Basel
Social Worker Support and Advice Migration
- 26 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
80%-100%
Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment, Social Welfare
by arrangement
Tasks
Support: You advise and support asylum seekers and refugees within the framework of statutory social welfare.
Advise and network: In direct contact, you advise and guide, among other things, on housing, health, education and integration. You work closely with our internal specialist departments and other public and private institutions.
Take responsibility: In ensuring general and situation-related social welfare benefits, you collaborate with commercial case managers and administrative services.
Profile
Experience: You have experience in counselling - preferably in the asylum and refugee sector. You enjoy working in the legal context and securing livelihoods according to legal entitlements.
Personality: As a confident personality with emotional stability, you bring empathy for people from other cultures as well as the ability to set boundaries. You are resilient, flexible and a team player.
Education: You have training as a social worker HF/FH or a comparable qualification.
Language: Good foreign language skills are an advantage (E/F).
Insight into our work
Social Welfare Basel-Stadt belongs to the Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment. As one of the largest and most progressive social welfare organisations in Switzerland, we support residents in need with financial assistance and advice. Our remit also includes the accommodation and care of asylum seekers and refugees as well as social housing.
Our centrally located sites are easily accessible on foot, by bike and by public transport.
With us, tasks, competencies, education and experience count for the determination and development of salary.
We cover the larger share of ongoing contributions, offer savings plan options and possibilities for flexible retirement.
We appreciate and utilise the diversity of our employees and ensure an equal opportunity working environment.
We support our employees as best as possible with flexitime, part-time and home office up to annual and trust-based working hours as well as job sharing options.
thanks to professional care management and one hundred percent continued salary payment in case of illness or accident throughout the entire employment relationship.
Contact
Questions about the role
Franziska Altermatt
Team Leader
Tel. +41 61 267 03 58
Questions about the application
Stefania Sanchez
HR Support Manager
Tel. +41 61 267 04 43
Versatile.
Working for Basel-Stadt.
There is one thing all our more than 11,000 employees have in common: They are committed at the pulse of the city by supporting, enabling, directing, shaping and protecting. In doing so, they contribute every day with their efforts to making Basel-Stadt a place worth living and loving. As diverse as our tasks are our employees and their opportunities. Welcome to the team of the Canton of Basel-Stadt!
