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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården)

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and are now looking for more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will become safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for prisons, probation, remand prisons, and client transport.

Job Description

As a Prison Officer within the Transport Department (TA), you will be part of a team consisting of two to four people, where everyone is responsible for different roles in the execution of client transports.

Working at the Transport Department means your main task is to transport persons deprived of their liberty, on behalf of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and other authorities. The work also includes guarding during, for example, court hearings and hospital visits.

Working as a prison officer means you can make a difference for other people and contribute to a better society. To thrive and succeed in your assignment, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a human view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in human development.

The tasks at TA are varied, which means your working hours may vary from day to day. Evening, night, and weekend work may be included.

The times in the schedule are framework times, usually 07:00–17:00. Framework time means that the employer can change your start time according to assignments, and the end time can be moved until the assignment is completed.

Changes to start times are communicated before the previous work shift is over. For example, a shift could be between 07:00–19:00 (12 hours) or 09:00–16:00 (7 hours).

We place great emphasis on the fact that you do not have a fixed time for each work shift, and this is something you should take into consideration if you are interested. You must be able to be flexible.

Qualifications

Your personal qualities are important. As a prison officer, you need to be secure, stable, have good self-awareness, good judgment, and integrity. Together with your colleagues, you drive the operations, so you need to have good teamwork skills and be clear in your communication. You must be able to act physically when required.

For us, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a human view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in human will and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute with your attitude to ensure that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

You need to have good physical fitness to handle sedentary work and to be able to act physically when required.

We are looking for someone who has:

REQUIREMENTS:

• Completed upper secondary education or other education combined with work experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Work experience, also in the form of seasonal work, hourly employment, or self-employment. Internships and volunteer work are not to be equated with employment
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing
• Good computer skills
• Category B driver's license; when applying to the National Transport Unit, a B driver's license and driving experience are required

The following are also meritorious:

• Work experience from the prison and probation service, security work, social care, psychiatry, or care and nursing work
• Knowledge in relevant areas, for example behavioral science, criminology, psychiatry, law, and conflict management
• Relevant language skills

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions that are relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and the CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high requirements regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and that you follow current laws. This means you stand up for democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are placed in security classifications, and a security investigation with register control will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security investigations here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve war-time placement at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war-time placement here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the advertisement.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has purchased agreements.