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Statens institutionsstyrelse (SiS) is a government agency responsible for providing individually tailored involuntary care for young people and adults with substance abuse issues. We operate youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse problems across the country. Working at SiS offers you a challenging and exciting career. Regardless of where you work within our organization or what role you hold, you play a vital part in creating life-changing change.

SiS Youth Home Fagared receives non-compulsory school-age boys with psychosocial problems, criminal behavior, and substance abuse issues. We have departments in Lindome, Öxnevalla, and Gothenburg.

Job Description

Take the opportunity to try an interesting job as a casual treatment assistant at SiS Youth Home Fagared!

The goal of the role as a casual treatment assistant at Fagared is to motivate our young people towards new and less risky ways of living. As a treatment assistant, you ensure that the routines on the ward function as intended. You play a major role in providing stability and security for our young people and form the foundation of daily life, including school attendance, cleaning, cooking, and more. You contribute to maintaining safety on the institution according to our routines. Documentation is an important part of your work. You will work on building good therapeutic relationships and help ensure that our young people receive the security and safety they need to break habitual behaviors. Together with your team of dedicated colleagues, you have the opportunity to achieve good results and contribute to positive change.

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

Working hours are according to schedule: day-evening and weekends, or nights, weekdays and weekends.

As a casual employee at SiS, you will undergo tailored introductory training to prepare you for your assignment.

Qualifications

Your personal suitability is key to life-changing change. Therefore, you must have a good ability to create engagement and involvement. Equally important is that you have a solid positive view of humanity, strong empathetic abilities, 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:

• Completed and approved upper secondary education
• 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.*
• Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, e.g., within psychiatry, residential care (HVB), or healthcare and social care.
• Valid Category B driver's license
• Good command of Swedish, both spoken and written

*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 casual employment (hourly paid), start date by agreement.

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 our employee relations.

Application:

You are welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by July 5, 2026.

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

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, Statens institutionsstyrelse has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly 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.