Swedish Prison and Probation Service is Growing – We Are Hiring!

Our main goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will be safer for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation, remand centers, and client transport.

Read more about the operations at Salberga prison on our website: Salberga (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/hittaochkontakta/verksamhet/anstalt/salberga/#om)

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a correctional officer, you will be part of a team where you have daily contact with clients. The tasks at the prison/remand center are varied: care, surveillance, searching, and security work mixed with release planning and conversation/motivation work. Work at the remand center is often routine-driven and focused on care and security tasks. Clients may be detained for long periods without meeting anyone other than their lawyer and the staff at the remand center, which places special demands on you as a correctional officer.

Working as a correctional officer means you can make a difference for others and contribute to a better society. To thrive and succeed in your role, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values of a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and belief in human development.

QUALIFICATIONS

Your personal qualities are important. As a correctional officer, you need to be secure, stable, have good self-awareness, sound judgment, and integrity. Together with your colleagues, you will drive the operations, so you need to have good collaboration skills and be clear in your communication. You should be able to act physically when required.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Completed upper secondary education or other training combined with work experience deemed relevant by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
• Work experience, including seasonal work, part-time employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not equivalent to employment
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing
• Good computer skills

It is an advantage if you have:

• Work experience in corrections, security work, social care, psychiatry, or health and care work
• Knowledge in relevant fields, such as behavioral science, criminology, psychiatry, law, and conflict management
• Relevant language skills
• B driver's license

OTHER

We have high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. A security check will precede the decision on employment. Certain positions are placed in a security class, and a security assessment with a background check will be conducted before a hiring decision is made. For positions with a higher security class, you need to be a Swedish citizen, but you may have a foreign background. Read more about the security assessment at: Security Assessment (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve military placement within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about military placement at: Military Placement (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

Continuous selection will be applied.

To submit your application, click on the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and submit your CV should be directed to Visma Recruit. Questions about specific jobs will be answered by the contact person indicated in the advertisement.

We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of recruitment ads. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has contracted agreements.