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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.

Uppsala Remand Prison receives both remand prisoners with and without restrictions. The prison has 66 places.

Job Description

As a Client Officer, you are responsible for processing the clients' legal aid cases. The work involves investigation, decision preparation, and some decision-making according to current regulations. Together with the Prison and Probation Inspector, you maintain and develop the legal aid work and participate in the legal aid forum. The Client Officer is also responsible for supervising probation officers in their role as contact persons, as well as quality assurance of the clients' enforcement plans.

Qualifications

To succeed in the role of Client Officer, it is important that you have a structured and organized approach to work. You plan and carry out your work efficiently, even under high workload or temporary tasks. You are flexible and adapt easily to prevailing circumstances and see opportunities in changes. As a person, you are secure, stable, and distinguish between the personal and the professional. It is important to you to always act in accordance with decisions, policies, and guidelines. You are pedagogical and have a clear way of communicating, and you adapt the way you convey information to the recipient to ensure your message gets across.

For us, 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 attitude to ensuring that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• An academic degree (e.g., law, social work, or social science) or other education combined with relevant work experience that the employer finds suitable.
• Experience of case processing within state, municipal, or regional authorities.
• Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish.
• Good computer skills.

The following is also meritorious:

• Experience of case processing within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
• Good knowledge of administrative law.

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replace it with selection questions 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 compliance with current laws. This means you stand up for democratic values and the public sector values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are placed in security classes, and a security check with register control will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. Swedish citizenship is required for some security-classed positions. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security checks 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.

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 procured agreements.