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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will become safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for prisons, probation services, remand prisons, and client transport.

Job Description

As a Probation Officer, you are responsible for clients released on parole as well as clients sentenced to probation supervision. The Probation Service is also responsible for intensive supervision with electronic monitoring, so-called ankle monitors, and community service. The work within the Probation Service consists largely of investigative work, conducting risk and needs assessments, and preparing implementation plans. You will also work with leading treatment programs for probation clients.

As a Probation Officer, you actively participate in influence work directed towards clients, including structured conversations based on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), motivating participation in program activities, and assisting in release preparations for clients admitted to prison. The duties also include conducting personal investigations, submitting statements to the court, and proposing suitable sanctions. At the Probation Service in Halmstad, you are employed as a Probation Officer, which implies flexibility in the role. Administration and documentation are part of the job.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is secure, stable, and has good self-awareness. You have a good understanding of how humans acquire knowledge and adapt your way of conveying messages according to the recipient's conditions. In your professional practice, you must have good judgment and integrity. As a Probation Officer, you need to have good collaboration skills and be able to communicate clearly. You must also have a physical condition that allows you to act physically if the situation requires it.

To thrive and succeed in your assignment, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a humanistic view of humanity, respect for the individual, and the belief that humans are capable of development. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute with your attitude to ensure that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• An academic degree (at least bachelor's level), preferably in behavioral sciences, law, social work, or social sciences, or alternatively another academic education combined with experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
• Category B driver's license.

The following are also meritorious:

• Well-evaluated work experience within the penal system, social care, psychiatry, or care and nursing work
• Language skills in addition to Swedish and English
• Experience working as a Probation Officer
• Experience with investigative work
• Experience with implementation planning
• Experience working with the target group of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
• Experience with documentation and case processing.

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and your CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high demands regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and compliance with current laws. This means you stand up for democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are placed in security classes, and a security check with register control will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about the security check here.

The position may involve war posting at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war posting here.

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for an even gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the advertisement.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procured agreements.