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Description

Our school needs you if you want to make a difference! We are now looking for a school counselor.

Svartedalsskolan, together with Landamäreskolan, is part of the Hisingen 19 school district. We are a school with space for approximately 550 students in the compulsory school. Additionally, we have about 50 students studying according to the adapted compulsory school curriculum. The district's leadership team consists of one principal and six assistant principals.

Here, you will have the chance to meet students from all corners of the world. We want to contribute to a democratic community where all students are involved, an environment where students have the opportunity to develop and learn, and where differences are seen as an asset. We see opportunities and find solutions, and we are proud that many thrive and develop with us.

Responsibilities

As a school counselor, you are part of the school's student health team and contribute psychosocial competence at the organizational, group, and individual levels. In the student health team, you collaborate with the school nurse, special education teacher, school psychologist, school doctor, and assistant principal. The team's mission is to work health-promoting and preventive together with the principal and work teams to strengthen children's and young people's opportunities to achieve goals. You will also be part of the district's counselor team, which consists of three counselors.

Your responsibilities include, for example, participating in the school's continuous values and safety work, support conversations, collaborating with and supporting guardians, consulting with staff, and interventions in groups/classes. You also collaborate with external actors such as social services, habilitation, UPH, and BUP.

Together with the school's pedagogical staff, students, school leadership, and guardians, you contribute to creating conditions for optimal learning for every student. We see ourselves as a colorful and development-oriented school with the ambition to renew our thinking and practice in interaction with current research and a changing world; therefore, we want you to be open, innovative, courageous, and active in the school's pedagogical discussions.

Within the compulsory school administration, you participate in professional meetings once a month together with fellow counselors and professional developers, as well as participating in external supervision. As a new school counselor, you will also receive an introduction and a mentor. School counselors in the Compulsory School Administration follow a common job description.

Qualifications

We are now looking for you who wish to work in the lower secondary school (grades 7-9) and have experience working as a counselor with special responsibility for the oldest students, both in regular and adapted education. Experience working in a multicultural context is also desirable.

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work or another higher education qualification that the employer considers equivalent. You have good knowledge of the Social Services Act and the Education Act and the ability to express yourself well in speech and writing, as you will document your work in PMO.

Meritorious qualifications also include:

• Experience of working within social services
• Experience of promoting and preventive measures
• Training in conversation methods / supervision

As a person, you are stable, empathetic, unpretentious, and secure in your professional role. You have a strong commitment to the psychosocial situation of children and young people and have the ability to meet people in different life situations. You enable children to tell their stories and contribute to highlighting students' involvement and perspectives.

You have an easy time building relationships and are professional and respectful in your approach to students, guardians, and colleagues. You need to have an interest in working in a pedagogical environment and in teams with different professions.

In your work, you are structured and clear and have the ability to take initiative and make decisions within the framework of your assignment. You also prioritize your interventions together with the principal and the rest of the student health team. The professional role requires a high degree of independence, teamwork skills, and personal maturity. You enjoy working with complex issues, see opportunities, and are creative. You keep your cool in difficult situations and can make well-founded decisions under time pressure.

Interviews will take place continuously during the application period.

Apply today!

Other

The City of Gothenburg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can get more information about, among other things, salary statistics: Salary, benefits and perks - City of Gothenburg

As an employee in our administration, you are offered, among other things, a wellness allowance, bicycle benefit, and employee support.

According to the Education Act, extracts from the police criminal record must be presented by persons before they are employed in preschool activities, school, and school-age childcare. You order this on the Police's website.

In connection with this recruitment, we have taken a stand on recruitment channels and therefore decline further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR.

About Us

We are creating the future in Gothenburg – one lesson at a time

Every day, thousands of children and young people meet in our schools – with them, we shape Gothenburg's future. In the compulsory school administration, we are 10,000 engaged employees who work together to ensure that all students succeed and grow, regardless of background or conditions. You have an important role in creating an equal school with high quality, where you both get to develop and develop the operations. You build knowledge, community, and hope for the future together with your colleagues. With us, you get to make a difference – for real.

Gothenburg's compulsory school administration is responsible for the city's nearly 140 municipal schools, from preschool class to grade 9, adapted compulsory school, after-school centers, and cultural schools. Welcome to work close to the forest, the city, or the sea. We are Gothenburg.