Kriminalvården is growing – we are building new, renovating, and expanding and are now looking for more employees.

Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society becomes safer and more secure for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation, remand prisons, and client transports.

The Transport Department (TA) is tasked with transporting and supervising detained individuals. These are Kriminalvården's clients who are moved between remand prisons and correctional facilities, to court hearings, and hospitals, among other places. TA also transports detained individuals for the Police, the National Board of Institutional Care, the Migration Agency, and psychiatry. Learn more here: Transport Department (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/fangelse-frivard-och-hakte/kriminalvardens-transportavdelning/)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are now looking for you who want an educational and developing summer position at the Transport Department in Gothenburg.

As a correctional officer within TA, you will be part of a team consisting of two to four people, where everyone is responsible for different roles in carrying out client transports. You will encounter a wide variety of clients of different ages, backgrounds, and experiences. You will search, restrain with handcuffs, and supervise the client during transport.

TA's assignments are varied, which means that your working hours may vary from day to day. Evening and weekend work may be included. The times in the schedule are frame times, usually 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Nationally, it is more common to finish before the frame time ends, and in most cases, you have an unchanged start time. Frame time means that the employer can change the start and end times. Changes are communicated before the previous shift ends. For example, a shift may be between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM (12 hours) or 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM (7 hours).

We wish for you to be available for a 2-week continuous introduction during daytime in the spring. You will receive a salary throughout the training period. The planned start is week 23.

QUALIFICATIONS

The role places high demands on personal suitability. As a correctional officer, you need to be secure, stable, have good self-awareness, sound judgment, and integrity. Together with your colleagues, you will drive the operations, so you need to have good teamwork skills and be clear in your communication. It is important that you share Kriminalvården's fundamental values of a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and the belief that people can develop and change. You need to have good physical fitness to handle a sedentary job and to act physically when required.

We are looking for you who have:

• Work experience, also in the form of seasonal work, hourly employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not equivalent to employment.
• Completed high school education or other education combined with work experience that Kriminalvården deems relevant.
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish.
• Good computer skills.
• Class B driver's license and good driving experience.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Work experience in relevant areas, such as correctional services, security work, social care, psychiatry, healthcare, and service professions.
• Knowledge in relevant fields, such as behavioral science, criminology, psychiatry, law, and conflict management.
• Other relevant language skills.
• Class C driver's license.

OTHER

Kriminalvården has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions that are relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and CV will form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within Kriminalvården, you must meet high standards regarding suitability, judgment, security, and confidentiality awareness, and comply with applicable laws. This means standing up for democratic values and the state values that apply to Kriminalvården's operations.

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

The position may involve military placement within Kriminalvården. Read more about military placement at: Military Placement (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

Kriminalvården strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click on the application link in the ad. 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 ad.

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