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Job Description

Are you motivated by helping young people in vulnerable life situations? Do you also enjoy organizing, leading, and planning? Apply for the position of Group Leader at SiS Långanäs in Eksjö!

As a Group Leader, you contribute to a safe and secure environment for placed children and young people. In this role, you work actively in the operational care and treatment work on the ward. You are responsible for planning, operationally leading, and distributing the daily work. You act as a role model and promote that the work is conducted in a legally secure manner and in accordance with current guidelines, methods, and established goals. You keep the unit manager of your ward updated on issues that may affect the work environment, care and treatment environment, or deficiencies in operations. Orientation and supervision of new employees are also part of your work. You are part of a team with the unit manager and treatment secretary, and you will have close cooperation to achieve good results together.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in the role of Group Leader, you are motivated by working with and helping people in vulnerable life situations. The operational work and meeting with young people/clients is your primary focus. You are good at planning, organizing, and prioritizing work efficiently and are clear in your communication with others. At the same time, you are attentive and affirming in your approach to young people/clients and colleagues, and skilled at building relationships. You have a professional attitude and a good ability to collaborate and put yourself in others' perspectives. The work is sometimes challenging and requires you to be stable and maintain calm even in stressful situations.

• A university degree of at least 180 higher education credits with a focus on social sciences, care, or behavioral sciences.
• Several years of valuable work experience from work within SiS or other operations focusing on care, treatment, and security, such as social services, care and treatment, prison and probation services, or other relevant operations.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both written and oral.

At SiS, we value good leadership. This means that as a leader, you take responsibility for the whole, act as a good role model, drive development, promote good cooperation, and are clear in your communication. Read more about employee relations and leadership (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/).

We want you to grow and develop in your professional role! As a Group Leader, you will receive extensive leadership development and valuable knowledge and experience to continue developing your leadership within SiS.

Employment:

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

With the state as an employer, a number of benefits are included, read more about these here: benefits (https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

Application:

Register your application in our recruitment tool by xx xx.

Interviews and selections take place continuously. 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, the National Board of Institutional Care (SiS) has taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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