Group Leader at SiS Youth Home Ryds Brunn

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, SiS, is an authority responsible for individually adapted 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 across the country. At SiS, your work life becomes 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 Ryds Brunn receives school-age boys with psychosocial issues, criminality, and substance abuse.

Job Description

We are now looking for a group leader for SiS Youth Home Ryds Brunn.

Are you motivated by helping young people/clients in vulnerable life situations? Do you also enjoy organizing, leading, and planning? Apply for the position of group leader at SiS! As a group leader, you contribute to a safe and secure environment for both placed children and young people/clients as well as employees. In this role, you actively work in the operational care and treatment work on the department. You are responsible for planning, operationally leading, and distributing the daily work. You act as a role model and promote that the work is conducted lawfully and in accordance with applicable governing documents, methods, and set goals. You continuously keep the unit manager on your department updated on issues that may affect the work environment, care, and treatment environment or deficiencies in the operations that need to be escalated. Introduction and guidance of new employees are also part of your work. You will be part of a team with the unit manager and treatment secretary, and you will collaborate closely to achieve good results together.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in the role of group leader, you are motivated by working with and helping people in vulnerable life situations. The operational work and meeting with young people/clients are your main focus. You are good at planning, organizing, and prioritizing work effectively and are clear in your communication with others. At the same time, you are attentive and affirming in your interactions with young people/clients and colleagues and are good at building relationships. You have a professional approach and a good ability to collaborate as well as to understand others' perspectives. The work can sometimes be challenging and requires you to be stable and remain calm even in stressful situations.

You should also have:

• Relevant university degree with a focus on social sciences, health care, or behavioral sciences, or other education combined with work experience that SiS considers equivalent.
• Several years of documented work experience within SiS or other organizations focused on care, treatment, and safety, such as social services, care and treatment, correctional services, or other relevant fields.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both written and spoken.

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 employment and begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by January 26, 2025.

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 background checks before employment.

In preparation for the recruitment work, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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