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In Upplands Väsby Municipality, we have a central student health organization focused on strengthening equality and ensuring high quality in student health services across all schools. As a school counselor, you will be a vital part of both the local and central child and student health services.

What We Offer

• A positive collaborative climate with dedicated and knowledgeable colleagues.
• The opportunity to influence the student health organization with a shared focus on the health, learning, and development of children and young people.
• Regular professional meetings where we develop operations together and address common issues. In close collaboration with school nurses, school doctors, school psychologists, school counselors, and other staff, you will contribute to a learning Väsby.

About Us

The Education Department is Upplands Väsby's largest department with over 730 employees and is responsible for all school levels. In addition to the municipal schools, the department includes divisions for central child and student health, support and development, as well as economy and administration.

You will be part of the central child and student health service, which consists of approximately 25 employees. The position is located at Grimstaskolan, grades 6–9.

About the Role

As a school counselor, you are an important part of the school's student health team and collaborate with other professionals within student health, under the principal's leadership. The team's mission is to work preventively and health-promoting to create an accessible learning environment with the best possible conditions for students' learning, development, and health.

In the role of school counselor, you will among other things:

• Contribute psychosocial competence to pedagogical work and the overall planning of student health interventions.
• Provide knowledge about protective and risk factors affecting students' learning, development, and health, in collaboration with students, guardians, and staff.
• Provide supervision and consultation to pedagogical staff.
• Map and analyze needs at the individual, group, and school levels, and initiate, implement, and follow up on health-promoting and preventive measures.
• Conduct social investigations prior to admission to adapted school forms.
• Hold individual conversations with students related to their school situation, such as support, motivation, and crisis conversations, as well as investigative and advisory conversations.
• Contribute knowledge about society's support systems.
• Investigate and assess students' social and psychosocial situations at the principal's request, including decisions regarding special support, action plans, and admission to adapted primary or upper secondary schools.
• Participate in the development of the school's work on values and equal treatment.
• Contribute to ensuring that the student health work is characterized by a clear student perspective and a focus on psychosocial health.

This is a temporary position for the academic year 2026/2027.

Are You the One We Are Looking For?

We are looking for someone who:

• Is educated as a social worker (socionom).
• Has experience working as a school counselor and in psychosocial work.
• Has knowledge/experience regarding children in need of special support.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Previous work experience within social services.
• Supervision training.

As a person, you are collaborative, adapting yourself to achieve common goals. We believe you need to be relationship-building to fit the role, taking active initiative in social contexts, stepping forward, and having an easy time creating new relationships. Furthermore, you are secure and considerate, meaning you are confident in uncertain situations, stand up for your own opinions, but also easily empathize with others' situations, listen, understand, and show consideration.

We warmly welcome your application!

We only accept applications through our recruitment system. Background checks may occur during the recruitment process.

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With us, you receive secure employment conditions as well as several different employee benefits, including a wellness allowance and favorable offers via our benefits portal. More information can be found at: The Municipality as an Employer (#)

Upplands Väsby Municipality is a Finnish-speaking administrative area, so please inform us if you are Finnish-speaking.