School Counsellor at Internationella Engelska Skolan Österåker
Internationella Engelska Skolan Österåker opened in August 2024. We are an F-9 school with two parallel classes and up to 610 students. Our vision is to create a safe and calm learning environment with high academic expectations, where each student has the opportunity to develop and succeed. The school is centrally located in Åkersberga, approximately 30 minutes from Stockholm and a five-minute walk from Roslagsbanan.
We are now seeking a full-time school counsellor for grades F-9. As a school counsellor, you will be an important part of our student welfare team, where your primary role is to contribute to health-promoting and preventive student welfare work. We want to work proactively to identify needs early, strengthen protective factors, and create good conditions for students to feel well, feel safe, and reach their potential.
We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or equivalent higher education and experience in supportive work with children and young people. Experience working in schools and collaborating with, for example, child and adolescent mental health services or social services is an asset.
You are confident, relationship-building, and solution-focused.
You can work independently but also thrive in close collaboration with others.
Above all, you have a genuine commitment to young people and a strong belief in each student's ability to develop and find their potential.
You must have excellent proficiency in both Swedish and English, as English is the working language in the staff group.
With us, you will have the opportunity to be part of developing student welfare work at a growing school and, together with an engaged team, build structures for strong preventive and health-promoting work.
Interviews are conducted on a rolling basis, and the position may be filled before the final application deadline.
Prior to employment, a valid extract from belastningsregistret for work in schools is required.
Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) is a leading independent school group with academic results far above average and a diverse and energetic staff. Teaching is in both Swedish and English, and the hallways are bilingual. The language of meetings and communication amongst the staff is English.
IES is one of Sweden's largest school groups at compulsory school level with 46 schools and around 30,000 students across the country. IES has grown steadily and maintained quality since 1993.
N.B. Prior to any offer of employment at IES, a criminal background check is required for all applicants. In Sweden, this is an extract from belastningsregistret from Polismyndigheten and from abroad, this is a record extract from an equivalent police governing body.