Vacant job

About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and 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.

Description

The Mariestad operational area includes the closed prison Johannesberg, the largest open prison in the country, Rödjan, and the Mariestad Remand Prison. Mariestad currently has approximately 360 employees distributed across various professional categories and competencies. Construction of a new closed prison is underway and is planned to be operational by 2027. There are also plans to open a new remand prison in Skövde.

Job Responsibilities

As a Client Officer at Johannesberg Prison, you are responsible for the overall client work under the supervision of the Prison Officer Inspector. This includes ensuring and quality-assuring the legal process, monitoring the execution of sentences for inmates, permission planning, handling the legal client process, managing cases of misconduct, and more. You make assessments based on current regulations and guidelines and make decisions according to delegation. Other administrative tasks may also occur.

The role involves developing and quality-assuring legal care work in dialogue with your manager. You will supervise other staff in client work and the various processes within legal care and execution planning.

You work in a team of client officers at the prison and collaborate with other employees on-site as well as colleagues and managers at other prisons. A key part of the job is also collaboration with other actors, both internally and externally, such as Social Services and other authorities.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who works well with others and adapts their way of communicating their message depending on the recipient. You have the ability to remain calm and controlled even in pressured and stressful situations. You must be able to handle large amounts of information and act with good judgment in all situations. In your work, you plan, organize, and prioritize your tasks efficiently. Furthermore, you should be accommodating in your interactions and have both the interest, willingness, and ability to help others.

It is important to us that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's basic values regarding a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and 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 university or college education with a legal, behavioral science, or social work focus, or alternatively other education combined with experience that the employer deems relevant
• Good teamwork skills
• Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience in supervising staff
• Completed Prison and Probation Service training
• Experience in exercising public authority
• Experience in investigation and/or handling within the prison and probation service
• Knowledge of and experience working with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's client administrative systems
• Good knowledge of administrative law

Conditions

Working hours: Daytime

Monday to Friday, flexible hours apply

Other

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 proceed 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 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.

Certain 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 advertisement. 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 advertisement.

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