Quality Coordinator Ready to Drive Change

Statens Institutionsstyrelse · Full-time

Uppsala, Sweden

Workplace Description The Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people and adults with substance abuse issues. We operate special youth homes and LVM homes throughout the country. SiS also implements secure youth care and funds research to develop care and treatment. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change. SiS Youth Home Bärby, located outside Uppsala, admits non-school-age boys with psychosocial problems, criminality and substance abuse issues, sexually transgressive behavior, and boys requiring special supervision. The institution also has a reception and needs assessment unit. We want to strengthen the institution with a dedicated quality coordinator. The institution operates through a central quality unit with treatment secretaries, treatment coordinators, nurses, psychologists, and consulting physicians. Organizationally, the quality coordinator reports to the quality manager and holds significant responsibility and influence in creating a safer and more legally secure care environment for the young people. Job Description Do you want to help create a safer and more legally secure care environment for our young people? The role of quality coordinator is new at SiS, and its purpose is to strengthen the home's ability to conduct proactive, legally secure, and systematic quality work. Your task will be to contribute to long-term development of service quality. Concretely, this means: coordinating and consolidating the home's systematic quality work so that early signs of deficiencies are identified and converted into improvement efforts. supporting the home's managers in handling deviations such as complaints, healthcare incidents, Lex Sarah, IVO and JO matters, and contributing to the application of legally secure processes in investigation work. supporting managers in the home's work to implement new policy documents, methods, and working approaches. The role involves working independently but in close collaboration with the quality manager and the home's management team. You will also be part of a network of quality coordinators across the agency's homes, with opportunities for dialogue and experience exchange. Qualifications Academic degree in social work, behavioral science, or equivalent academic education combined with work experience we assess as equivalent. Experience working with systematic quality work in operations regulated by SOSFS 2011:9. Very strong ability to express yourself in speech and writing. To thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you have strong commitment to quality issues with focus on young people's rights. You are analytical, structured, and thorough with good ability to drive and consolidate processes. You have integrity and good collaboration skills to balance between a supporting and supervisory role. Furthermore, you have good ability to work independently while being communicative and pedagogical, to support managers and staff in developing the home's quality work. Meritorious Qualifications Knowledge of administrative law, Lex Sarah, and supervision regulations. Good knowledge of and experience with data collection, documentation, and analysis. At SiS, we value good collegial relationships. This means that as an employee you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and promote good collaboration. Learn more at https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/. Employment Details: Employment Type: Permanent position Start Date: By agreement. The position includes a six-month probationary period Scope: Full-time Work Hours: Daytime Application Deadline: 2026-10-18 Please include reference 2.9.1-10030-2026 in your application. Tests and work samples may be part of the recruitment process. SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants. For positions at our institutions, SiS conducts a background check before employment. Regarding recruitment, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has made decisions about recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media salespeople, recruitment sites, and similar. NOTE! If you have protected personal data, you should not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact in the ad. SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants. For positions at our institutions, SiS conducts a background check before employment. Regarding recruitment, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has made decisions about recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media salespeople, recruitment sites, and similar. NOTE! If you have protected personal data, you should not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact in the ad.