Treatment Assistant at SiS LVM Home Hessleby

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 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 LVM Home Hessleby, located in a beautiful forest environment just outside Mariannelund, accommodates men with alcohol, drug, or mixed substance abuse. We have special expertise in receiving clients with mental health issues or outwardly aggressive behavior. We are tasked with providing care for clients with special care needs.

Job Description

Do you want to help create life-changing differences for vulnerable people? Then the job as a treatment assistant at SiS is a meaningful challenge. The goal of your assignment is to motivate our clients to new and less risky ways of living. As a treatment assistant, you are employed to provide care and treatment. You contribute to ensuring that the routines in the department function as they should. You play a significant role in the stability and security of our clients, and you are responsible for the basics of daily life, such as cleaning, cooking, and more. You help maintain order and safety in the institution according to our routines. Documentation is an important part of your work. You will work on building secure relationships and contribute to ensuring that our clients receive the security and safety they need to break ingrained behaviors. Together with your team of dedicated colleagues, such as treatment educators and treatment coordinators, you have the opportunity to achieve good results and contribute to change. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

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

Working hours are according to a schedule, including days, evenings, and weekends. We also need substitute workers who want to work nights.

We use a staffing system where you can easily plan your availability for extra work with us.

Qualifications

Your personal suitability is key to life-changing transformation. Therefore, you need to have a good ability to create engagement and participation. Equally important is that you have a solid positive view of people, a great empathetic ability, and the ability to create good relationships. You have good communication skills and can maintain your calm even in pressured situations. You also have the ability to collaborate with others and are happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You should also have:

• A minimum of 2 years of post-secondary education at 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 subject area.
• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., in psychiatry, HVB operations, or care and support.
• A valid B driver's license
• Good Swedish language skills in both speech and writing

At SiS, we care about good employee relations. 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 relations.

*Exceptions to the requirement for a minimum of two years of post-secondary education may be made in individual cases if there are special reasons according to Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Social Services Ordinance (2025:468).

Employment:

The position is a temporary employment

Workplace:

Hessleby LVM Home, Mariannelund

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by 2026-02-01.

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

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 kindly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or 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.