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Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also operates secure youth care facilities across the country. Working at SiS offers you a challenging and exciting career. Regardless of where you work within the organization or what role you hold, you contribute to creating life-changing change.

SiS Youth Home Ryds Brunn receives school-age boys with psychosocial problems, criminal behavior, and substance abuse issues.

Job Description

Do you want to make a vital difference for vulnerable people? Then the role of Treatment Assistant at SiS is a meaningful challenge. The goal of your assignment is to motivate our young people and clients towards new, less risky ways of living. As a Treatment Assistant, you are employed to provide care and treatment. You contribute to ensuring that department routines run smoothly and play a major role in providing stability and security for our young people and clients. You handle the basics of daily life, such as supporting school attendance, cleaning, cooking, and more. You also help maintain order and security on the institution according to our procedures. Documentation is an important part of your work.

You will work on building secure relationships and helping our young people and clients gain the security they need to break habitual behaviors. Together with your team of dedicated colleagues, such as treatment pedagogues and treatment coordinators, you have the opportunity to achieve good results and contribute to change. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied.

Our vision is to be a place for change, and this permeates our attitude, our commitment, and our approach.

Working hours are according to a schedule including day, evening, and weekend shifts.

As a new employee, you will undergo SiS basic training for 10 weeks. The training alternates between theory and supervised introduction, preparing you for the treatment role in SiS operations.

Qualifications

Your personal suitability is key to life-changing change. Therefore, you need to have a good ability to create engagement and involvement. Equally important is that you have a solid positive view of humanity, strong empathetic skills, and the ability to build good relationships. You have good communication skills and can remain calm even in pressured situations. You also have the ability to collaborate with others and are willing to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You must also have:

• At least a 2-year post-secondary education from a folk high school or university college (KY/YH) or equivalent education. The education should be focused on social work, social pedagogy, behavioral science, or another relevant subject area.*
• Category B driver's license
• Good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written

Meritorious qualifications:

• Experience from client-facing positions in the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, e.g., probation officer
• Security guard training
• Experience from client-facing positions in the Swedish Migration Agency, e.g., case officer at detention centers
• Education in care and nursing
• Experience working with our target group (e.g., addiction care, youth care, young girls, etc.)

At SiS, we value good employee relations. This means that as an employee, you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good collaboration. Read more about employee relations and leadership (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/).

*Exceptions to the requirement of at least two years of post-secondary education may be made in individual cases if there are special reasons according to Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Social Services Ordinance (2025:468).

Employment:

The position is a fixed-term employment until December 31, 2026.

Tests and work samples may be included in the recruitment process.

SiS actively works 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, Statens institutionsstyrelse has decided on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

NOTE! If you have protected personal data, you should not apply via the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement.