The Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also administers closed youth care. We operate youth homes and facilities for adults with substance abuse issues throughout the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change.
SiS youth home Bergsmansgården receives non-school-age girls. We operate in Fjugesta, three miles west of Örebro, and have a satellite unit in Gammelbo, three miles north of Lindesberg. The girls come to us because they have psychosocial problems as well as issues with crime or drug abuse.
Job Description
Do you want to make a vital difference for vulnerable people? Then the role of Operational Leader is meaningful work. As an Operational Leader, you are responsible for institution-wide coordination and work management of ongoing operations outside office hours, during evenings and nights, with the aim of promoting a safe care and work environment. You guide and support your colleagues in their work and ensure that work is conducted with legal certainty and in accordance with applicable governance documents, methods, and established goals. In practice, this includes responsibility for incident management in alarm situations and taking necessary measures following an incident. You communicate identified shortcomings and deviations from procedures to relevant managers. You prepare and update security assessments and make decisions on coercive measures in accordance with LVU, LSU, and LVM in compliance with SiS work and delegation procedures.
Qualifications
We believe that to thrive and succeed in this role, you are a stable person who remains calm even in stressful situations. You have the will and ability to act based on applicable decisions, guidelines, and policies. You have a holistic perspective and act in the best interest of the organization. Furthermore, you are structured in your work and have a strong ability to plan and prioritize effectively.
You should also have:
- Appropriate higher education such as a degree in social work, behavioral science, or other equivalent higher education, or at least a two-year vocational higher education (treatment pedagogue) combined with experience working within SiS or similar operations.
- Several years of experience working within SiS or other operations focused on care, treatment, and security, such as social services, health and treatment, criminal justice, or other relevant work.
- Strong ability to lead, prioritize, and coordinate a work team.
Great importance is placed on personal suitability.
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 collaboration, and are clear in your communication. Read more about our https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/
Employment:
The position is a permanent full-time role beginning with a six-month probationary period. Start date by mutual agreement. Working hours are distributed across day, evening, and night shifts.
SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.
For work at our institutions, SiS conducts background checks before employment.
Regarding recruitment efforts, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar entities.
NOTE! If you have protected personal information, you should not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in this announcement.The Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also administers closed youth care. We operate youth homes and facilities for adults with substance abuse issues throughout the country. At SiS, your work life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change.
SiS youth home Bergsmansgården receives non-school-age girls. We operate in…