Social Worker for the General Psychiatry Service (PGE) Hospital

Psychosocial

Social Worker for the General Psychiatry Service (PGE) Hospital

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) of the Department of Psychiatry (DP) is looking for a social worker with a workload between 80% and 100% for its hospital social unit, within the framework of a fixed-term contract from April 1 to September 30, 2026.

The starting date is scheduled for April 1, 2026, or to be agreed upon.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in the fields of care, medical research, and training.

The General Psychiatry Service (PGE) cares for adults aged 18 to 65 from the Lausanne region, within a hospital unit located on the Cery site (about ninety acute care beds) and an outpatient unit in the city. The multidisciplinary PGE team works closely with the care network to offer comprehensive, personalized, and coordinated care.

The social service, integrated into this interdisciplinary dynamic, supports patients in developing individualized care plans, involving relatives as well as social, institutional, and community partners.

Mission

As a social worker in a medical environment, you play a central role in supporting patients hospitalized within the PGE:

• You assess psychosocial situations and monitor patients, especially in complex problem contexts
• You identify, with patients and their relatives, daily difficulties and propose appropriate solutions
• You actively collaborate with patients, their relatives, and medical-care teams in co-constructing individualized projects
• You carry out support procedures outside the hospital (home, institutions, justice of the peace, community, etc.)
• You support patients and their relatives in administrative, legal, professional, and relational aspects
• You assess the role and skills of patients' primary and secondary networks
• You mobilize social network resources to promote autonomy
• You participate in the development of housing projects, in collaboration with the relevant partners.

Profile

• You hold a HES-SO Bachelor’s degree in social work or an equivalent qualification, with SEFRI recognition for foreign diplomas
• You have experience working with people suffering from mental disorders
• You have good knowledge of social insurance and the Vaud medico-social system
• You are autonomous, creative, proactive, and have excellent interpersonal skills
• You are comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment
• You hold a driving license (essential).

Depending on the profile, the salary class will be between levels 8 and 9.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• Top-level social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave, and 4 months of maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
• A right to at least three days of training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Center and partner training centers of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Quality hotel-style company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Joëlle Tena, social worker / head of service, phone: 079 556 89 61

Website: General Psychiatry Service (PGE) - CHUV

Since all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, you will be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas as well as an identity document.

CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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