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Do you want meaningful work that makes a difference in people's lives? Welcome to the municipality that is far from average!

The Education Administration is responsible for preschool, after-school centers, primary school, upper secondary school, as well as adapted primary and upper secondary schools. We have over 3,200 employees at 40 preschools, 22 primary schools, and four upper secondary schools. Here, there is a strong commitment to ensuring that all children and students receive high-quality education, have the opportunity to develop, and reach their full potential. In Botkyrka, we see that success in school is the key to a good life and the strongest protective factor for the future.

The Role and Responsibilities

As a Teacher Assistant, you are a vital part of contributing to Botkyrka Municipality becoming Sweden's best school municipality, where students succeed in school and develop based on their unique abilities.

We are looking for you who are passionate about making a difference for students with significant needs for care and support in their education. You will be part of our special education group together with other specialists.

You will support students in grades 4-9 in their education as well as their entire school day in a smaller special education group. You are an important part of helping students succeed both in social situations and in their learning.

You must be able to adapt the learning environment based on each student's prerequisites. It is important to you that there are clear expectations, peace at work, and a desire to learn. You organize and structure the work based on set goals. To succeed in this role, it is required that you build trusting relationships with both educators and students.

You become part of the pedagogical context and are a support both in and outside the classroom. In your role, you help create a safe and stable environment in the school. You enjoy working with children and young people and are driven by seeing them grow and develop.

Your duties include active work with behavioral support in the student group, as well as individually with students. The role is varied and involves switching between pedagogical interventions and practical help in daily life.

As a Teacher Assistant, you work together with teachers in a team. You meet many different people, understand their needs, and know how best to help, relieve, and facilitate. This may also involve preventing, mediating, and resolving conflicts. In this way, you contribute to a pleasant work climate that is beneficial for everyone in the school operations.

You have an inclusive approach to work and work for the equal value of all.

What We Offer You

Malmsjö School is a F-9 school (preschool to grade 9) with approximately 480 students, located by Lake Malmsjön and close to beautiful natural areas. With its location on the outskirts of Botkyrka Municipality, there are well-functioning communications to Tumba, Södertälje, and Nynäshamn.

It is important to us that Malmsjö School is a safe school, and we therefore place great emphasis on relational work. We are very proud of our school and work to develop the entire school's daily life into a positive, supportive, and promoting environment. Our vision is "Malmsjö School is a place to succeed in, here we build success".

We offer you a creative and fun workplace where we hope you want to be part of developing our school together with us.

We offer competence development, collegial dialogues, and supervision. You are also part of a municipal network group where you develop the work together.

You Who Apply to Us

Requirements:

• Vocational training as a Teacher Assistant, Treatment Pedagogue, Social Pedagogue, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Documented knowledge and experience of working with neuropsychiatric disabilities (such as ADHD, autism) and other functional variations within school or care.
• Good digital knowledge and confidence in using digital tools and how digital technology can be used to bridge difficulties with reading, writing, concentration, and time management.
• Fluency in Swedish, both spoken and written.

Merits:

• Experience in applying low-affective handling in practical, challenging daily situations.
• Education in or practical experience of working systematically with PBS (Positive Behavioral Support) and clarifying pedagogy (e.g., visual schedules, series conversations, social stories).
• Experience in, together with teaching teachers, building up digital support structures such as "Micro-Flipped" instructions and lessons.
• Experience of working with well-known accessibility tools, for example:

• Reading service / ILT (audiobooks and easy-to-read), Speech Synthesis, and dictation tools.
• Use of tablets/computers as visual time aids as well as interactive and visual checklists.

To thrive in the role of Teacher Assistant, we are looking for you who are relationship-building and team-oriented to ensure the needs of the individual and the operation. You also need to be secure as an individual by being confident in uncertain situations and having a solution-oriented mindset.

For positions at the Education Administration in Botkyrka Municipality, you as a future employee will undergo a background check.

Read more about background checks here: https://www.botkyrka.se/bakgrundskontroll (https://www.botkyrka.se/bakgrundskontroll)

About Us

Botkyrka is a municipality full of contrasts where the suburban environment of the big city meets the forests, meadows, lakes, and sea coast of the countryside. Over 100 languages are spoken here, and people from all over the world live and work here.

We offer an inspiring workplace full of opportunities where we together create the best conditions for a sustainable future.

We have good and secure working conditions with collective agreements and several benefits so that you can thrive and develop in your job. Read more here: Our Employer Offer

Other Information

For positions within, for example, care-school-care in Botkyrka Municipality, you as a future employee need to show an extract from the Police's criminal record register. Botkyrka Municipality is subject to the principle of public access. This means that application documents are public documents as a main rule.

We work with competence-based recruitment to ensure the quality of the recruitment process and thereby counteract discrimination.

We decline contact from recruitment and staffing agencies in connection with this recruitment.