Job Advertisement: Psychologist at SiS Youth Home Folåsa

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

SiS Youth Home Folåsa receives school-age girls with psychosocial issues, as well as criminal behavior and substance abuse.

Job Description

Do you want to contribute to life-changing transformations for vulnerable youth? Then the position of psychologist at SiS Youth Home Folåsa is a meaningful challenge for you.

SiS Youth Home Folåsa has five departments with space for 31 young people. As a psychologist at Folåsa, your expertise is in demand and important. As a psychologist, you are part of our care and treatment organization and work towards our MBB departments and our treatment departments. The care and treatment organization currently consists of five psychologists, two nurses, five treatment secretaries, and three family therapists.

With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to good care and treatment at both individual and group levels through individual treatment contacts and by providing guidance to treatment staff in client-related work. Additionally, you will conduct assessment interviews upon admission to the institution, mapping, investigations, suicide risk assessments, structured risk and needs assessments, as well as responsiveness assessments. You will also participate in treatment planning, interdisciplinary team meetings, and in the institution's professional development through lectures and consultations for treatment staff on psychological matters. You are a vital part of providing your colleagues with knowledge and tools regarding our youth's conditions.

At Folåsa, our treatment staff are trained in trauma-informed care (TMO), and our psychologists are responsible for training and consultation in TMO for all departments. Depending on interest and the needs of the organization, there is an opportunity to work on method development and improvement projects.

SiS offers excellent opportunities for professional development. There is an established collaboration for psychologists at the central level through annual conferences, and participation in various research projects may occur. You will have access to supervision in your work and will work closely with existing psychologists. You will also collaborate closely with other professionals at the institution, such as treatment secretaries, department teams, and treatment staff, which requires good collaboration skills.

As an employee at SiS, several benefits are included in your employment, which you can read about here (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

Qualifications

You are:

• A licensed psychologist.

You have:

• Excellent knowledge of the Swedish language (spoken and written).
• Basic computer skills and good computer proficiency.
• A valid driver's license (B).

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience working with youth.
• Experience in treatment and investigation work.
• Experience in treatment and investigation work within, for example, psychiatric services.
• Experience working with substance abuse, criminal behavior, antisocial behavior, and/or psychiatry.
• Experience from work in inpatient care such as SiS, psychiatry, correctional services, or similar is advantageous.

As a person, you are secure and stable with well-founded, clear values that guide your daily work, while also being adaptable to changing circumstances. You take responsibility for your tasks and drive your work forward. You also have good collaboration and relationship-building skills and communicate clearly. We place great emphasis on 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 fixed-term employment until 270831. Start date by agreement.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by December 7, 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 a background check before employment.

In preparation for the recruitment process, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly decline contact with 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.