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As a psychologist at the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), you will use your skills where they make a real difference by helping people find employment opportunities and contributing to a more inclusive labor market. With us, you become part of a cross-professional team where collaboration, development, and public benefit are at the center. Together, we get Sweden to work. Do you want to join us?

The Unit's Mission

Arbetsförmedlingen in Kalmar County has approximately 130 employees who together offer in-depth support to job seekers and employers. Our mission is to equip and match job seekers with jobs or studies, as well as contribute to employers' competence supply.

You work throughout Kalmar County together with psychologists, occupational therapists/physiotherapists, and employment counselors. We conduct work-oriented rehabilitation through guidance, investigation, rehabilitation, and work-preparatory measures based on the job seeker's needs.

Job Description

As a psychologist, you assess how disabilities affect work capacity and identify the job seeker's resources and opportunities in the labor market. You strengthen motivation, contribute to labor market policy assessments, and collaborate closely with employment counselors and other professions.

You also support employers when recruiting people with disabilities, for example by suggesting workplace adjustments. The role also involves interpreting medical records, contributing your specialist competence, and collaborating with municipalities, healthcare, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, and independent actors.

A large part of the work takes place in Arbetsförmedlingen's digital system support, where you document, make assessments, and collaborate with colleagues and external actors. Therefore, you need to enjoy working digitally and using digital tools as a natural part of your work.

What We Offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment that may begin with a six-month probationary period. The location is Västervik or Oskarshamn (business travel to other locations may occur).

We offer you the opportunity to work at a workplace where we value balance between work and private life. You will have access to a generous holiday agreement, flexible working hours, and the possibility to work remotely up to 49 percent depending on the needs of the business. Our benefits also include health care during working hours and a favorable health allowance.

As an employee of Arbetsförmedlingen, you also have access to competence development and career opportunities within the agency. Through our work, we contribute to an inclusive and sustainable society, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for individuals and for society as a whole.

Basic Requirements for the Position

• Psychologist license from the National Board of Health and Welfare (to be attached to the application)
• Category B driver's license

Other Merits for the Position

• Experience in work-oriented rehabilitation
• Work experience in assessing work capacity
• Work experience in group collaboration
• Experience working in digital business or documentation systems

The government's value base guides us in our daily work. As an employee, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our agency.

In addition, you must have the personal ability and aptitude to work in accordance with Arbetsförmedlingen's employee criteria. Read more about the government's value base and our employee criteria on our website.

As an employee of Arbetsförmedlingen, you are expected to be:

Responsible – take responsibility for your work, collaborate, and contribute to a good working environment.

Proactive – take initiative, contribute to improvements, and handle changes.

Result-oriented – plan, follow up, and contribute to business benefit and results.

Application

Does this sound like a job for you? Welcome to submit your application by 2026-08-04.

Attach your CV where you specify the year, month, and tasks for each employment, as well as certificates that verify the requirements regarding education and/or work experience in your application.

It is important that you answer the selection questions in detail and truthfully, so that we get a clear picture of your experience. If requested information is not provided, you risk being excluded from the selection. You do not need to send a cover letter.

Selection tests may occur during the recruitment process. We will keep you informed throughout the entire recruitment process.

Interviews are planned to be conducted on-site in Västervik and Oskarshamn during weeks 34–35.

If you have protected personal data, contact the recruitment partner named in the advertisement, and you will receive help with submitting your application.

We work actively to be an agency free from discrimination. It is important to us that all competence is utilized, and we welcome all applicants. We view positively if you have knowledge of any of our national minority languages.

Welcome to us – we work for a Sweden at work! Here you work on the government's mandate for a well-functioning labor market. The goal is to shorten the time in unemployment by matching job seekers with employers. Our efforts are primarily directed towards those furthest from the labor market and towards employers who are open to hiring those with the greatest need for support. We counteract incorrect payments and violations of welfare systems so that our tax funds are used effectively for their intended purpose. We collaborate with many other actors and together we find solutions that make a difference – for a Sweden at work.