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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 custody, and client transport.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is a government agency that, together with the police, prosecutors, and courts, is responsible for reducing crime and increasing people's sense of security. The majority of those sentenced to probation supervision are in the probation service. Probation is criminal supervision that takes place in society, where a sentence in probation involves both control and support for the convicted. The probation service is growing, we are receiving new and more extensive assignments, and we are now looking for new employees to fill various roles in our societal mission.

The probation service works according to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's vision "Better Out". The Swedish Prison and Probation Service faces an expanded assignment, which means we now need to increase the number of employees.

Job Description

We are now looking for you who want to work at Probation Gothenburg, in an assignment focused on security, service, and controls, where client contact is included.

In the role of a probation officer, you contribute to a safer and more secure society. The duties include control for safe entry, as well as follow-up of clients under electronic monitoring, including home visits and workplace visits, as well as various service tasks.

The role also includes technical handling and readiness for executions with electronic control, as well as community service checks. Part of your working time will be spent with a colleague in a car as we have large geographical areas to cover. You work in close cooperation with probation inspectors, administrators, and the prison inspector who is your nearest manager. You work according to a schedule in a team together with your colleagues. The schedule includes both evening and weekend shifts.

Qualifications

The role places high demands on personal suitability. As a probation officer with service tasks within the probation service, you need to be secure, stable, and have good judgment. Together with your colleagues, you plan and carry out the daily work, so you need to be flexible and have good cooperation skills. You are attentive and accommodating in your treatment of others and have an interest, willingness, and ability to help others. You should be both structured and someone who strives to deliver solutions to both technical and practical challenges.

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 have an understanding of 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 will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for you who have:

• Completed upper secondary education or other education combined with work experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service considers relevant
• Work experience, including 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 with good driving skills

It is meritorious if you have:

• Relevant work experience within one or more of the areas of criminal supervision, social care, healthcare and social care work
• Experience of security control/access or other technical work
• Training within FSK (Swedish Prison and Probation Service Academy)
• Knowledge or experience of conflict management or client-oriented work
• Other language skills are meritorious

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 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 demands regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and that you follow current laws. This means that 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 class, and a security screening 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 screening 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 with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has purchased agreements.