Operational Leader at SiS Youth Home Johannisberg

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 at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse across the country. Working at SiS will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you will help create life-changing transformations.

SiS Youth Home Johannisberg operates in Kalix and Boden (unit Sävastgården).

Job Description

Do you want to help create the vital difference for vulnerable people? Then the job as an operational leader is a meaningful role. As an operational leader, you are responsible for institution-wide coordination and management of ongoing work outside office hours, in the evenings and nights, to promote a safe care and work environment. You guide and support your colleagues in their work and ensure that it is conducted legally and in accordance with applicable governing documents, methods, and set goals. Specifically, this means that you are responsible for incident management in emergency situations and take necessary actions following an incident. The role also includes planning special inspection measures, planning and implementing decisions regarding individual care, transfers between departments, and managing constellation risks in daily operations. You communicate noted deficiencies and deviations from routines to the relevant managers.

Other tasks included in the role are, for example, responsibility for establishing authority cards, letter review, and where applicable, taking action, conducting planning and risk assessment for transport and outdoor activities, and during on-call hours, when the safety coordinator is not present, establishing safety assessments and being responsible for placement reception. The operational leader is also responsible for coordinating activities during admissions and visits. Training initiatives for staff in the areas of safety and conflict management may also be included in the position.

You will organizationally belong to our unit in Kalix, but the place of work will be our unit in Sävast (Boden) full-time.

The working hours are scheduled according to a rolling schedule of days, evenings, nights, and weekends.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in the role, we believe you are a stable person who remains calm even in stressful situations. You have the will and ability to act according to applicable decisions, guidelines, and policies. You have a holistic view and act in the best interest of the organization. Furthermore, you are structured in your work and have a good ability to plan and prioritize effectively.

You should also have:

• Relevant higher education such as a social worker, behavioral scientist, or other equivalent higher education that the employer deems relevant.
• Several years of experience working within SiS or another organization focused on care, treatment, and safety, such as social services, care and treatment, correctional services, or other relevant activities.
• Good ability to lead, prioritize, and coordinate a workgroup.
• Driver's license B

Please attach your diploma to your application. Diplomas issued in another country must be translated and validated in Sweden through the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR).

Employment:

At SiS, we care about good leadership. This means that you as a manager and leader take responsibility for the whole, act as a good role model, drive development, promote good collaboration, and are clear in your communication. Read more about our leadership.

As an employee of the state, you have certain benefits according to the agreement, such as 28 - 35 vacation days depending on your age, salary supplements during parental leave, and an annual wellness allowance. Read more about our benefits.

The positions are permanent full-time employment and begin with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement.

The place of work is Sävast (Boden).

Application:

Warmly welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by 26-02-15.

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 taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we firmly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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