Psychologist with Psychological Leadership Responsibility at the Resource Unit

Upplands-Bro kommun · Vollzeit

Furuhällsplan 1, Kungsängen, Kunsgängen, Schweden

Do you want to contribute to equitable, health-promoting, and legally sound student health services for children and students in Upplands-Bro Municipality? We are now seeking a licensed psychologist with experience in school psychological work and an interest in combining professional psychological work with psychological leadership responsibility. As a psychologist with psychological leadership responsibility, PLA, you will have an important role in developing, quality-assuring, and supporting the municipality's psychological student health work. You will be part of the Resource Unit within Upplands-Bro Municipality's Education Office, where you will work together with engaged colleagues to create favorable conditions for children and students' development, learning, and well-being. Job Description In your role as a psychologist with psychological leadership responsibility, you will work both with school psychological interventions and with ensuring that psychological work within student health's medical services is conducted safely, legally, and with high quality. You will support and guide the psychology team in matters concerning profession, methods, procedures, documentation, and quality. You will contribute to developing shared working methods and written procedures, and ensure that the operations comply with relevant laws, regulations, and governing documents within both education and health and medical care. Your assignment includes, among other things: - working with school psychological interventions at the individual, group, and organizational levels - having psychological leadership responsibility and contributing to safe and quality-assured psychological operations - supporting the psychology team in professional matters, assessments, and method development - developing, advancing, and following up procedures, processes, and working methods - contributing to quality management systems, self-control, and systematic improvement work - ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, guidelines, and governing documents - collaborating with school leaders, student health teams, guardians, and other relevant stakeholders - contributing to a good collaborative climate and a learning culture in the psychology team The role requires you to balance the demands for clarity, quality, and compliance with a responsive and collaborative approach. You will be an important function in creating alignment, support, and structure in psychological student health work. We are looking for you who have: - Swedish psychological license - experience working as a school psychologist - good knowledge of relevant legislation and governing documents within both health and medical care and education - very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing - good ability to develop clear written procedures, processes, and materials Meriting factors: - previous experience with psychological leadership responsibility, PLA - specialist competence in educational psychology - experience with quality management systems and self-control - experience with the Prorenata documentation system - experience with development work in student health or other health and medical care operations We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. To succeed in this role, you need to be confident in your profession and have a good ability to build trusting relationships. You are structured, independent, and quality-conscious, while at the same time you thrive with collaboration and dialogue. You find it easy to create alignment, bring others along, and contribute to a professional and constructive work environment. You communicate clearly and pedagogically, both orally and in writing, and have the ability to translate legal requirements, governing documents, and professional assessments into practical procedures and working methods. We are looking for you who can be clear on matters concerning quality, responsibility, and compliance, while also valuing teamwork, trust, and good collaboration in the psychology team and with the operations. About the Workplace The Resource Unit is part of the Central School Support Division within the Education Office. The unit works in a health-promoting, preventive, and remedial manner with a focus on ensuring that children and students in the municipality's preschools and schools receive the support they need and are entitled to. Within the Resource Unit is central student health, where school doctors, school nurses, and school psychologists work across the municipality's operations. The unit works closely with school leaders, student health teams, and other functions within the Education Office. The work is characterized by collaboration, operations-focused support, quality, and a shared focus on children and students' best interests. In Upplands-Bro Municipality, student participation, accessible learning environments, and strengthened mental health are priority areas. With us, you get to participate in and contribute to an important societal mission in a growing municipality where development is central. What We Offer With us, you get a meaningful and developmental assignment where you contribute to strengthening student health quality and equity throughout the municipality. You will be part of an operation with engaged colleagues, close collaboration with schools, and good opportunities to influence and develop working methods. Upplands-Bro Municipality has the advantages of a small municipality with short decision-making paths, proximity to operations, and great opportunities to participate in development work. We work based on our shared guiding principles: holistic perspective, commitment, and professionalism. The municipality actively works to increase equality and diversity in the workplace, so we welcome applicants who contribute to this. Read more about the municipality as an employer here. About the Position The position is a permanent full-time employment. Trial employment may be applied. Start date by agreement. About the Recruitment Process We look forward to receiving your application by October 10th. You apply simply by attaching your CV, but without a cover letter. Instead, answer our selection questions. Candidates who meet all mandatory requirements (education, knowledge, and experience) will be contacted for the next step in the process. In some recruitments, occupational psychological tests may also be relevant, depending on the role's nature and needs. Selection and interviews take place continuously during the posting period, so do not delay sending in your application. All offers of advertising assistance and help in the recruitment process are declined. Warmly welcome with your application!