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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården)

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, remand prisons, and client transport.

Job Description

As a prison officer, you will be part of a team where you have daily contact with the clients. You can choose to work in a remand prison, a prison, or the transport department.

Remand Prison: Working in a remand prison focuses on security and involves a job with clear routines. Some people are held in remand for long periods and only meet their lawyer and the staff at the remand prison. This places special demands on you as a prison officer.

Prison: Working in a prison is varied: surveillance, search, and security work are mixed with release planning, as well as counseling and motivational work.

Working as a prison officer means you can make a difference for other people and contribute to a better society. To thrive and succeed in your role, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a humanistic view of people, respect for the individual, and the belief that humans are capable of development.

You start your employment at the workplace where you receive an introduction over three weeks. After a period of service, you are offered a place on the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's basic training, which is mandatory and lasts for 8 weeks. You receive a salary during the entire training period. During the probationary period, ongoing assessments are conducted regarding your possibility of permanent employment.

Qualifications

Your personal qualities are important. As a prison officer, you need to be confident, stable, have good self-awareness, sound judgment, and integrity. Together with your colleagues, you drive the operations, so you need to have good teamwork skills and be clear in your communication. You must be able to act physically when required.

For us, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a humanistic view of people, respect for the individual, and the belief in human will and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your attitude to ensuring that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A completed upper secondary education or other education combined with work experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Work experience, including seasonal work, hourly employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not equivalent to employment
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing
• Good computer skills

The following are also meritorious:

• Work experience from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, security work, social care, or psychiatry.
• Knowledge in relevant areas, such as behavioral science, criminology, psychiatry, law, and conflict management
• Relevant language skills

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and the 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 adherence to 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 investigation with register check will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classed positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about the security investigation here.

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

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the ad. 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 ad.

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