Ljungbacken Seeking Teacher in Swedish as a Second Language and English, Temporary Position

Statens Institutionsstyrelse · plný úvazek

Uddevalla, Švédsko

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Statens institutionsstyrelse, SiS) is an authority responsible for individually adapted coercive care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse issues. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and facilities for adults with substance abuse across the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create vital change. SiS youth home Ljungbacken receives boys ages 16 to 20. The institution is located in Uddevalla. Job Description SiS Ljungbacken is now seeking a teacher qualified to teach Swedish as a Second Language and English in grades 7-9 at our school Ljungskolan; other subject combinations may also be of interest. Ljungskolan is a newly built school under development, and if you are passionate about helping the most vulnerable young people in society, we can offer an exciting position with high variety and the opportunity to truly make a difference. We can offer good teacher-to-student ratios and excellent educational resources. SiS Ljungbacken primarily receives non-compulsory school boys. Our students can range from school-motivated high school students with no special needs, to young people with significant gaps and great need for support, often with an NPF and/or IF diagnosis. In exceptional cases, we also accept compulsory school students. The students need support from trustworthy adults with great empathetic ability and good ability to encourage, motivate, and set clear boundaries. Many of the students have disabilities of a socioemotional and neuropsychiatric nature, so experience with this is desirable. You will complement a group of teachers who work very much in teams to build an operation that motivates students toward pedagogical development. The role includes collaborating both internally with colleagues at Ljungbacken and externally with, for example, social services and external schools. Do you have strong subject knowledge, are you good at motivating students, do you see students' differences as pedagogical development opportunities, and do you value relationship-building work? Then maybe you are who we are looking for. Qualifications You are a person with great commitment, creativity, and the ability to be solution-focused. You have pedagogical insight, are flexible and creative in your thinking, and enjoy working thematically and interdisciplinarily together with other teachers. You have great empathetic ability and good ability to encourage, motivate, and set clear boundaries. You are passionate about helping young people in difficulty and have insight that the relationship is the foundation for the student's learning and development. You have a positive attitude and believe in every individual's development potential. Your assignment includes motivating students to continue their schooling and giving students the right conditions to succeed with this. You have good ability to collaborate both internally and externally. To succeed in the role, you are stable, have personal maturity, integrity, and are clear. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. You must also have: Teacher certification with qualifications to teach Swedish as a Second Language and English for grades 7-9, preferably with qualifications in the same subjects at the upper secondary level Good documentation skills Very good Swedish in speech and writing Class B driver's license It is a merit if: You are qualified to teach other subjects You have experience teaching/working with our target group At SiS we value good collegiality. This means that as an employee you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good cooperation. Read more at https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/. Employment: The position is a fixed-term contract until June 30, with possibility of extension. Start date by agreement. Vacation relief position. We may conduct interviews on a rolling basis during the application period. Welcome to register your application in our recruitment system by October 3. Contact persons: Sara Holm, Principal: 010-453 78 54 Stefan Eriksson, OFR/S: 072-553 61 31 Madeleine Mogumder, Sveriges Lärare: 010-453 66 80 Henrik Isgren, Saco-S: 010-453 40 23 Shadi Shiek Khalil, Seko: 010-453 23 41 SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants. For work at our institutions, SiS conducts background checks before employment. In connection with the recruitment process, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strictly decline contact with media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar. NOTE! If you have protected personal information, you should not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement.