Kanton Graubünden
Landquart
Social Worker
- 25 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Landquart
Job summary
Join the diverse team in Graubünden, Switzerland's largest canton! Experience a supportive work environment with a focus on community well-being.
Tasks
- Provide resource-oriented social counseling to individuals and families.
- Assist recognized refugees with integration into society and work.
- Facilitate access to social insurance and economic assistance.
Skills
- Degree in social work BSc/FH or equivalent training required.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills needed.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively is essential.
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About the job
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us.
Social Worker
Social Office Graubünden | 60–80 % | Landquart
The cantonal social office fulfils the task of personal social and addiction assistance on behalf of the municipalities and supports people in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it operates eight regional social services in the canton. The regional social service Prättigau/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer is responsible for 18 municipalities with a catchment area of 43,000 people.
Social counselling, addiction assistance and financial support (gr.ch)
We are looking for the Landquart location immediately or by arrangement for a social worker as a temporary replacement during a maternity leave. The position is limited until 30 June 2027.
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counselling of individuals and families in difficult life situations on polyvalent issues
- Counselling of recognised refugees and provisionally admitted foreigners on linguistic, professional and social integration
- Access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Cooperation with social authorities and specialised agencies
- Further versatile, interesting and responsible tasks
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/FH or a degree in a comparable qualification
- Enjoyment in working with people from different social and/or cultural backgrounds
- High counselling competence as well as sound expertise in social assistance law and social insurance
- Outgoing, resilient, team player, good communication, organisational and administrative skills
- Ideally good foreign language skills
- Independent and solution-oriented working style
If you have any questions, Gion Andri Bundi, Head of the regional social service Prättigau/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer, Tel. 081 257 66 28, or Laura Steinbacher, social worker, Tel. 081 257 66 32, will be happy to provide information.
Application deadline: 23 October 2026
