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The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse issues. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this in youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse problems across the country. Working at SiS means your professional life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create life-changing change.

SiS Youth Home Sundbo, located outside Fagersta, receives non-compulsory school-age boys with psychosocial problems, as well as those involved in crime and substance abuse. We are tasked with providing care for young people with special care needs and receive boys who have been sentenced to closed youth care (LSU).

Job Description

We continue to expand and are looking for more treatment assistants/educators for hourly positions at SiS Youth Home Sundbo!

The goal of your assignment is to motivate our young people towards new and less risky ways of living. As treatment staff, you ensure that the routines on the ward function as they should.

You play a major role in the stability and security of our young people, providing the foundation for daily life such as school attendance, cleaning, cooking, and more.

You contribute to maintaining safety at 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 young people receive the security and safety they need to break habitual behaviors.

Together in a team with dedicated colleagues, you have the opportunity to achieve good results and contribute to change. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

Our vision is to be a place for change, and this permeates our approach, our commitment, and our attitude.

Working hours are according to schedule: day-evening, weekend, or night shifts.

As a new hourly employee at SiS Youth Home Sundbo, you will undergo an adapted introductory training to prepare you for the assignment.

Qualifications

Your personal suitability is the key to life-changing change. Therefore, you need to have a good ability to create engagement and participation. Equally important is that you have a solid positive view of humanity, great empathetic ability, and the ability to build good relationships. You have good communication skills and can maintain your calm even in pressured situations. You also have the ability to collaborate with others and are happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

As a treatment assistant, you should have:

• Completed upper secondary education
• Category B driver's license
• Good Swedish language skills (spoken and written)
• Degree from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or university college (KY/YH) with a focus on social/pedagogical treatment work, or education from a university that we assess as equivalent*

For employment as a treatment educator, the following is required:

• Degree from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or university college (KY/YH) with a focus on social/pedagogical treatment work, or education from a university that we assess as equivalent

Meritorious:

• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work within psychiatry or LSS care

At SiS, we value good employee relations. This means that as an employee, you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good collaboration. Read more about employee relations and leadership (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/).

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

Employment:

The position is an hourly employment with start date according to agreement. You choose yourself when you can take shifts through our booking system.

Application:

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by September 30th at the latest.

The recruitment process is ongoing.

SiS works actively against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.

For work at our institutions, SiS conducts register checks before employment.

Before the recruitment process, the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care has taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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