The State Institutions Board (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for adolescents and adults with substance abuse issues. SiS also administers secure youth care. We operate youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse throughout the country. At SiS, your work life becomes an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change.
SiS LVM-home Östfora in Järlåsa, northwest of Uppsala, receives men with alcohol, drug, or mixed substance abuse, combined with mental health issues. We have specialized expertise in medical care and are tasked with providing care for clients with special care needs.
Job Description
Do you want to be part of creating vital change for vulnerable people? Then working as a treatment educator at SiS is a meaningful challenge!
As a treatment educator, you work in a team with treatment assistants, treatment secretaries, and treatment coordinators, and together you are responsible for ensuring that our residents receive the security, care, and treatment they need. We often meet people in crisis, which means you work with qualified care and motivation work and provide support in daily life. Drawing on your knowledge of care and treatment work, you actively contribute to the implementation of treatment plans. Documentation is an important part of your work and contributes to legal certainty, planning, and monitoring of our operations. You help maintain security according to our procedures and contribute to smooth daily operations for our clients. Primary contact person responsibilities are also among your duties. The work may also include serving as a mentor to new employees and interns. This is a job for someone who sees a positive challenge in working with vulnerable people in difficult life situations. The job is often demanding but also stimulating, rewarding, and varied!
Our vision is to be a place for change and this permeates our approach, our commitment, and our mindset.
Working hours are scheduled for day and evening shifts, Monday through Sunday. Weekend work according to schedule every third weekend.
As a new employee, you will complete SiS basic training lasting 10 weeks. The training alternates theory with guided introduction, and it equips you for the treatment educator role in SiS operations.
Qualifications
To succeed in your work, you have a firmly grounded positive view of people. You are motivated to help people in vulnerable life situations and you share SiS core values of being a place for change. Furthermore, you have a strong ability to create engagement and participation with our clients. As a person, you are confident in yourself and have an easy time building relationships with clients as well as with other staff members. You have good communication skills and can remain calm even in pressured situations. You work well with others and can handle conflicts constructively.
You should also have:
A diploma from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or vocational school (KY/YH) focused on social/pedagogical treatment work or education from a university that we assess as equivalent
Class B driving license and access to a car
Good Swedish in speech and writing
It is a merit if you also have:
Experience working with people in vulnerable life situations, such as work in psychiatry or in disability care (LSS)
Education in healthcare and elderly care
Experience working with our target group in substance abuse care for older men
Good documentation skills
We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
At SiS, we value good colleagues. This means that as an employee, you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and participate in good collaboration. Learn more about us on the page below:
https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/
Employment:
The position is a permanent full-time employment and begins with a six-month probationary period. Start as soon as possible.
Selection and interviews may take place on a rolling basis.
For your application to be properly assessed, you must attach relevant educational documentation with your application demonstrating that you meet the requirements for this position.
Tests and work samples may be included in the recruitment process.
Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool no later than August 7, 2026.
SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.
For work at our institutions, SiS conducts background checks before employment.
In preparation for the recruitment process, the State Institutions Board has determined recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar.
NOTE! If you have protected personal information, do not apply through the recruitment system. Instead, contact the person listed as the contact person in the announcement.The State Institutions Board (SiS) is a government agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for adolescents and adults with substance abuse issues. SiS also administers secure youth care. We operate youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse throughout the country. At SiS, your work life becomes an exciting challenge. Regardless of where you work in our organization or what position you hold, you help create vital change.
SiS LVM-home Östfora in Järlåsa, northwest of Uppsala, receives men with alcohol, drug, or mixed substance abuse, combined with mental health…