Social Pedagogue at Knuten in Alvesta Municipality

Description:

In Alvesta Municipality – with approximately 20,000 residents in southern Sweden's central point – you get to be part of creating a sustainable society for the future. Here, a strong business community, high-quality municipal services, and an attractive living environment with both vibrant towns and nature-close countryside meet. With good communications via rail, air, and road, opportunities are close – whether you want to develop in your professional role or in life. We are approximately 2,000 employees who work every day to make a difference. Our core values – participation, commitment, and trust – permeate everything we do. Through good meetings and open dialogue, we create a workplace where ideas can grow and where every employee is seen and appreciated. With us, you work in an organization with short decision-making paths and a clear focus on sustainable development in line with the UN's Agenda 2030. Together, we build a safe and attractive Alvesta – for residents, businesses, and visitors. In Alvesta Municipality, there is Knuten for students with needs for central support and education. Knuten's combined operations include an emergency school, central school social team, resource unit, central special education group, and from fall 2026 also the resource school as its own school unit. The central school social team within Knuten works with students whose schooling requires coordinated efforts from multiple directions. The central school social team's mission is to help students in difficult life situations regain their school connection, strengthen their attendance, and experience a daily life characterized by security, participation, and meaning. The emergency school within Knuten is a time-limited and legally regulated intervention that can be used when a student temporarily needs to have their teaching carried out outside the regular school unit to ensure safety and study peace. The central special education group within Knuten is a flexible and time-limited intervention. It is intended for students who for a period need teaching outside their regular teaching group so that their right to education can be met. The intervention can be used when a student needs a smaller setting with increased structure, predictability, and adult presence. The resource unit within Knuten is responsible for teaching children and young people of primary school age who are placed by social services at VoB Syds treatment and investigation home. The resource school at Knuten is its own school unit within Alvesta Municipality. The resource school offers a clearly structured learning environment for a total of 4–6 students who have extensive and lasting needs for a small, specialized, and relationally safe school environment. Knuten has a flexible working method to meet extensive support needs through a safe and streamlined environment with high adult presence and few relationships to bear. Here, staff work with special expertise and relational readiness. The ability to interpret underlying needs and meet students with calm and stability is crucial for building trust and development in students in complex life situations. Knuten's target group is primary school students. Currently, licensed teachers and social pedagogues work daily, but there is also very close collaboration with the school psychologist. In addition to these professions, there is also close cooperation between the municipality's primary schools, social services in both Alvesta and around the country, as well as two residential treatment homes in Alvesta. 1 position(s). WORK TASKS Working as a social pedagogue at Knuten means you get to be part of all these operations and collaboration structures. We work based on a low-affective approach with the relationship in focus and with strengthening self-esteem, gaining a positive school image, increased responsibility for one's actions, and increased motivation for schoolwork. In our operations, we value the opportunity to meet each student at their level and to adapt to needs and circumstances. This means that your role as a social pedagogue can be both to motivate and teach students, but also to provide conversation support. QUALIFICATIONS Basic requirement is that you hold a university degree as a social pedagogue. You should have a strong interest in working with children and young people. We are looking for someone who enjoys challenges and likes that no two days are the same. We also value that you have good collaboration skills and that you are social and good at building positive relationships with students and colleagues. You should be organized, clear, and consistent with the ability to take your own initiative with a large dose of commitment and flexibility. We place great importance on personal suitability. You see opportunities instead of obstacles and you see it as self-evident to create conditions for all students so they get good development in a stimulating environment. We warmly welcome your application! Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent. We decline all advertising salespeople and recruitment companies.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Alvesta

Address

Centralplan 1

GPS

56.9313355, 14.7386204copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0472-15175

Views

7

Published

10. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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