Vacant job

Do you have experience working with students with intellectual disabilities? Would you like to work together with engaged colleagues in a scenic and rural environment?

Then you should apply for the position of student assistant at the National Programme of the Adapted Upper Secondary School.

About the workplace

Ösby Adapted Upper Secondary School is located adjacent to Ösby Nature and Agriculture Upper Secondary School, approximately one mile outside of Sala. At Ösby, we offer the programmes Forest, Land and Animals, Property and Construction, as well as Vehicle Care and Goods Handling. The school operates a full-scale farm with a herd of 120 cows and a smaller number of other agricultural animals. The farm also houses a variety of other animals found in zoos and animal parks, such as donkeys, goats, snakes, spiders, and fish.

There are approximately 270 students at the school, of whom about 35 attend the National and Individual Programmes of the Adapted Upper Secondary School. At the Adapted Upper Secondary School, we work with clear structures and continuity to provide a safe school environment, while simultaneously offering students challenges that allow them to broaden their experiences. Each student has their own study plan, and we place great emphasis on the future, work, housing, and leisure time. The goal is for students to transition into employment after completing their studies.

Responsibilities

You will work with a first-year student at the adapted upper secondary school. The role involves providing support to the student in close collaboration with the teachers. You are expected to follow the student throughout the school day, both in the classroom, changing rooms, during breaks, and wherever needed. This requires experience in maintaining outdoor environments and handling animals such as cows, pigs, horses, and small animals like rabbits, birds, goats, fish, and reptiles.

You will have continuous dialogue with the student's teachers, school instructors, guardians, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

We are looking for you with a high school diploma, preferably as an assistant nurse or with a background in childcare and leisure, and with extensive experience working with individuals exhibiting challenging behaviors, self-harm, neuropsychiatric disabilities, and intellectual disabilities, as well as experience working with older students/young adults. You should have knowledge of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), conflict management, clarified pedagogy, low-arousal approach, and oppositional defiant disorder.

It is of great importance to us that you have a positive attitude towards the role and good teamwork skills. You need to view situations from the student's perspective, and your empathetic ability is very important in this position. You are good at building relationships and reading people and situations. You see possibilities, are solution-focused, and flexible. You have good structure in your work and always strive to develop both yourself and the learning environment you work in.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

Application

We warmly welcome your application by June 19, 2026. Applications are submitted via www.sala.se/ledigajobb. We do not accept applications via email. We recruit continuously, which means the position may be filled before the application deadline. Therefore, we appreciate it if you submit your application as soon as possible.

Terms of Employment

Fixed-term for the school year 2026/2027, 100%

Start date: August 11, 2026.

Probationary period will be applied.

Individual salary setting.

Category B driver's license.

Requirement for a police certificate upon job offer. This is according to the Act on Register Control in School, Leisure, and Preschool Activities. The Swedish Police Authority's criminal record register, RPS 442.5 (14-01-14).

Information

If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact:

Principal Anna Hellström, tel. 0224-74 88 00, or via email [email protected]

Deputy Principal Ingrid Lindberg, tel. 0224-74 81 08, or via email [email protected]

Union contact:

Kommunal: 010-442 81 83

About Sala Municipality

Sala is a pleasant small town with a vibrant countryside and proximity to several major cities. The municipality is home to nearly 23,000 inhabitants, of whom about 13,000 live in Sala town. Thanks to short distances, free public transport, and good services throughout the municipality, there are opportunities for quality of life and an easier everyday life. The municipality has a strong business life, a rich association life, and scenic areas that invite activity and recreation. When the longing for the big city takes over, you can easily take the train. You reach Västerås and Uppsala in about 30 minutes and Stockholm in about 75 minutes. If you are not ready to leave the big city for Sala yet, commuting is of course possible, which several of our 2,000 employees do.

Read more about Sala at http://www.sala.se/.

Welcome with your application!

Sala Municipality is looking for you who has the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion or other belief, disability, and age.