable, reliable, and responsive.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment

Permanent position. A probationary period of 6 months applies.

A certificate of good conduct must be presented prior to employment.

In all recruitment, we value the qualities that equality and diversity bring to the operation.

In the event of a societal crisis, you may be directed between the agency's areas of operation based on your location.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We hereby decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.