The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is Growing – We Are Building New Facilities and Seeking More Staff

Our main goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will be safer and more secure for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation, remand facilities, and client transport.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a correctional officer, you will be part of a team where you have daily contact with clients. The tasks at the prison/remand facility are varied: care, surveillance, search, and security work are mixed with release planning and conversation/motivation work. Work at the remand facility is often routine-oriented and focused on care and security tasks. Clients may be held in remand for long periods without meeting anyone other than their lawyer and the staff at the facility, which places special demands on you as a correctional officer.

You are part of the team that works closest to the client - you are the one who locks and unlocks, follows clients to various activities, and ensures that daily life functions, always with a focus on safety. You will receive two weeks of paid introduction. You will work both day, evening, and weekends. A summer job is a good entry point to a permanent position with paid training.

QUALIFICATIONS

We place great emphasis on your personal suitability. You are secure, stable, have good self-awareness, sound judgment, and integrity. You enjoy working with others and communicate clearly. You can also act physically when required. You share our belief that people can develop and change.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Work experience
• Complete upper secondary education or other education combined with work experience deemed relevant by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
• Ability to express oneself well in spoken and written Swedish
• Good computer skills

It is an advantage if you:

• Have work experience in corrections, security work, service work, psychiatry, or healthcare
• Speak multiple languages

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is part of the justice system responsible for prisons, probation, and remand facilities as well as transport. We offer you teamwork in one of Sweden's largest authorities with workplaces and development opportunities across the country. Our fundamental values are a humane view of people, respect for the individual, and the belief that people can develop and change. Our mission is to reduce recidivism and break the vicious cycle.

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The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and CV will form the basis for whether you qualify to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards regarding suitability, judgment, security, and confidentiality awareness, and comply with applicable laws. This means that you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the operations of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

Some positions are classified in security class, and a security check with a background check will be conducted before a hiring decision is made. For certain security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Read more about the security check here (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/).

The position may involve military placement within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about military placement here (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/).

Individual salary setting applies.

Information meetings and interviews will take place on January 20, 21, and 22 at the Nyköping Prison.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click on the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and submit your CV should be directed to Visma Recruit. Questions about specific jobs will be answered by the contact person indicated in the advertisement. We work with ongoing selection, and interviews may be scheduled before the advertisement has expired.

We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of recruitment ads. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has contracted agreements.