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The National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) is an agency responsible for individually adapted compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial problems and for adults with substance abuse issues. 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. No matter where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create life-changing change.

SiS Youth Home Vemyra, located outside Sollefteå, receives school-aged boys up to 16 years old with psychosocial problems, as well as those involved in crime and substance 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 working? We are expanding our team of teachers at SiS Youth Home Vemyra. This 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 Swedish and one or more of the subjects Art and/or Social Science (SO).

The educational 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 boys up to 16 years old. All students study all subjects in the compulsory school curriculum and have a scheduled teaching time of at least 23 hours per week. Teaching is conducted full-time in small groups. It is important to have a positive attitude 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 carried out based on the knowledge mandate.

You plan, implement, 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 collaborative effort regarding the young people. Collaboration with, for example, nurses, treatment pedagogues, 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 drawn to teaching and building trusting pedagogical relationships in small groups consisting of students with psychosocial problems 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. We appreciate that you are unpretentious, flexible, can 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 benefits 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 manner. The work requires that you have good ability to express yourself in speech and writing and that you consider adapting communication depending on the recipient.

Requirements:

• Licensed teacher in one or more of the subjects Swedish, Art, or Social Science subjects for the later years of compulsory school.
• You have the ability to plan, teach, and follow up on your teaching.
• You have experience of pedagogical work in a school environment.
• Category B driver's license.

Merits:

• Having a broad subject qualification and complementary subjects Teacher.
• Documented special pedagogical knowledge; insight into different diagnoses, experience of working with young people in need of special support and institutional care.
• Previous work in special teaching groups.
• Ability to speak several languages.

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/).

Employment:

The position is a permanent full-time position and begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date according to agreement.

Place of work: Sollefteå

Application

Please register your application in our recruitment tool. We will begin the interviews directly after the holidays in early August.

Reference number: 2.9.1 6336-2026

We look forward to receiving your application!

Contact Persons

Sara Schwieler, Principal: 0104533451

OFR/ST: Cecilia Norman, 010-453 55 14

SACO-S: Henrik Isgren, 010-453 40 23

Seko: Jennie Resin, 010-453 48 55

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

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