Vacant job

Description

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people? As a teaching assistant, you are an important adult in the school who contributes to safety, structure, and motivation. You meet students where they are, build relationships, and help them succeed both academically and socially, in the classroom as well as outside.

We at Skattkärrsskolan are now looking for a teaching assistant for a temporary position during the upcoming school year.

The school has nearly 500 students from preschool class to grade 6 and is located in the middle of society but still has natural areas with pine forests and a gravel court within the schoolyard. At Skattkärrsskolan, we want everyone to feel safe and joyful. It should be a positive environment where joyful learning is prioritized. This is our holistic vision and colors all our decisions. Read more about us here https://karlstad.se/forskola-skola-och-utbildning/grundskola/grundskolor/skattkarrsskolan (https://karlstad.se/forskola-skola-och-utbildning/grundskola/grundskolor/skattkarrsskolan)

Are you looking for a varied job that involves being the safe adult in our students' school day? Then we are looking for you!

Responsibilities

As a teaching assistant, you have a varied and meaningful assignment where you make a difference in the students' daily lives. You provide pedagogical and social support during the school day – in the classroom, during breaks, during transitions, and in other contexts where your presence creates safety and structure. In some cases, this also includes support for students with care needs or who may exhibit challenging behaviors.

You support one or more students in both instruction and social interaction and work closely with teachers and other staff to create a safe, accessible, and stimulating learning environment based on each student's needs. The position may also include work in the leisure center, where you contribute to a meaningful and developmental activity after the end of the school day.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are trained as a teaching assistant or have experience that the employer assesses as equivalent.

As a person, you easily create safety and good relationships with both students and colleagues, and you are used to working independently as well as in a team. You are flexible and can quickly switch between different tasks – for example, from providing support to an individual student with special needs to leading an activity for a whole student group. You are sensitive to the students' daily condition and needs, and can adapt your approach accordingly. Your communication skills allow you to clearly explain tasks, calm in stressful situations, and collaborate effectively with both colleagues and guardians.

The work can sometimes be both physically and mentally demanding, and it is important that you have the ability to maintain calm, create structure, and build trusting relationships. At the same time, you get the opportunity to make a real difference in the students' daily lives – an assignment that challenges and gives much back.

With us, you become an important part of creating an inclusive and inspiring school environment where every student gets the opportunity to develop as far as possible.

The position will be filled if necessary decisions are made.

We offer

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work in Karlstad Municipality at karlstad.se/jobbahososs (https://karlstad.se/jobbahososs)

Information about salary levels can be found here (select "See salary statistics"). This recruitment concerns AID code [403016].

When you apply for a job with us, you will be asked to provide your CV and answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area. This means that you should not attach a cover letter as part of your application.

About Karlstad Municipality

The Child and Youth Administration is responsible for preschool and school for approximately 13,200 children and students and is the municipality's largest administration with just over 2,400 employees. We have preschools, family daycares, open preschools, preschool classes, primary schools, adapted primary schools, leisure centers, and cultural schools, and we also work with child and student health issues. We equip children for the future.

Do you want to help create tomorrow's Karlstad? With us in the Karlstad Municipality group, you can make a real difference. Here, every employee is an important part of the whole, and together we help each other to realize our vision of "A better life in the City of the Sun." Come and grow with us!

Other information

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application via our recruitment systems and not via email or paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

If you have protected personal data, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system nor send them via email. Instead, contact the municipality's switchboard at 054-540 00 00 for further handling.