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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, remand prisons, and client transport.

The Gävle operational area includes the closed prison in Gävle, the open prison in Gruvberget, and the remand prison in Bomhus. Our operations run 24/7, and the largest professional group is correctional officers, supported by about ten other positions to ensure our mission. At the prisons in Gävle and Gruvberget, inmates are engaged in education, other structured activities, treatment programs, self-management, or in the workshop, which mainly consists of carpentry production. You can easily reach the prisons in Gävle and Gruvberget, as well as the remand prison in Bomhus, by public transport. Staff parking is available.

We are now looking for correctional officers for the Prison in Gävle and the Remand Prison in Bomhus. Selection is ongoing, so please submit your application as soon as possible!

Job Description

Do you want to work with people in transition and contribute to a safer society? As a correctional officer, you are present where things happen and create stability in a complex everyday life where you make a difference for other people and society at large. To thrive and succeed in your role, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's core values regarding a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and the belief that people are capable of development.

As a correctional officer at the Prison in Gävle and the Remand Prison in Bomhus, you have daily contact with clients and work closely with both colleagues and other professional groups. The tasks are varied and include, among other things, nursing, security, search, and safety work, as well as counseling/motivational work and planning regarding the client's sentence execution.

Work at a remand prison often involves clear routines with a focus on nursing and security. Clients may be deprived of their liberty for long periods without contact with anyone other than their lawyer and the prison staff, which places special demands on you as a correctional officer. Here, you get to use both your calmness, your judgment, and your understanding of human nature to contribute to safety and structure.

You start your employment with a three-week introduction on-site in Gävle, with a planned start in week 35. To be considered for the position, you must be able to participate during the introduction period and subsequently begin working. After a period of employment, you will be offered a place on the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's mandatory basic training, which lasts eight weeks. You will receive a salary throughout the training period. During the probationary period, ongoing assessments are conducted that form the basis for the possibility of a permanent employment contract.

Qualifications

Your personal qualities are important to us. As a correctional officer, you need to be secure, stable, and have good self-awareness. You work together with your colleagues to drive the operations and therefore need good collaboration skills as well as being clear in your communication. In your professional practice, good judgment and integrity are required. You must have the physical ability to act when the situation demands it.

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 considered equivalent to employment
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written
• Good computer skills
• Category B driver's license

The following are also considered merits:

• Work experience from pedagogical work, security work, social care, psychiatry, or healthcare and social care. Work experience from the correctional system is considered particularly meritorious
• 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 your CV form the basis for determining if you are qualified to move forward in the process.

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

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

The position may involve mobilization (wartime assignment) at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about mobilization 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 to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the ad.

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