Group Leader at SiS Youth Home Eknäs

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. Working with us at SiS will be 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 Eknäs receives school-age boys with psychosocial issues as well as criminal behavior and substance abuse.

Job Description

Are you motivated by helping young people/clients in a vulnerable life situation? 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 in a legally secure manner and in accordance with applicable governing documents, methods, and set goals. You continuously keep your unit manager updated on issues that may affect the work environment, care, and treatment environment, or deficiencies in the operation. Introducing and mentoring new employees is also part of your work. You will be part of a team with a 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 to work with and help people in vulnerable life situations. The operational work and meeting with young people/clients is your main focus. You are good at planning, organizing, and prioritizing work effectively, and you communicate clearly with others. At the same time, you are attentive and affirming in your interactions with young people/clients and colleagues, and you 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:

• A 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 in SiS or another organization focused on care, treatment, and security, such as social services, healthcare and treatment, correctional services, or other relevant fields.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both written and spoken.

At SiS, we value good leadership. This means that you as a leader take responsibility for the whole, act as a good role model, drive development, promote good collaboration, and are clear in your communication. Read more about our leadership.

Employment:

The position is a permanent full-time position and begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

As an employee of the state, you will have a range of benefits; read more about them here: Benefits (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool no later than 2025-02-08.

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 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 person in the advertisement.