Treatment Assistant at SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) is an authority responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse. SiS also implements secure youth care. We do this in youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse throughout the country. Working with us at SiS 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 Bergsmansgården receives non-school-attending girls. We operate in Fjugesta, thirty kilometers west of Örebro, and in Granhult, thirty kilometers north of Lindesberg. The girls come to us due to psychosocial issues and problems with crime or drug abuse.

Job Description

SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården will expand in 2025 and is now in the initial stages of opening a new satellite unit for non-school-attending girls in Granhult. The Granhult unit plans to open a locked and an open department with a total of eleven places for girls.

Do you want to help create the life-changing difference for vulnerable individuals? Then the job as a treatment assistant at SiS is a meaningful challenge. The goal of your assignment is to motivate our youth to new and less risky ways of living.

We are now looking for several new employees who can work nights on both weekdays and weekends according to the schedule at our Granhult unit. The target group for the unit is girls aged 16–21 who are taken into care under the Act on Special Provisions on the Care of Young People (LVU). As an awake night staff member at the unit, you will ensure a safe and secure environment for the youth during the night and be well acquainted with current routines. Your tasks include monitoring the unit, documentation, and cleaning according to the department's routines. You assist the evening staff with evening routines and participate in handovers. The job can often be demanding but is also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

Our vision is to be a place for change, which permeates our approach, our commitment, and our attitude.

Working hours are according to the schedule, night – on weekdays and weekends.

As a new employee, you will undergo SiS basic training for 10 weeks. The training combines theory with a guided introduction and prepares you for the treatment role in SiS operations.

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 empathetic ability, 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 upper secondary education
• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work in psychiatry or within LSS care
• Driver's license B
• Good Swedish in speech and writing

Meritorious:

• Education in care or documented knowledge and experience in the social services area.

At SiS, we value good employee engagement. This means that you as an employee take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good collaboration. Read more about our employee engagement.

Employment:

The positions are permanent full-time employment and begin with a six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

Working hours are according to the schedule, night – on weekdays and weekends.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by April 11, 2025.

Tests and work samples may be included in the recruitment process.

Contact person for the position: Leif Nilsson 010 - 453 28 55.

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 process, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

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