Vacant job

Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS) is a government agency responsible for providing individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also implements closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse issues across the country. At SiS, your working life becomes an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create life-changing change.

SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården receives non-compulsory school-age girls. We have operations in Fjugesta, three miles west of Örebro, and a satellite unit in Granhult, 3 miles north of Lindesberg. The girls come to us due to psychosocial issues as well as problems with crime or drug abuse.

Job Description

Are you passionate about young people and want to work at a school with a good atmosphere, high quality, and joy in work? We are looking for a teacher for SiS Youth Home Bergsmansgården in Fjugesta. Now is your chance to influence students' futures and education in a creative and enabling school environment. We are in need of a qualified teacher in English. The school activities within SiS follow the same regulations as the rest of the school system. The school is responsible for the education of all enrolled young people. The young people residing at the youth home should receive the education they need and are entitled to.

The placed young people are mainly girls between the ages of 16–20. Almost all teaching takes place within the framework of the introduction program; individual alternative, but there may also be compulsory school-age students as well as students within the framework of adapted school. All students have an individual study plan where they, together with a mentor and study and career counselor, set goals and read compulsory school and/or common upper secondary school subjects based on their needs. Teaching is conducted full-time in smaller teaching groups. It is important to have a positive approach and belief in each individual's developmental potential. The students have varying experiences and results from previous schooling, which means that teaching needs to be built on good pedagogical relationships, be motivating, and be conducted based on the knowledge mandate.

You plan, conduct, follow up, and document the teaching and are well grounded in all parts of the curricula as well as in grading. The position includes mentorship. At the youth home, there are several complementary competencies, and as a teacher, you are part of a cross-professional and joint work regarding the young people. Collaboration with, for example, nurses, therapeutic pedagogues, and psychologists, etc., is therefore an important part of your duties. Many of us work together with care and have a holistic perspective regarding the young people.

Qualifications

You need to be motivated by teaching and building trusting pedagogical relationships in smaller teaching groups consisting of students with psychosocial issues and involvement in crime. It is important that you can identify and meet the student's needs with high realistic expectations and motivate and lead the student towards their goals. The work requires that you think about adapting communication depending on the recipient. We would like you to be unpretentious, flexible, able to set and maintain boundaries in a respectful way, and have faith that all students can find a path to education and work.

You are secure, stable, and calm, even in stressful situations. You have good cooperation skills, high social competence, and a positive view of students. You also understand the importance of adapting to changed circumstances and see the advantages of changes. You are proactive and participate in development work to achieve the school's goals and always take responsibility for your tasks by planning, organizing, and prioritizing the work in an effective way.

• You are a licensed teacher for the later years of compulsory school and upper secondary school in English.
• You have the ability to plan, teach, and follow up on your teaching.
• You have experience in pedagogical work in a school environment.
• You have good ability to express yourself orally and in writing.

Merits:

• broad subject competence in several subjects
• documented special pedagogical knowledge; insight into different diagnoses, experience working with young people in need of special support and institutional care.
• previous work within the introduction program or work in special teaching groups.
• proficiency in several languages.

Employment:

The position is a fixed-term employment at 75% until June 27, 2014. Start date according to agreement.

Interviews will be held continuously. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

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 cooperation. Read more about employee relations and leadership (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/).

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

For work at our institutions, SiS conducts register checks before employment.

In connection with the recruitment process, the National Board of Institutional Care has taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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