Summer Interns for SiS Karlsvik, Day/Evening and Awake Night Shifts

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 secure 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. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create life-changing transformations.

The Karlsvik department is a discharge-preparation unit located in Höör and is a branch of SiS youth home Hässleholm. The department focuses on young people who are in the discharge phase and who are not assessed to need care in locked forms.

We are now looking for summer interns for our new Karlsvik department during the summer of 2026!

• We are looking for both those who can work full-time during the summer, but we also offer employment on an hourly basis for those who can work extra or part-time.
• We are seeking summer interns for day, evening, and weekend shifts.
• We are looking for individuals interested in working awake night shifts (weekdays and weekends).

Job Description

As a treatment educator, you can make a difference for our young people. You have the opportunity to engage in treatment work in a high-security environment with good staffing density. The youth at SiS come from backgrounds marked by unpredictability and stress in various forms, which means your focus will be on working professionally with treatment, care, and motivational work, as well as providing support in daily life. This is a job for those who see a positive challenge in working with vulnerable boys in difficult life situations.

You will become part of the youths' daily lives with cooking and cleaning routines, evening activities, and more. All activities are carried out safely and are carefully risk-assessed before implementation. You will work on building secure relationships, as well as using selected and well-functioning treatment methods. Documentation is an important part of your work.

By Working at SiS

• You make a difference: You contribute to life-changing transformations for young people with psychosocial issues.
• Meaningful work: You have a job where what you do matters every day by helping people in need of support and treatment.
• Teamwork: You work in teams with various professionals such as psychologists, teachers, and nurses to have a holistic approach to treatment.
• Safety and community: The work is based on creating secure relationships and contributing to a stable and safe daily life for the youth.
• Benefits: As a government employee, you have several benefits such as additional vacation days, wellness grants, and access to occupational health services. Even as a summer intern and hourly employee, you can enjoy benefits as a government employee.

Learn more about our operations at SiS - Place for Change (https://www.stat-inst.se).

Qualifications

Requirements for the position are:

• Post-secondary education of at least two years according to the new Social Services Ordinance. This can be education in social work, social pedagogy, behavioral science, or other relevant fields. Exceptions to the educational requirement can be made, but only if there are special reasons. A special reason could be that you have extensive professional experience or other relevant qualifications.
• NOTE! NO EXCEPTIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
• Driver's license B
• Good Swedish in speech and writing

Personal Qualities

To succeed in your work, you have a solid positive view of humanity. You are motivated to help people in vulnerable life situations and share SiS's core values, being a place for change. Furthermore, you have a good ability to create engagement and participation among our youth. As a person, you are secure in yourself and easily build relationships with both youth and other staff members. You have good communication skills and can maintain your calm even in pressured situations. You find it easy to collaborate with others and can handle conflicts constructively.

At SiS, we value good employee engagement. This means that you, as an employee, take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good collaboration. Read more about our employee engagement.

Employment:

The position is a fixed-term employment on full-time or part-time. It may also be relevant to work extra under a temporary employment.

Start date according to agreement.

Application deadline is 2026-03-24

As a new employee, you will undergo an introductory week and have subsequent introduction in client-related work.

SiS has also decided to introduce a summer bonus for summer interns in client-related work in 2026. The bonus is 2,500 SEK per completed week after at least 4 weeks, paid out in September after reconciliation.

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 stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request not to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and 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.