Cook 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 closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse, across the country. At SiS, your work life becomes an exciting challenge. Regardless of where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården receives non-compulsory school girls. We operate in Fjugesta, thirty kilometers west of Örebro, and are now planning to open a satellite unit in Granhult, thirty kilometers north of Lindesberg. The girls come to us because they have psychosocial issues as well as problems with crime or drug abuse.

Job Description

SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården will expand in 2025 and is now in the starting blocks to open a new satellite unit for non-compulsory school girls in Granhult. The Granhult unit plans to open a locked and an open section with a total capacity for eleven girls.

Do you want to help create the life-changing difference for vulnerable people? Then the job as a Cook at SiS is a meaningful challenge.

The work as a cook involves planning, preparing, and cooking nutritious and delicious meals for the institution's youth. You will prepare lunch and dinner five days a week, as well as prepare food for the weekend. In the kitchen work, you will, in addition to cooking the daily meals, place orders for goods, plan the menu, pack goods, and prepare items for orders to the departments. Your tasks will also include preparing special diets, salad preparation, and pre- and post-work in the kitchen, which involves everything from planning and executing cooking, dishwashing, and cleaning.

The tasks also include self-control in accordance with applicable legislation. When placing orders, one must follow the government framework agreement. You should see opportunities and think positively, as well as have good collaboration skills with other professional groups in the workplace.

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

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Chef training or large kitchen training
• Experience in preparing special diets or other experience deemed equivalent by SiS
• Good knowledge of hygiene regulations and self-control
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish, as well as good computer skills

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Experience in large kitchen work
• Experience working within SiS
• Driving license B

To thrive in this role, we see that you have a genuine interest in food and cooking. As a person, you should be self-driven and flexible, have good collaboration skills, and economic awareness. It is also important that you are clear, structured, and service-oriented. We will place great emphasis on your personal suitability.

At SiS, we care about 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 position is a permanent full-time position and starts with a six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by April 30, 2025.

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

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

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 taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask not to contact 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 person in the advertisement.