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Värmdö is the meeting place of the archipelago, offering a unique combination of nature's quiet beauty and a more urban lifestyle. Our mission is not just one but many: schools, properties, social services, harbors, healthcare, libraries, elderly care, and many more. We work to ensure that all residents of Värmdö can live a rich and free life. We want to be the ones who make the dream of a vibrant, secure environment for home, family, and business a reality.

To succeed fully, we need diverse competencies and must work together to build a common and trust-based work culture, built on brave, responsible employees who understand the needs and wishes of the citizens.

Do you want to help build an accessible secondary school where student health services and teaching work together – for real? At Ösbyskolan, we are now looking for a special needs teacher who wants to make a difference for students every day and simultaneously be an important part of the school's development work.

Our Operations

Ösbyskolan is a well-established grades 1-9 school with approximately 700 students and 90 dedicated employees. Since our founding in 1996, we have built an operation that combines security and tradition with innovation and development. The school is centrally located in Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality, just 25 minutes from Slussen, with modern facilities and good transport links.

We have a clear mission – to give every student the best possible conditions to succeed in their learning and grow as a human being. Knowledge, security, and relationships are at the center of our work. We consciously work to create a calm and motivating study environment where students feel seen, challenged, and supported.

You will become part of a competent and warm collegium where collaboration and collegial learning are natural parts of everyday life. Our teachers, student health services, and other employees work together to create the best conditions for every student.

At Ösbyskolan, we believe that a strong school is built together. Therefore, we are looking for employees who take responsibility, show engagement, and want to contribute to the development of both students and the operation.

Here, you are expected to be an active part of the collegium. You share your experiences, show interest in others' perspectives, seek dialogue, and contribute to good collaboration. We appreciate employees who are curious, solution-focused, and want to develop both their own teaching and our joint operation.

As a new employee, you don't need to know everything from the start, but we expect you to be open to learning, ask questions, and contribute to the positive work culture that characterizes Ösbyskolan.

Your Mission

We are looking for an engaged and skilled special needs teacher for the secondary school. As a special needs teacher, you work closely with students, teachers, and student health services to give students in need of special support the opportunity to develop as far as possible based on their prerequisites.

A large part of your mission involves planning, implementing, and following up on teaching for individual students and smaller groups. You map students' needs, conduct pedagogical assessments, and contribute special pedagogical competence to the school's development work. Through guidance and close collaboration with teaching staff, you contribute to making teaching accessible to more students.

You are a natural part of the school's student health team and collaborate daily with teachers, mentors, school management, and other professions. Together, we work preventively and promotively to create an accessible learning environment where students are given the opportunity to succeed.

We are looking for you who

We are looking for you who are a skilled pedagogue with a great commitment to students in need of special support. You see opportunities where others see obstacles and have a good ability to build trusting relationships with both students and colleagues.

You work in a structured manner, have a solution-focused approach, and thrive in collaboration. You have the ability to analyze students' needs, translate your conclusions into practice, and contribute to the school's continued development.

We place great emphasis on you having a professional attitude, good collaboration skills, and a clear student focus.

The position is a full-time employment (100%) with holiday service. Working hours are 40 hours per week.

Your Experience

We are looking for you who have:

• A degree as a special needs teacher or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Teaching certification.
• Experience working with students in need of special support.
• Experience from secondary school.
• Good knowledge of extra adaptations, special support, and pedagogical assessments.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience with NPF (Neurodevelopmental Disorders) and language, reading, and writing difficulties or math difficulties.
• Experience mentoring colleagues.
• Experience with digital compensatory aids.

Your Personal Qualities

We are looking for you who are:

• Relationship-building
• Analytical
• Collaborative
• Independent
• Structured
• Clear
• Stable

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We Offer

Here, you get to work in an engaged collegium where collaboration and the student's best interest are at the center. You become an important part of the school's development work and get the opportunity to influence how we develop an accessible learning environment for all students.

Värmdö Municipality offers a wellness allowance, SL public transport card against net salary deduction, and holiday exchange for extra days off. We also actively work to create health-promoting workplaces with a good working environment and apply smoke-free working hours.

We Strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, therefore welcoming applicants with different backgrounds.

Do you want to know more? You are welcome to contact us, see contact person below.

Contact details for the employee organizations can be found at https://www.varmdo.se/fackligaorganisationer or via Service Center, 08-570 470 00. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.