Treatment Assistant at SiS Youth Home Bärby

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, SiS, is an authority responsible for individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse across the country. With us at SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. No matter where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

SiS Youth Home Bärby, located outside Uppsala, accepts non-compulsory school boys with psychosocial problems as well as criminal behavior and substance abuse.

Job Description

Do you want to help create the life-changing difference for vulnerable people? Take the opportunity to try an interesting temporary position at SiS Youth Home Bärby!

The goal of your assignment is to motivate our youth towards new and less risky ways of living. As a treatment assistant, you will help ensure that the routines in the department function as they should. You play a significant role in the stability and safety of our youth and clients, and you are the foundation of daily life, including schooling, cleaning, cooking, and more. You contribute to maintaining safety in the institution according to our routines, and documentation is an important part of your work. You will work on building secure relationships and help ensure that our youth/clients receive the safety and security they need to break old habits. Together with your team of dedicated colleagues, such as treatment pedagogues and treatment coordinators, you have the opportunity to achieve good results and contribute to change. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

The working hours are according to a schedule, including days, evenings, and weekends.

As a temporary employee at SiS, you will undergo a tailored introductory training to prepare you for your assignment.

Qualifications

Your personal suitability is key to life-changing transformation. Therefore, you need to have a good ability to create engagement and participation. Equally important is that you have a solid positive view of people, great empathy, and the ability to build good relationships. You have good communication skills and can remain calm even in pressured situations. You also have the ability to collaborate with others and are happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You should also have:

• Completed secondary education
• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work in psychiatry or HVB operations.
• Driver's license B
• Good Swedish in speech and writing

You share our vision of being a place for change, which permeates your approach, engagement, and attitude.

Employment:

The position is a temporary position as needed, starting immediately.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by 2025-02-28.

Tests and work samples may be included in the recruitment process. Selection and interviews may occur on an ongoing basis.

SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.

For work at our institutions, SiS conducts a background check before employment.

In preparation for the recruitment work, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has decided on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request not to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

NOTE! If you have protected personal information, do not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact in the advertisement.