Simon A. Garrido Velasquez, 34år

As a Group Leader, I’m the go-to link between operations manager, operators, and my security personnel, making sure communication flows smoothly and nothing falls through the cracks. I translate directives and write clear routines and practical instructions that people can actually use.

On a daily basis, I’m hands-on with hospital security operations—responding to alarms, coordinating helicopter landings, managing permits. My responsibility are is over two of the largest hospitals in Stockholm, keeping things calm, organized, and safe in fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

• Assisted with special events and programs.
• Provided emotional support to children with problems
• Supported engaging, fun, and smooth-running events by helping with organization and planning.
• Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.
• Communicated with staff members to stay informed about volunteer opportunities and events.
• Represented organization positively and professionally while providing community with much-needed services.

The work duties involved managing Scania Ferruform's alarms, which ranged from fire alarms and cases of illness to accidents, as well as performing permit assessments for hot work and fulfilling an administrative role. In addition to these tasks, regular alarm response and patrols were also included. The administrative role involved: access administration, approval and management of workers' security clearances, card management, permits, and work environment management.

One of my former managers contacted me and offered me a position on the team that was establishing a monitoring service in Scania's alarm central. The role of Fire Watch includes responsibility for the fire alarm control panel and acting as an Alarm Coordinator. As the person responsible, you adopt the role of the central point of contact and are expected to connect all other units (medical services, the fire department, police, and managers) during more critical incidents. Apart from these acute scenarios, we work as fire watches, patrolling the factory to identify potential fire hazards and issuing "hot work" permits, which involves ensuring that a location is sufficiently safe to perform tasks that pose a fire risk.

Att arbeta som arrestvakt innebär ansvaret över polisens arrestlokaler och de personer som omfattas av polisens omhändertagande. Detta har inneburit att hantera allt från tunga kriminella till ungdomar/barn (som senare skickas vidare till socialtjänsten).

Jag har arbetat som Arrestvakt till och från i nästan 10 år. Att arbeta som arrestvakt har krävt flexibilitet, pålitlighet, diskretion i hanteringen av de man möter. Arbetet är omfattat av den högsta typ av sekretess då de man möter då kan vara vem som helst från diverse livssituationer. Under mina arbetsår har jag fått möta och hantera personer som har varit friska, sjuka, psykiskt sjuka, deprimerade och suicidala. Att arbeta med dessa personer kräver en förståelse och att sätta sig in i personers livssituation för att vara ett stöd. Detta har fått mig att utveckla en finkänslighet att på ett säkert och försiktigt sätt kliva in på linjen som skiljer hur man arbetar på ett sakligt och korrekt sätt samtidigt som man är emotionellt tillgänglig och förstående.

As a security guard at an addiction clinic, I have an important role in maintaining safety, order, and security for both staff and patients. This role is especially important in an environment where people are seeking help for addiction problems. Since many visitors suffer from substance abuse, a more delicate and sensitive approach is required, where problem-solving becomes a large part of the guard's daily work.

Arbetsuppgifter som arrestvakt för securus innebar: Kriminalvårdstransporter, sjukhus bevakningar (av interner), häktesförhandlingar och arbeta i polisarresten Min tid hos Securus var början på en längre karriär som arrestvakt än vad jag först tänkte mig. Då jag var helt ny som arrestvakt fick jag lära mig att hantera samt ta emot frihetsberövade till arresten. Då arbetet handlade om tvångshantering av frihetsberövade personer som inte alltid ville vara medgörliga, kunde det uppstå problem vardagligen. Detta tvingade mig snabbt till att anamma rollen som arrestvakt vilket innebar att lära sig hantera personer från olika livssituationer. Mitt tålamod samt pondus var min största styrka under denna tid, varje nya situation fick ta den tid som behövs och successivt arbetade jag från problemen till en lösning som sedan blev ett verktyg för mig som jag än idag kan plocka fram och arbeta vidare på.

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My duties within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service included roles in the alarm response team, as an isolation breaker, in the central control room, and as a visits guard.

The prison officer role involves contact with inmates throughout the workday. Since I had previous experience working in the custody suite, I was placed on a Class 1 unit, a high-security section with full restrictions. There, extra caution is required when interacting with inmates. The job also included training as an emergency response officer / alarm response team member; this meant being part of the response group carrying a shared facility-wide alarm, which the entire team must assist with when activated.

The role of an "isolation breaker" involved spending time with detainees under full restrictions (who are not permitted to meet others) in order to break their isolation. In the Central Control Room, my task was to manage all cameras, elevators, and doors for the specific areas of the remand prison that I was responsible for.