Swedish Prison and Probation Service is Growing – We Are Hiring!

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is expanding – we are building new facilities, renovating, and seeking more employees. Our primary 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 incarcerated individuals. These are the clients of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service who are moved between remand prisons and correctional facilities, to court hearings, hospitals, and more. TA also transports incarcerated individuals for agencies such as the Police, the National Board of Institutional Care, the Migration Agency, and psychiatry. Learn more here: Swedish Prison and Probation Service Transport Department (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/fangelse-frivard-och-hakte/kriminalvardens-transportavdelning/)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Correctional Officer within the Transport Department (TA), you will be part of a team consisting of two to four people, each responsible for different roles in the execution of client transports.

The roles assigned in the workgroup are driver, transport officer, and transport leader. You will encounter a wide variety of clients of different ages, backgrounds, and experiences.

You will search, restrain, and supervise the client during transport.

The assignments of TA are varied, meaning your working hours can change from day to day. Weekend work is included, and evening and night shifts may also be required.

The times in the schedule are frame times, usually 07:00-17:00. Frame time means that the employer can change your start time based on assignments, and the end time is determined by when the assignment is completed.

It is the operations and its assignments that dictate our working hours, so there are no fixed start and end times for your workday.

Changes in start time will be communicated before the previous shift ends. For example, a shift can be between 07:00-19:00 (12 hours) or 09:00-16:00 (7 hours).

We place great emphasis on the fact that there is no fixed time for each shift, and this is something to consider if you are still interested; you must be flexible.

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 collaboration skills and be clear in your communication. It is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service'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 a good physical foundation to handle a sedentary job and to be able to act physically when required.

We are looking for someone who has:

Requirements:

• Driver's license (B) and good driving experience
• Work experience, including seasonal work, hourly employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not considered equivalent to employment
• Completed secondary education or other education in combination with work experience deemed relevant by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form
• Good computer skills

It is an advantage if you have:

• Work experience from corrections, 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

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 are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards of 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 the operations of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

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. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Read more about the security review at: Security Review in Recruitment (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 at: Military Placement (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

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 listed in the advertisement.

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