Vacant job

Daily activities in Halmstad Municipality support individuals with different prerequisites to develop independence, participation, and meaningful engagement. We are now looking for employees for four different directions within the operation.

Direction 1: Work and engagement at external workplaces with a focus on independence, participation, and social networks.

Direction 2: Support and guidance of participants in a business group at an external workplace, with a focus on development, participation, and independence.

Direction 3: Work within agricultural and dog operations where participants are supported in practical tasks and learning.

Direction 4: Individualized support for participants with extensive support needs, with a focus on participation, communication, and development.

Your Responsibilities

As a support pedagogue, you work to support and coach participants in daily activities towards independence, participation, and meaningful engagement based on individual needs and prerequisites. In a supervisory role, you contribute with pedagogical support in everyday life by creating structure, guiding participants, and adapting working methods to the target group's needs. The work takes place in close collaboration with colleagues, coordinating functions, and external actors. The assignment includes working based on pedagogical methods, documenting according to current guidelines, and motivating and supporting participants with a low-affective and individualized approach. We are looking for someone who thrives in a developing operation and wants to shape working methods and processes together with colleagues. The role requires flexibility, initiative, and the ability to work in change, while contributing to an operation that makes a concrete difference for people every day.

Your Qualifications

For the position of support pedagogue, a post-secondary education of at least 200 YH credits or 60 university credits in fields such as pedagogy, disability studies, behavioral science, or other relevant areas is required. Education within the disability field is meritorious.

For the position, knowledge of low-affective interaction, clear pedagogy, and social documentation is required, as well as good knowledge of the Office package. A B driver's license is a requirement.

It is meritorious if you have experience with methods and working approaches such as MI, SE, IPS, IBIC, BIP/CREATE, LifeCare, or Yrkesresan, as well as work with people with disabilities.

We are looking for someone who is secure, relationship-building, and collaboration-oriented. You work independently, have a professional and respectful interaction, and have good ability to collaborate with both internal and external actors. Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

We offer you

With us, you become part of work where your competence and commitment actually make a difference. You contribute to people achieving education, work, and self-sufficiency and are part of an organization with broad knowledge and a strong desire for development.

With us, you meet trust-based leadership where your ideas are valued and where you have the opportunity to influence working methods and approaches. To ensure you feel secure in your role, you will receive an introduction.

Other Information

When you apply, you answer selection questions related to the job's requirement profile. State in your personal letter which direction(s) you are interested in and why. Since the recruitment covers several units and managers, the selection questions may vary between the positions.

Selection and interviews will take place after week 34.

For questions about the position, email:

Week 31 - Ingemar Sellén, Unit Manager, email: [email protected]

Week 33 - also Linda Axelsson, Unit Manager, email: [email protected]

During the summer period, our feedback may be delayed.

To ensure quality in Halmstad Municipality's recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally.

We value the qualities that an even age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the operation. We therefore welcome applicants who contribute to this.

If you are called for an interview, you need to show an extract from the Police's criminal record register. The extract is called "Extract for work with children with disabilities" and is a requirement within the Education and Employment Administration. The extract is free to order, but the processing time at the Police can be up to 2–3 weeks. We therefore recommend that you order the extract well in time before a possible interview.

In the recruitment process, we may use work psychological tests as part of the selection work.

We also use digital reference checking as part of the recruitment process. This means that as a candidate, you may be asked to provide references digitally at a later stage of the process.

If the position has requirements for education or certification, you as a candidate must be able to show transcripts, degree, or other certificates that prove education or eligibility.

Before employment, you need to show that you have the right to work, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance. You do this by proving your citizenship in the EU/EEA or Switzerland through a passport, national ID card, or personal certificate together with an identity document. If you cannot do this, you need to show a work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement for a work permit.

The position is filled subject to necessary decisions being made.

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

We warmly welcome your application!

When you work in Halmstad Municipality, you create meaning by shaping, strengthening, and enriching others' everyday lives - whoever you are. With us, collaboration, balance, and the opportunity to develop, both as a professional and a human being, are important - we are the workplace where you get more out of life! Read more about us here.