Treatment Pedagogue at SiS Youth Home Johannisberg, Unit Sävast

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 closed 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. No matter where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

SiS Youth Home Johannisberg operates in Kalix and Boden (Sävastgården unit).

We are reopening Sävastgården!

If you want to be part of SiS Youth Home and make a difference for our youth, you should apply now. During the autumn/winter of 2025, we are focusing on increasing staffing in our client-facing operations.

We now have an offer for you who apply and get hired at SiS Youth Home Johannisberg, Sävast unit, which includes an additional salary supplement of 2,000 SEK/month for 18 months on top of the individual base salary.

Job Description

SiS Youth Home Johannisberg consists of two units, one in Sävast and one in Kalix. Our target group in Sävast is school-age girls with psychosocial issues, criminality, and substance abuse. All work is permeated by our guiding principles: Respect, Care, and Clarity. As a new employee, you will receive thorough introduction, basic training, and further education in areas such as safety, unauthorized influence, conflict management, CPR, and more.

As a treatment pedagogue, you will work in a team on the department alongside competent colleagues who are waiting for you to become part of the team. As a treatment pedagogue, you and your colleagues are responsible for ensuring that the youth living with us receive the safety, care, and treatment they need. You are a support to the youth in their daily lives and work with qualified care and motivational work. Being a contact person is part of your duties. Daily work includes building trusting relationships and motivating our youth towards new and less risky ways of living. With your knowledge in care and treatment work, you actively contribute to the implementation of treatment plans and documentation, as well as ensuring the safety of both youth and staff according to our routines. As a treatment pedagogue, you also contribute to the smooth running of daily activities such as schooling, cleaning, cooking, and more. The job may also include mentoring new employees and interns. This is a job for you who see a positive challenge in working with people in complex life situations to create change. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

Working hours are scheduled according to a rotating schedule of days, evenings, and weekends.

A Message from Your Future Colleagues:

"Welcome to become one of us. Here at Johannisberg, you will meet fantastic colleagues who all work together to make a difference in the lives of young people both here and now and for the future. As a treatment assistant, I have the opportunity to learn new things every day, both in meeting with the youth and society at large. There is a security in knowing that we always work in pairs, thus building a strong community in the workgroup and on the departments."

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has the ability to build trusting relationships with our youth. You have a positive view of people and your drive is to work with youth. You share SiS's values of being a place for change. As a person, you relate to others in a responsive and flexible manner, while also being able to set boundaries and follow decisions made. You are secure, stable, and able to maintain a professional approach even in pressured situations. You work well with others and are happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You should also have:

• At least a 2-year post-secondary education from a folk high school or vocational college (KY/YH) or other education equivalent to this. The education should be focused on social work, social pedagogy, behavioral science, or another relevant field.
• Good Swedish in speech and writing
• Good physical ability
• Driver's license B

Please attach your diploma for post-secondary education to your application. Diplomas issued in another country must be translated and validated in Sweden via the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR).

Employment

The positions are permanent full-time employment and start with a 6-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

At SiS, we care about good employee participation. This means that you, as an employee, take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good cooperation. Read more about our employee participation.

As an employee of the state, you have certain benefits according to the agreement, such as 28 - 35 vacation days depending on your age, salary supplements during parental leave, and an annual wellness allowance. Read more about our benefits.

Application

Warmly welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by 26-01-18.

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 process, 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 through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement.