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Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individualized compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also operates closed youth care facilities. We operate 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 within our organization or what role 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 criminality or drug abuse.

Job Description

Do you want to be part of creating life-changing change for vulnerable people? Then the role of Treatment Pedagogue at SiS is a meaningful challenge. As a Treatment Pedagogue, you work in a team together with treatment assistants and treatment coordinators. Together, you are responsible for ensuring that the young people and clients living with us receive the safety, care, and treatment they need. We often meet people in crisis, which means you work with qualified care and motivational work, acting as a support in their daily lives. With your knowledge of care and treatment work, you actively contribute to the fulfillment of treatment plans. Documentation is an important part of your job, contributing to legal security, planning, and follow-up of our operations. You contribute to maintaining safety according to our routines and help ensure that daily life flows smoothly with school attendance, cleaning, cooking, etc. Contact person duties are also part of your responsibilities. The role may also involve mentoring new employees and interns.

This is a job for you who sees a positive challenge in working with vulnerable people in difficult life situations. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, joyful, and varied. Our vision is to be a place for change, and this permeates our approach, our commitment, and our attitude.

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

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/) and see what it is like to work at SiS here (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/nationell-rekryteringssatsning/traffa-vara-medarbetare/).

Qualifications

To succeed in your work, you have a solid positive view of humanity. You are motivated to help people in vulnerable life situations and share SiS's core values, being a place for change. Furthermore, you have a good ability to create engagement and participation among our young people. As a person, you are secure in yourself and easily establish relationships with young people as well as with the rest of the staff group. You have good communication skills and can maintain your calm even in pressured situations. You cooperate easily with others and can handle conflicts constructively.

You must also have:

• A degree from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or university college (KY/YH) with a focus on social/pedagogical treatment work, or education from a university that we assess as equivalent
• Class B driver's license
• Good Swedish language skills in speech and writing

Merits

• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., work in psychiatry or LSS care
• Experience from client-facing positions at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, e.g., Prison Officer
• Security guard training
• Experience working with our target group (e.g., addiction care, youth care, young girls, etc.)

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

*Exceptions to the requirement of at least a two-year 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 permanent full-time employment starting with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement. Interviews may be held continuously. Apply by June 22nd.

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

For work at our institutions, SiS conducts a background check before employment.

In connection with the recruitment process, Statens institutionsstyrelse has taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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