Kriminalvården is growing – we are looking for more employees

Kriminalvården is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for more employees. Our most important 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 correctional facilities, probation, remand prisons, and client transport.

Kristianstad has a new remand prison with 120 places located in the new Rättscentrumkvarteret, in addition to a smaller older remand prison with 29 places nearby. The workplace is equipped with a large staff gym, a staff restaurant with the option to purchase subsidized meals. As an employee of Kriminalvården, you have several benefits. For example: more vacation days (28-35), wellness allowance, reimbursement for medication (high-cost), and subsidized visits within healthcare.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a correctional officer, you can contribute to a safer and more secure society. You work in teams with other professional groups and have the opportunity to help people break the vicious cycle. It is important that you share Kriminalvården's fundamental values regarding a humane view of humanity. Working in a remand prison means focusing on care and security and is a job with clear routines. You will also work with surveillance and search tasks and staff the monitoring center. You need to have a strong interest in security work as the work in the remand prison is based on a preventive dynamic security mindset.

QUALIFICATIONS

Your personal qualities are important. As a correctional officer, you need to be secure, stable, have good self-awareness, good judgment, and integrity. Together with your colleagues, you drive the operations, so you need to have good collaboration skills and be clear in your communication. You should be able to act physically when required.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Work experience, including seasonal work, hourly employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not considered equivalent to employment.
• Complete upper secondary education or other education combined with work experience that the employer deems relevant.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form.
• Good computer skills.
• Driving license B.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Work experience from correctional services, security work, social care, psychiatry, or healthcare and social services.
• Knowledge in relevant areas, such as behavioral science, criminology, psychiatry, law, and conflict management.
• Relevant language skills.

OTHER

Kriminalvården has chosen to remove the personal letter and replace 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 you must comply with applicable laws. This means that you uphold 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 with 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.

We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of recruitment ads. Kriminalvården has contracted agreements.