Social Pedagogue (80-100%)

Key information

  • Publication date:16 October 2025
  • Workload:80 – 100%
  • Contract type:Permanent position
  • Place of work:Elgg

Job summary

Join our innovative school home in Elgg, caring for 55 kids year-round. Exciting opportunity to make a difference in a supportive environment!

Tasks

  • Actively shape the living and learning space for youth.
  • Support and promote emotional and social development daily.
  • Collaborate interprofessionally and handle administrative tasks.

Skills

  • Must have social work education or equivalent training.
  • Experience with troubled youth and family dynamics required.
  • Strong communication, resilience, and flexibility essential.

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In our boarding school, we provide residential care and treatment for 55 children and adolescents with challenging backgrounds 365 days a year through social pedagogy, curative education, and therapy. We work with the methodology of competence orientation in the residential setting (KOSS). The residential groups are located in Elgg and three surrounding communities. Starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement, we are looking for a social pedagogue (80-100%) for Residential Group 2 in Elgg with 8 adolescents between 12 and 16 years old. (Requirement: a PW driver's license for manual cars and 1 year of driving experience) Your responsibilities
  • Active shaping of the living, learning, and development environment of the children/adolescents
  • Accompanying, supporting, and promoting everyday life, especially in the emotional and social areas
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Administrative tasks
  • Taking over case management for two adolescents, including writing progress reports
  • Parent and family counseling
Your profile
  • Completed training at a school for social work or equivalent education
  • Interest in working in the residential sector with children/adolescents and their
families
  • Specialized knowledge in working with children/adolescents and/or families with challenges
  • Willingness to work with the competence orientation methodology KOSS
  • High professional, social, and communication skills as well as resilience, assertiveness, and flexibility
  • Willingness to work irregular hours, night shifts, and weekend duty
  • Willingness to participate in recreational camps
We offer
  • A very demanding, versatile pedagogical role in a professional environment
  • Case coaching
  • 7 paid training and coaching days on the competence orientation methodology KOSS
  • Generous internal and external continuing education opportunities
  • Annual working time model
  • No split shifts
  • Seniority gifts (from 10 years)
  • Healthy pension fund
  • Salary based on cantonal guidelines
All information at www.schulheim.ch If you want to take new paths in an innovative institution together with competent colleagues, we would be happy to get to know you. For further information, please contact the Educational Director, Ms. Judith Köstner, Tel. 052 368 62 61. The Schulheim Elgg, Judith Köstner, Bahnhofstr. 35/37, 8353 Elgg, or by email at judith.koestner@schulheim.ch looks forward to your application with photo.

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Training / Education / Social, Pedagogy / Education

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