Drottning Blanka's Upper Secondary School has had a clear vision since its inception in 1996 – to create a school where strong relationships and community are at the center. We believe in the power of collaboration and how we can together support every individual to develop and reach their full potential. Our motto, "It is important to us that you succeed," pervades the entire organization and influences our working methods, from the classroom to the overall goals of the organization.
Today, Drottning Blanka's Upper Secondary Schools operate in 26 schools across 20 cities in Sweden, offering both practical and theoretical upper secondary programs. Our values – community, commitment, and ambition – guide us in our actions and are fundamental to our organization. We are committed to our colleagues, students, and the surrounding community. Together, we support our environment and let engagement be the key to development. When we work together, driven by our passions, we achieve higher results.
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Drottning Blanka's Upper Secondary School in Uppsala was established in 2009 and offers vocational and higher education preparatory programs in social studies, economics, health and care, hairdressing, and aesthetics. The school has approximately 360 students and 34 staff members. We are now looking for a school counselor to join our team.
School Counselor for Drottning Blanka's Upper Secondary School in Uppsala
Your Mission
As a counselor, you are part of the school's student health services and bear the overall responsibility for promoting the psychosocial working environment for students. We offer a permanent position as a counselor at 50% with the potential for an increase ahead of the 2025/2026 academic year. You will provide support to both staff and students in these matters, and together with the rest of the student health team, you will work towards creating a good environment in the school, both strategically through health-promoting initiatives and plans, and operationally with staff and students.
Your Profile
We are looking for someone with a background as a school counselor or experience in health promotion work with groups. It is essential that you enjoy working for high quality and have the ability to plan, prioritize, implement, and evaluate. You are empathetic, secure, responsive, and have a good approach to others. You are a positive and flexible team player who can handle various situations that may arise in our workplace. You see opportunities in change. You are a social worker or behavioral scientist with experience working with children and adolescents, both individually and in groups. As a colleague, you are unpretentious, inspiring, and proactive.
We Offer
Drottning Blanka's Upper Secondary Schools place great importance on personal, local, and global engagement. We create meaning through external collaborations, and our global perspective permeates our schools. Here, you will be part of a student health team that includes special education teachers, school nurses, full-time mentors, and school leadership.
As a school within AcadeMedia, we offer our employees continuous professional development through AcadeMedia Academy as well as internal and external professional growth opportunities. It is important to us that you succeed, and therefore you will, of course, receive collective agreement benefits and insurance, as well as wellness grants, pension counseling, and favorable purchasing opportunities through salary exchange schemes.
Other Information
The position is a permanent contract with an initial probationary period of 6 months. Start date is according to agreement, but ideally in January 2026.
You are warmly welcome to submit your application via our recruitment system. Appointments may occur before the application deadline. If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Principal Daniel Öberg at 0725208636 or
[email protected].
We kindly but firmly request no direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of additional job advertisements.