Psychologist for the central child and student health service Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Psychologist
Work model On location
Application due date 5 January 2025
Are you the one? For a vibrant Kiruna.
One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we say. We are the caregiver who holds old mom's hand and the teacher who makes little brother read his first words. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support workers who drive to villages in blizzards like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture, inspire, teach, save lives, innovate, move cities, stand up for each other and care for people. With pride and care. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important?Kiruna municipality has a total of 12 primary schools, geographically spread across the municipality. The task of primary schools is to provide pupils with knowledge and values and to develop their ability to acquire them. We prepare our students for active life choices in the future.
TASKS
Psychologists contribute to the work of student health by bringing psychological expertise to Kiruna schools. The tasks mainly include promotional and preventive student health work such as consultation, guidance, training for school staff and student health teams. The tasks of psychologists also include, when necessary, making assessments and investigations to support students' development towards educational goals.
You will be part of the psychology team consisting of two licensed psychologists. You will collaborate with the school principals, who are ultimately responsible for each school's student health work. You will also work closely with the schools' special educators. The work also involves collaboration with, among others, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Rehabilitation and Social Services.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for you who are a licensed psychologist. We would like you to have experience of consultative work and/or work with children and young people. Experience of student health work is an advantage. We attach great importance to personal suitability and good ability to create and maintain trusting relationships.
You have a driving license B and you should have access to your own car.
As a result of the law on suitability control, you must be able to present an extract from the police's criminal record upon employment. You can order one directly when you submit your application via the link https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623
OTHER
To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words.
We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure.
We have many different benefits where you as an employee can, among other things, train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off.
We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages.
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