Special Educator for Skolfam – Empowering Foster Children to Succeed

All children have the right to succeed in school and to have the opportunity to reach their full potential. For children placed in foster care, a functioning school attendance is one of the most important protective factors for mental health, future education, and establishment in adult life.

Lidingö Municipality is now taking an important step by introducing Skolfam as a project – a nationally established and research-based working model that strengthens the school results, health, and future life chances of children in foster care through close collaboration between social services, schools, student health services, and foster homes.

We are now looking for a special educator who wants to help build Skolfam in Lidingö. This is a unique opportunity for you who want to combine your professional competence with development work and contribute to long-term change for a group of children who often have great needs for support.

With us, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the child, influence operational development, and help create a model that can make a difference for many years to come.

About Lidingö Municipality

The foster care service belongs to the Care and Social Administration, which is one of our six administrations in Lidingö Municipality. Here, approximately 800 dedicated employees work to support the residents of Lidingö through all stages of life. We exist to create security and opportunities – whether it concerns elderly care, social psychiatry, support for people with disabilities, or individual and family care. With experience, cooperation, and curiosity, we meet every individual based on their needs and create security and opportunities, both today and for the future.

Welcome to Lidingö Municipality – a green, city-adjacent island only 15 minutes from central Stockholm. With knowledge and collaboration, we build bridges that lead to new opportunities, both for life as it is and for what lies ahead. Here, there are many opportunities to develop your strengths – or discover entirely new ones. With the heart in the work, the eye on the future, and curiosity as a guide, we make life and working life in Lidingö a little better every day. Welcome to become part of Lidingö Municipality – the bridge to the future.

Responsibilities

We are looking for you who are driven by making a difference for children and young people! To thrive in this role, you are curious, engaged, and see opportunities where others see challenges. You enjoy collaborating, building relationships, and creating trust with both children and adults. At the same time, you have the ability to work independently, take initiative, and contribute structure to complex issues.

You enjoy being part of building something new and want to be part of a context where development, quality, and collaboration are in focus.

As a special educator in Skolfam, you will become a key person in an interdisciplinary team where the child's best interest is always at the center. You will work closely with child secretaries and foster care secretaries and be supervised by the same group leader.

The work includes, among other things:

• Conducting pedagogical assessments
• Analyzing results and identifying areas for development
• Contributing to the planning of interventions that strengthen the child's learning, development, and well-being
• Collaborating with schools, student health services, foster homes, and social services
• Monitoring interventions and the child's development over time
• Contributing to the implementation and further development of Skolfam in Lidingö Municipality

Qualifications and Merits

In Lidingö Municipality, we work based on the values engaged, professional, and initiative-taking. We expect you to contribute with a great deal of engagement, a professional approach, and that you take initiative to constantly develop yourself and the operations.

For the position of special educator, we are looking for you who:

• Are educated as a special educator
• Have experience in student health work, pedagogical assessments, or work with children in need of special support
• Have a good understanding of learning processes and the school's mission
• Have the ability to translate assessments into concrete development initiatives

Meritorious:

• You have experience of foster care or work with placed children, social services, school, or student health, development and change work, as well as interdisciplinary collaboration.

In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment Terms

Positions: 1

Employment type: Fixed-term employment.

The municipality applies individual salary setting. The positions are fixed-term project appointments at 50% with a desired start as soon as possible in 2026 until December 2027, with a possible option for extension. Start date according to agreement.

In Lidingö Municipality, you are required to present an extract from the police record of convictions before employment. You request this extract on the police's website.

Before the recruitment process, Lidingö Municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Do you want to help give children in foster care better conditions to succeed in school and life? Then we look forward to your application!