Job Coach including Placement (80 - 100%) limited until December 31, 2027
Stadt Thun
Thun
Key information
- Publication date:26 August 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Thun
Job summary
The Thun Employment Integration Office supports long-term unemployed individuals. Join us to make a real difference in a dynamic work environment!
Tasks
- Coach and advise participants throughout the integration process.
- Collaborate with internal staff and external business contacts.
- Maintain interdisciplinary exchange with stakeholders like social workers.
Skills
- Professional qualification and several years of experience required.
- Excellent communication skills in both oral and written forms.
- Strong knowledge of the labor market and educational landscape.
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The Employment Integration Office of the City of Thun supports long-term unemployed and social assistance recipients in their professional and social integration. We offer temporary jobs in internal companies and external placements. Through our Job Coaches, clients are individually supported and assisted in integrating into the primary labor market.
To complement our team, we are looking for a
Your tasks:
- Coaching and advising program participants during the integration process
- Collaboration with the pedagogical specialists of the internal companies as well as the contact persons of private sector companies and NGOs
- Maintaining interdisciplinary exchange with other stakeholders such as social workers and supplementary support networks (career counseling, case management BB, and others)
- Supervision of participants during external work assignments including crisis intervention and follow-up support after successful placement
- Responsibility for case management (initial, location, and coaching interviews) and related administration including file opening and corresponding reporting to the referring services
You bring with you:
- Professional qualification and several years of professional experience
- Further training in coaching, supported employment, adult education, or comparable additional training
- Several years of experience in employment integration as a Job Coach (preferably in the BIAS area)
- Very good oral and written communication skills, as well as target group-appropriate communication
- Sound knowledge of the general and regional labor market as well as the educational landscape
- You enjoy acquiring jobs and training positions and have a proactive and pragmatic approach
- High social competence, flexibility, resilience, and ability to work in a team
- Very good knowledge of the MS Office suite, affinity for using case management tools (corix TOGETHER)
- Understanding of business management contexts
- Driver's license category B is an advantage
What awaits you:
- An interesting, meaningful, and responsible activity with great independence
- Modern employment conditions according to city guidelines
- A dynamic environment with motivated employees
- Central location in Thun. All workplaces of the City of Thun are easily accessible on foot or by public transport.
- Season tickets for the beach pool, Schwäbis river pool, and artificial ice rink
- Care allowance in addition to the family allowance
Contact
For further information, please contact Sarah Moesch, Co-Director and Head of Vocational Integration, Employment Integration Office FAI
