About this role
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing - we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now seeking more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism - to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society becomes safer for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation services, detention centers, and client transportation.
Read more about the Malmö Detention Center's operations on our website: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/contact/find-and-contact/operations/detention/malmo/#operations
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
As a chef, you will primarily prepare meals for detainees at the detention center, as well as for staff. Tasks include all typical tasks in a large kitchen such as planning, purchasing, preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner, and evening meals. At the Malmö Detention Center, you will prepare approximately 200 portions per meal daily. Job responsibilities also include cleaning kitchen facilities, dishwashing, and self-monitoring in accordance with applicable legislation. Preparing dietary and special meals is also required. As a chef, you will work in a team that collaborates with personnel in other functions at the detention center. Staff work on a periodic schedule that includes weekend shifts.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are seeking someone who is confident, stable, and self-aware. You are calm and controlled in stressful situations and collaborate well with others. You have good judgment and take responsibility for your tasks.
We are looking for someone who has:
• Restaurant or large-scale catering education at high school level, or other education combined with experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Experience working as a chef
• Experience working with special diets
• Ability to express yourself well verbally and in writing in Swedish
• Knowledge and experience with food hygiene and self-monitoring in accordance with applicable legislation
Additional merits include:
• Experience working in large-scale kitchens
• Experience with self-monitoring
• Familiarity with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's ordering system
• B driver's license
To thrive and succeed in your assignment, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values of a humane view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in human development. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute to ensuring everyone is treated equally through your approach. You also have an environmentally conscious work method and strive to reduce food waste, manage resources, and contribute to a sustainable kitchen operation.
We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
OTHER INFORMATION
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replace it with selection questions relevant to the position. Answers to the selection questions and your CV form the basis for determining whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.
To be considered for employment with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and compliance with applicable laws. This means upholding democratic values and the state's fundamental values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.
Some positions are placed in security classes, and a security assessment with register checks will be conducted before an employment decision is made. Some security-classified positions require Swedish citizenship. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security assessments at: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/work-with-us/recruitment-process/security-assessment-during-recruitment/
The position may involve wartime placement with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about wartime placement at: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/work-with-us/recruitment-process/wartime-placement/
Probationary employment may be applied.
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for gender and age balance and increased diversity.
To submit your application, click on the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed to Visma Recruit 0771- 693 693. Questions about specific jobs will be answered by the contact person listed in the advertisement. We do not accept applications by paper or email.
We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procurement agreements.