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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we 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 Probation Inspector, you are responsible for clients released on parole as well as clients sentenced to probation supervision. The Probation Service is also responsible for intensive supervision with electronic monitoring, commonly known as an electronic ankle bracelet, and community service. The work within the Probation Service consists largely of investigative work, conducting risk and needs assessments, and preparing implementation plans.

As a Probation Inspector, you actively participate in influence work directed towards clients, including structured conversations based on CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), motivating participation in program activities, and assisting in release preparations for clients admitted to prison. The duties also include conducting background investigations, providing opinions to the court, and proposing appropriate sanctions.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is secure, stable, and has good self-awareness. You have a good understanding of how people acquire knowledge and adapt your communication style according to the recipient's prerequisites. In your professional practice, you exercise good judgment and integrity. As a Probation Inspector, you need to have good collaboration skills and be able to communicate clearly. You must also have a physical condition that allows you to act physically if the situation requires it.

To thrive and succeed in your assignment, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and the belief that humans are capable of development. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your approach to ensuring that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• An academic degree (at least bachelor's level), preferably in behavioral science, law, social work, or social sciences, or alternatively another academic degree combined with experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service considers relevant
• Current and well-regarded work experience within the penal system, social care, psychiatry, or other treatment-oriented care efforts
• Current experience of working with case processing in the public sector
• Good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
• Category B driver's license

The following are also meritorious:

• Experience with investigative work
• Experience with implementation planning
• Experience with CBT-based interventions
• Experience with MI (Motivational Interviewing)
• Relevant language skills

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and the CV form the basis for determining if you are qualified to move forward 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 comply with current laws. This means that you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are classified for security, and a security investigation with register check 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 an even 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 negotiated agreements.