About this role
Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents, but expects to grow significantly in the coming years. Lerum is only a 20-minute commute from Gothenburg and is currently facing a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality is committed to ensuring good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.
Dagens Samhälle has recently named Lerum the winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business, and future factors like digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Super Municipality!
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We are looking for substitute teachers for the spring term of 2026 for Lerum Municipality's preschools.
As a substitute teacher with us, you will be employed through Lerum Municipality's Staffing Unit. The assignments will take place when regular staff are absent, which can involve both short-term cover and longer substitutes.
How it works:
You will be intermittently employed (as a substitute) and will receive ongoing requests for work shifts – sometimes with short notice (the same day), and sometimes with longer lead times. You will indicate your availability in our digital booking system, where you can also express interest in specific shifts.
As a substitute, your work assignments may vary from day to day, and you may work in different preschools. Working hours are during weekdays in the daytime.
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be a safe and positive role model for our children and support them in their play, learning, and social development. By being actively present, you will guide and encourage the children in their activities, participate in play, and contribute to a safe, stimulating, and structured environment. You will help create calm and clarity in daily routines and build good relationships through close interaction in both play and daily activities. The work is varied and involves significant responsibility and independence.
Examples of tasks:
• Participate in and lead activities and games, both indoors and outdoors
• Support children in their language development, motor skills, and social interactions
• Assist in routine situations such as meals, dressing and undressing, and rest periods
• Be a present adult who creates security throughout the day
• Follow the day's plan set by regular staff and contribute to the smooth operation of the activities
• Provide additional support to individual children or small groups as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone who easily establishes contact in social settings and can quickly build trusting relationships with children. You take responsibility, show initiative, and feel comfortable working independently. You have a good ability to structure your work and drive it forward, while also being attentive, observant, and enjoying collaborating with the team.
You need to be able to adapt to new groups of children, work methods, and daily routines, as well as independently handle the situations that arise during the day in the preschool.
A high school diploma is advantageous. Experience working in preschools, childcare, service professions, or any other role where you support or help people is also beneficial. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
To work with children and youth, a background check from the Police is required. You will need to order this yourself via the Police's website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/digitalt-registerutdrag/
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The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030.
We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and harassment.
As an employee of Lerum Municipality, there may be requirements to use personal Bank-ID in the service for authentication in, for example, system logins or other verifications.
To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.
We warmly welcome your application!
For this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly request not to be contacted for further offers of competency mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance.