School Counselor at Skälbyskolan in Järfälla

At the Education Administration in Järfälla Municipality, approximately 3,100 employees work across our 39 preschools, 22 schools, upper secondary schools, adult education, and central administration. Our operations are characterized by our key values: professionalism, collegiality, and development potential. With courage and competence, we drive our operations forward, and we value mutual respect and understanding among colleagues. Together, we strive to make each other better, for we know that when we develop together and continuously improve, we move Järfälla forward.

Skälbyskolan is a municipal primary school (grades F-6) with a total of approximately 600 students located in the southern part of Järfälla Municipality. The school is characterized by a positive and safe environment with dedicated staff and good goal achievement among our students. We actively work to maintain a school and after-school center where both students and educators thrive and feel safe. We all help each other to create good conditions for our students' learning in an stimulating work environment. We can offer a very pleasant workplace with excellent development opportunities where we care for and look after each other in the best possible way. It is important to us that there is a good balance between work and private life for all employees.

At the unit, we work according to our joint 100% vision.

All students at Skälbyskolan:

Knowledge

• Are given the conditions to achieve at least acceptable knowledge in every subject and grade.
• Understand and take responsibility for their own learning and gradually develop the ability to see the next step in their learning.

Safety and Well-being

• All students at Skälbyskolan feel safe in our school environment.
• Are treated with respect and care.
• Are given the conditions to become good democratic citizens.

1 position(s).

Responsibilities

Are you a driven and confident social worker who wants to make a real difference? Do you want to help create a safe, inclusive, and stimulating school experience for our students? Then we might be looking for you!

As a school counselor with us, you play a central role in the students' daily lives. Your focus lies primarily on promotional and preventive work that contributes to the students' psychosocial health and strengthens their opportunities to achieve good academic results.

You work closely with our students, both through individual support conversations and in work with groups and classes. The role is broad and offers great variation, where you are expected to, among other things:

• Be a key person in the school's Student Health Team (SHT).
• Lead the school's equal treatment group and drive the work against bullying and harassment.
• Be responsible for mapping and following up on student school absenteeism in close collaboration with mentors and guardians.
• Offer supervision and consultation to the school's teachers and other staff on psychosocial issues.
• Collaborate with external actors such as social services, field operations, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP), and other relevant authorities.

In addition to the work at the school unit, you will also belong to a professional group with the municipality's other school counselors.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a social work degree (or other education that the employer considers equivalent) and who have experience working with children and young people, preferably within the school context.

As a person, you are relationship-building, proactive, and have a good ability to collaborate with both young people and adults. You are confident in your professional role, have a professional approach, and work to create a safe learning environment where every student is seen. You have in-depth competence regarding psychosocial factors and see the student in their entire social context.

It is important that you have the ability to work independently and collaborate in teams, as well as a good ability to collaborate with other societal actors such as social services and BUP.

Great emphasis will be placed on your personal qualities such as social competence, flexibility, and collaboration skills.

Employment terms

Type of employment: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent, Start date: September 2026.

Järfälla has the most exciting geographical location in northern Stockholm and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variation, good development opportunities, and we work according to the vision "Järfälla for everyone forward." Read more about what it is like to work with us at www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla (https://www.jarfalla.se/jobbaijarfalla).

We decline all offers regarding advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

An extract from the criminal record is required for work in preschools and schools.

In recruitment for positions requiring teacher certification, a check is made against the Swedish National Agency for Education's register of certified teachers and preschool teachers.

We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this recruitment process. Background checks are only conducted to the extent relevant to the specific position. In cases where an extract from the criminal record is required by law, you will also need to present such an extract. For more information on how we work with background checks, see https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller (https://www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller).