Summer Temporary Position as Treatment Assistant at SiS

The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, SiS, is an authority responsible for individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse across the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. No matter where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

SiS youth home Margretelund receives non-school-attending girls and boys with psychosocial issues, criminality, and substance abuse. We operate in Lidköping and near Falköping.

Job Description

Take the opportunity to try an interesting summer temporary position as a treatment assistant at SiS.

The goal of your assignment is to motivate our youth to adopt new and less risky ways of living. As a treatment assistant, you will help ensure that the routines on the department function as they should. You play a significant role in providing stability and security for our youth, and you are responsible for the basics of daily life such as schooling, cleaning, cooking, etc. You will also contribute to maintaining safety in the institution according to our routines. Documentation is an important part of your work. You will work on building good treatment relationships and help ensure that our youth receive the safety and security they need to break old habits. Together with your team of engaged colleagues, such as treatment pedagogues 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.

The working hours are scheduled for days, evenings, and weekends.

As a summer temporary worker at SiS, you will undergo a tailored introductory training to prepare you for your assignment.

Qualifications

You should have:

• At least a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or vocational college (KY/YH) or other education that corresponds to this. The education should be focused on social work, social pedagogy, behavioral science, or another relevant field.
• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work in psychiatry or LSS care.
• Driver's license B.
• Good Swedish language skills in speech and writing.

It is also advantageous if you have:

• Experience from client-facing positions in the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, e.g., Correctional Officer.
• Security guard training.
• Training in health and social care.
• Experience working with our target group (e.g., youth care, young girls, etc.).

Your personal suitability is key to life-changing transformations. 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 capacity for empathy, and the ability to build good treatment relationships. You have good communication skills and can remain calm even in stressful situations. You also have the ability to collaborate with others and are happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You share our vision of being a place for change, which permeates your approach, engagement, and attitude.

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

We want to reward you for helping us during the summer period; therefore, those who work full-time as monthly employed summer temporary workers for more than four weeks will receive a bonus. Read more at https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/ (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-jobb/)

Employment

• The position is a full-time temporary position during our vacation periods (June, July, August). We primarily prioritize those who can work both periods, then those who can work one of them. If you can only work sporadic weeks or between periods, this needs to be communicated early.
• It is desirable and advantageous if you can start working as a part-time employee before the temporary position begins, but this is not a requirement.

Application

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by March 31.

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 process, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has decided on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we firmly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

NOTE! If you have protected personal information, you should not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement.