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. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES As a school counsellor at Högalidskolan, and 20% of the scope of the service at Luossavaaraskolan, you will work to lead and develop efforts in social and psychosocial work at individual, group, organizational level. The work includes having a supportive function and being a resource for the work teams in their work with children's and young people's learning. You contribute to the school's work to promote health and prevent mental illness, bullying, abusive treatment, discrimination and harassment. You also help ensure that all pupils achieve their educational goals and develop socially and emotionally in an environment that promotes learning. The role of school counselor also requires you to collaborate with other student health professionals as well as activities and authorities outside the school. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who have a social worker degree or similar education/competence which is required for the work. It would also be an advantage if you have experience of counselor work, especially in schools. Since you often have contact with students, guardians and colleagues, you need to be able to build good relationships. You are independent, proactive, goal-oriented in your work and a good role model for our children. We also attach great importance to personal suitability and good cooperation skills. As a result of the law on suitability checks, 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 train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, 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. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting advertisement sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.