Operational Leader at SiS Youth Home Ljungbacken

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, SiS, is an authority responsible for individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse. SiS also implements secure 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 Ljungbacken receives boys aged 16 to 20 years. The institution is located in Uddevalla.

Job Description

Do you want to help create the life-changing difference for vulnerable people? Then the job as an operational leader is a meaningful role. In the role of operational leader, you are responsible for institution-wide coordination and management of ongoing work outside office hours, in the evenings, weekends, and nights, with the aim of promoting a safe care and work environment. You guide and strengthen your colleagues in their work and ensure that the work is conducted legally and in accordance with applicable governing documents, methods, and set goals. Specifically, this means that you are responsible for incident management during alarm situations and take necessary actions after an incident occurs. You communicate noted deficiencies and deviations from routines to the relevant managers. You establish and update safety assessments and make decisions regarding coercive measures according to LVU, LSU, and LVM in accordance with SiS's work and delegation order.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in this role, we believe you are a stable person who remains calm even in stressful situations. You have the willingness and ability to act according to applicable decisions, guidelines, and policies. You have a holistic view and act in the best interest of the organization. Furthermore, you are structured in your work and have a good ability to plan and prioritize effectively. Through your leadership, you create motivation, engagement, and participation among employees. You communicate clearly and ensure that the message is conveyed and that expectations are clear for all parties involved. We place great importance on your personal suitability.

You should also have:

• Relevant higher education such as social worker, behavioral scientist, or other equivalent higher education, or at least a two-year vocational college (treatment pedagogical) along with experience working within SiS or similar operations.
• Several years of experience working within SiS or other operations focusing on care, treatment, and safety, such as social services, care and treatment, correctional services, or other relevant operations.
• Good ability to lead, prioritize, and coordinate a workgroup.

At SiS, we care about good leadership. This means that you, as a manager and 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:

As an employee at SiS, several benefits are included in your employment, which you can read about here: Benefits as a state employee - SiS - Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (https://stat-inst.se).

The position is a permanent full-time employment and begins with a six-month probation period. Start date by agreement. Working hours are distributed across days, evenings, weekends, and nights.

Selection and interviews may occur continuously during the recruitment process.

Questions regarding the position can be answered by unit manager Jeanette Borlaug. Since there are holidays and many red days, it is fine to email questions if it is difficult to reach by phone.

Union Representatives:

Stefan Eriksson, OFR/s: 072-553 61 31

Henrik Isgren, Saco-s: 010-453 56 26

Shadi Shiek Khalil, Seko: 010-453 23 41

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 firmly request not to be contacted by 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.