School Support Educator for Frölundaskolan Bräcke's Adapted Primary School

**Description** Frölundaskolan Bräcke is an adapted primary school for grades 1–9. Students follow the curricula for adapted primary schools, primarily within subject areas. We have 44 students distributed across 8 classes, of which 25 students also participate in one of the school's three after-school care departments. Several professionals work closely around the students to create a safe, structured, and developmental learning environment. Here, we work long-term, methodically, and with great warmth to ensure that each student has the best conditions for development. We are an educational organization with defined frameworks, where curricula and decisions guide the work, and where the teacher has the ultimate responsibility for instruction and assessment. **Responsibilities** We are now seeking three school support educators with specialized expertise in autism and intellectual disabilities. In the role of school support educator, you will contribute with in-depth knowledge of the students' and the school's needs within the adapted primary school. You will work closely with students throughout the day – both in school and in after-school care – and have some dedicated planning time to develop student support work, always in close collaboration with the responsible teacher and after-school care staff. You will support colleagues in methods and approaches based on the needs of the students and the organization. You will collaborate with the teacher to adapt, make accessible, and contribute to instruction throughout the school day. This may involve practically preparing lessons, conducting individual lesson segments with students, and working on follow-up tasks. You will serve as an important link to guardians and the student health professionals, as well as between teachers and student assistants, communicating with them based on the student's needs. You will work in teams together with teachers, any other school support educators, and student assistants – one team for the school day and one for after-school care. Your tasks will include: • Designing and adapting the learning environment, structure, and communication based on the student's needs • Professionally working with alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) and digital tools • Contributing qualified analyses and suggestions regarding methods and approaches • Providing support in teaching, care, and self-care • Being an active, reflective, and knowledgeable participant in the team's collective work • Contributing to a shared understanding of the student's entire day – school and after-school care (working hours are scheduled between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM) **Qualifications** We are looking for candidates who have post-secondary education with a focus on pedagogy, such as educational vocational packages (teacher assistant training or equivalent at folk high school or vocational college), activation pedagogy, social pedagogy, or support pedagogy. The role requires experience with autism and intellectual disabilities, as well as autism-specific competence and the ability to translate research and methodology into practical student support. Additionally, you must: - Be well-versed in the governing documents of the adapted primary school. - Have knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), structural support, and adaptations in complex learning environments. - Have knowledge and experience in digital documentation. - Have a strong ability to lead adults. - Have knowledge of and experience with LSS, methodological support, care, and self-care. - Be proficient in swimming. - Have good command of Swedish in both spoken and written forms. **Personal Competencies** To succeed in your role, it is important that you have a strong ability to apply your expertise to facilitate learning, both for students and colleagues. With your in-depth knowledge of the students' needs within the adapted primary school and the challenges of the organization, you contribute a holistic perspective. You possess good communication skills to explain problems and information to various audiences and from different perspectives. You feel engaged and joyful in working with students with autism and intellectual disabilities. You are motivated by witnessing both small and large progress and maintain a professional calm when faced with the varying needs and expressions of students. You are structured, patient, and confident in your role. You collaborate easily, create consensus, and contribute to the collective development of the teams. You can easily identify opportunities, creativity, and solutions, and you can adapt your working methods within given frameworks. For the right person, this is a developing, meaningful, and enjoyable role – and a workplace where you can utilize your full competence to make a real difference. We warmly welcome your application! Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis during the application period. **Other** As an employee in our administration, you will be offered benefits such as wellness grants, bicycle benefits, and employee support. According to the Education Act, a criminal record extract must be presented by individuals before they are employed in preschool activities, schools, and school-age childcare. You can order this from the Police's website. For this recruitment, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and therefore kindly decline further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance. We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR