The Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Statens institutionsstyrelse, SiS) is an agency responsible for individually tailored compulsory care for young people with complex psychosocial issues and for adults with substance abuse problems. SiS also carries out closed youth care. We do this at youth homes and homes for adults with substance abuse issues throughout the country. Working at SiS, your professional life will be an exciting challenge. Regardless of where in our organization you work or what position you hold, you help create vital change.
SiS LVM-Home Hessleby, located in a beautiful forest environment just outside Mariannelund, receives men with alcohol, drug, or mixed substance abuse issues. We have specialized expertise in receiving clients with mental health issues or challenging behavior. We have a mandate to provide care for clients with special care needs.
Job Description
Do you want to be part of creating vital change for vulnerable people? Then the position of treatment educator at SiS is a meaningful challenge. As a treatment educator, you work in a team together with treatment assistants and treatment coordinators, and together you are responsible for ensuring that the young people and clients living with us receive the safety, 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 everyday life. With the support of your knowledge in 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 ensure that safety is maintained according to our routines and you contribute to ensuring that daily life runs smoothly with schooling, cleaning, cooking, and more. Being a contact person is also one of your responsibilities. The work may also include mentoring new employees and trainees. 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 interactions, our commitment, and our approach.
Working hours are scheduled during day, evening, and weekends.
Qualifications
To succeed in this work, you have a well-founded positive view of people. You are motivated to help people in vulnerable life situations and you share SiS values—to be a place for change. Furthermore, you have a good ability to create engagement and participation among our young people. As a person, you are confident and find it easy to build relationships with young people 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 in a constructive way.
You should also have:
A diploma from a 2-year post-secondary education at a folk high school or vocational college (KY/YH) with a focus on social/pedagogical treatment work or education from a university that we consider equivalent
Class B driver's license
Good Swedish, spoken and written
At SiS, we value good collegial relationships. This means that as an employee, you take responsibility for your work, contribute to development, and help foster good collaboration. Read more at https://www.stat-inst.se/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap/.
Employment:
This position is a full-time temporary position until May 16, 2027, with the possibility of extension. Start date by agreement.
Application:
You are welcome to submit your application in our recruitment tool by October 10, 2026.
SiS actively works against all forms of discrimination and welcomes all applicants.
For work at our institutions, SiS conducts a background check before employment.
In preparation for the recruitment process, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.
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 the job posting.