Treatment Pedagogue at SiS Youth Home Nereby

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 across the country. With us at SiS, your work life 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 Nereby operates in Harestad and Bergsjön. We conduct differentiated and high-quality school, care, and treatment work. The operations involve a variety of professions, such as teachers, treatment pedagogues, psychologists, nurses, and more. SiS Youth Home Nereby receives both school-age and non-school-age boys and girls with psychosocial issues, as well as criminal behavior and substance abuse.

Job Description

Do you want to help create life-changing transformations for vulnerable people? Then the job as a treatment pedagogue with us at SiS Youth Home Nereby is a meaningful role for you. We are currently seeking treatment pedagogues for our departments for boys in Bergsjön. As a treatment pedagogue, you work in a team together with treatment assistants and treatment coordinators, and together you are responsible for ensuring that the young people and clients living with us receive the safety, care, and treatment they need. We often meet people in crisis, which means you will work with qualified care and motivational efforts, providing support in daily life. With the support of your knowledge in care and treatment work, you actively contribute to the fulfillment of treatment plans. Documentation is an important part of your work, contributing to legal security, planning, and follow-up of our operations. You help maintain safety according to our routines and contribute to the smooth running of daily activities such as schooling, cleaning, cooking, and more. Case management is also one of your tasks. The work may also involve mentoring new employees and interns. This is a job for you who see a positive challenge in working with vulnerable people in difficult life situations. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

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

Working hours are according to a schedule, including days, evenings, 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

To succeed in your work, you have a solid positive view of humanity. You are motivated to help people in vulnerable life situations and share SiS's values of being a place for change. Furthermore, you have a good ability to create engagement and participation among our youth. As a person, you are self-assured and find it easy to build relationships with both youth and other staff members. You possess good communication skills and can maintain your composure even in pressured situations. You collaborate well with others and can handle conflicts constructively.

Requirements:

• Degree from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or vocational college (KY/YH) with a focus on social/pedagogical treatment work or equivalent education from a university.
• Driver's license B.
• Good Swedish language skills, both spoken and written.

Meritorious:

• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work in psychiatry, HVB, or LSS care.
• Experience from client-facing positions in the Prison and Probation Service, e.g., correctional officer.
• Education in care and support.
• Experience working with our target group (e.g., in youth care, LVU, etc.).

At SiS, we value good employee participation. 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 participation.

Employment:

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by January 9.

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

If you have any questions, please contact:

Recruiting Manager: Magnus Ankar, 010-453 3321
HR Generalist: Cecilia Fykén, 010–453 3207
Saco-S: Henrik Isgren, 010-453 4023
Seko: Sasa Mitic, 010-453 3380
OFR: Jose de Brito, [email protected]

SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.

For work in our institutions, SiS conducts background checks 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 ask media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar entities not to contact us.

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