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Are you a licensed psychologist who wants to contribute to more people finding their place in the labor market? At the Swedish Public Employment Service, you make a difference through labor market policy assessments and support for job seekers, focusing on development and collaboration. Together, we get Sweden to work! Do you want to join us?

The Unit's Mission

The Swedish Public Employment Service in Fyrbodal is a unit with approximately 180 employees. Together, we offer in-depth support for employers and job seekers. Our primary mission is to equip, match, and support job seekers on their path to work and/or studies, as well as to support employers in finding workforce, thereby contributing to skills supply.

Our catchment area consists of 14 municipalities. You will work closely with another psychologist, occupational therapists/physiotherapists, and employment counselors. Based on the needs of job seekers, we also offer in-depth support. Our mission includes conducting work-oriented rehabilitation in the form of guidance, investigation, rehabilitation, or preparatory measures.

Job Description

As a psychologist with us, you work on assessing disabilities in relation to work, as well as identifying and utilizing job seekers' resources and opportunities in the labor market. You strengthen their motivation and help them understand their working conditions, while also contributing to labor market policy assessments in close collaboration with employment counselors. These assessments are an important part of the agency's mission. The role includes supporting employers in recruiting people with disabilities, for example by arranging workplace adjustments. Travel is involved.

Your role also involves close collaboration with colleagues from professions such as occupational therapists and employment counselors in various assignments. You are also expected to contribute your specialist competence by sharing relevant knowledge with employment counselors and other professional roles. Sometimes the work is also performed in collaboration with external actors such as municipalities, healthcare, independent actors, and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

Our Offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment that may start with a six-month probationary period. The location is Trollhättan or Uddevalla.

We offer you the opportunity to work at a workplace where we value balance between work and private life. You will have access to a generous holiday agreement, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work remotely up to 49 percent on an annual basis when operations allow. Our benefits also include fitness activities during working hours and a favorable fitness allowance.

As an employee at the Swedish Public Employment Service, you also have access to competence development and career opportunities within the agency. Through our work, we contribute to an inclusive and sustainable society, where you get the opportunity to make a real difference for individuals and for society as a whole.

More about working with us

Basic Requirements for the Position

• Psychologist license from the National Board of Health and Welfare (to be attached to the application)

Other Merits for the Position

• Work experience in assessing work capacity
• Work experience in group collaboration
• Category B driver's license

The government's values guide us in our daily work. As an employee with us, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our agency.

More about government values

In addition to these qualifications, you have the personal ability and aptitude to work in accordance with the Swedish Public Employment Service's employee ethos:

Takes responsibility for their work performance and their contribution to the whole

Adapts to change and unforeseen events

Takes initiative for development and contributes to improvement

Application

Does this sound like a job for you? Please submit your application no later than 2026-06-12.

Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and duties for each employment, as well as your psychologist license from the National Board of Health and Welfare.

It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully, so that we get a clear picture of your experience; otherwise, you risk being filtered out in the selection process. You do not need to send a cover letter.

Selection tests may occur during the recruitment process. We will keep you informed throughout the entire recruitment process. More about our recruitment process. If you have protected personal data, contact the recruitment partner named in the advertisement so you can get help submitting your application.

We actively work to be an agency free from discrimination. It is important to us that all competence is utilized, and we welcome all applicants. We view positively if you have knowledge of any of our national minority languages.

Welcome to us – we work for a Sweden at work! Here you work on the government's mandate for a well-functioning labor market. The goal is to shorten the time in unemployment by matching job seekers with employers. Our efforts are primarily directed at those furthest from the labor market and at employers who are open to hiring those with the greatest need for support. We counteract incorrect payments and violations of welfare systems so that our tax funds are used effectively for their intended purpose. We collaborate with many other actors and together we find solutions that make a difference - for a Sweden at work.

More about our organization and our mission