Upper secondary school student health services work in a preventive and health-promoting manner. Pupil health services must also support pupils' development towards their educational goals, and we therefore have a special responsibility to remove obstacles to each individual pupil's learning and development. All pupils must have access to a school nurse, school doctor, counselor, psychologist and staff who have the skills to help pupils with special educational interventions. Your work tasks As a counselor at Umeå Upper Secondary School, you will work closely with mentors and classes. You will work with health promotion and prevention at group and organizational level and collaborate with other actors such as the region, the municipality and other school units. About you You have social worker training and experience of working as a school counselor and/or other equivalent experience. We also see that you have experience of working with young people and mental illness. It is important that you have a holistic perspective on young people's learning and development. You must have the ability to create good relationships between young people and adults, but also between different actors. You see great value in working together with different professional competencies. We are looking for people who are responsive, clear and communicative. Great importance is attached to personal suitability. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive workplace. Therefore, we welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives As a result of the law on suitability checks, an extract from the police criminal record must be presented upon employment. A probationary period may be applied for this position. Welcome with your application! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.