School Counselor

Description:

Increased learning - equity - meeting places; three important core values that permeate all work in Nässjö Municipality's schools, a mid-sized municipality with approximately 30,000 residents in the Småland highlands. To realize this, the municipal council has adopted a strategic and long-term development initiative for preschool and schools in Nässjö Municipality. Within the Children and Education Department, we work consciously and purposefully to provide every child and student with the tools needed to seek knowledge in life. The goal is for every child and student to develop according to their abilities and feel joy and pride in their accomplishments. We are looking for you to work as a school counselor in Nässjö Municipality. You will be part of student welfare's psychosocial services, which are part of the Central Student Welfare unit. Central Student Welfare consists of a broad range of expertise with different professions. In addition to school counselors, there are school doctors, school psychologists, school nurses, special educators, specialist teachers, speech-language pathologists, educators, student coaches, and development teachers. As a school counselor, you will have an important role in the school's student welfare and school development. You will be part of the school's student welfare team, where you work closely with other professions. As a school counselor, you work in a promoting and preventive manner to create a good environment for students' health, learning, and development. The school counselor is an expert in social work and social legislation. The assignment is governed by the Education Act, the Social Services Act, the Discrimination Act, the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act, and municipal governing documents. The work includes, among other things, planning and implementation of promoting and preventive work, individual student and parent contacts, support conversations, conducting school social investigations, participating in follow-up regarding students' school attendance, collaboration with teachers, and contact with other agencies such as social services, habilitation, and child and adolescent psychiatric services. 1 position(s). WORK TASKS Actively promote values-based work at the school and strive to ensure that human rights and democracy are upheld Professional conversations, such as support, motivation, crisis, and conflict conversations as well as investigative, advisory, and processing conversations with individual students and their families Investigate and assess the social and psychosocial situation of individual students and for the school as a whole Initiate and participate in reports to social services and police Document completed interventions in the school's record system Work with individual students and groups in acute situations and for preventive purposes Participate in student welfare teams and safety teams Contribute to other school staff's professional development in the social and psychosocial field Participate in crisis teams Collaborate with community resources, social services, psychiatry, habilitation, police, and youth counseling services Contribute to school development Be a good representative externally for the school as a social worker Stay current in your profession. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or equivalent education in behavioral sciences. Experience working with children and adolescents and as a school counselor is meritorious. You have good knowledge of the school's objectives and governing documents, knowledge of other departments and, for example, child and adolescent psychiatry services, as well as knowledge of practices and guidelines in the field. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment form: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent. Working hours: Daytime. Learn more about what it's like to work in Nässjö Municipality at www.nassjo.se. To ensure efficient, fast, and secure handling of your application, we ask that you submit your application through our recruitment tool. Apply directly via the link in the advertisement. If you have a protected identity and wish to apply for the advertised position, you are welcome to send your application documents to [email protected]. In the email, it must be clear which position you are applying for. In connection with the recruitment process, Nässjö Municipality has decided on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Nässjö

Address

Nässjö kommun

GPS

57.6498723, 14.6926687copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0722101509

Views

5

Published

5. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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