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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 problems. SiS also operates closed youth care. We do this in youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse issues across the country. Working at SiS turns your professional life into an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work within our organization or what role you hold, you help create life-changing change.

SiS LVM Home Renforsen in Vindeln receives men with alcohol, drug, or combined substance abuse. The institution is tasked with providing care for clients with special resource needs.

Job Description:

We are now looking for a cook for a permanent position. The role of a cook with us involves planning, preparing, and cooking nutritious meals as well as special diets for the institution's clients. You will prepare approximately 25 portions of lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday and prepare meals for the weekend. The goal is that the majority of all food is cooked from scratch. The work is carried out in collaboration with an economic assistant and other staff members at the institution.

The role includes among other things:

• Responsibility for leading and distributing work in the institution's kitchen, including prep and post-work.
• Ensure that cooking maintains high quality, plan menus, and handle special diets.
• Make purchases, receive deliveries, inventory stock, and manage the budget.
• Ensure the kitchen complies with food legislation, cleaning instructions, and self-control programs.
• Responsible for kitchen induction of new treatment staff.
• Participate in dietary advice sessions with clients.

Qualifications:

The following requirements apply for the position:

• Restaurant or large kitchen education at the upper secondary level, or alternatively other education combined with experience we deem relevant.
• Good ability to communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish.
• Good computer skills.
• Category B driver's license.

We consider it an advantage if you have:

• Experience working in a large kitchen.
• Experience working with self-control programs.
• Experience working with special diets.

To thrive in this role, we see that you have a genuine interest in food and cooking. As a person, you should be independent, flexible, and have good collaboration skills. It is also important that you are clear, structured, and service-oriented. Since the work will be carried out in close proximity to clients, great emphasis is placed on personal suitability and your understanding of confidentiality and security.

At SiS, we care about 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/).

Employment:

The position is a permanent full-time position and begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement. The work takes place during daytime hours Monday to Friday. With the state as an employer, a number of benefits are included, read more about them here: benefits (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

Application:

You are welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by Sunday, June 7, 2026. For this position, we will have ongoing interviews. We have chosen to remove the cover letter and replace it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and your CV will form the basis for determining if you are qualified to move forward in the process.

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

For work at our institutions, SiS conducts register 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 explicitly 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.