SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SPECIALIST 60 - 70%
Verein Interessengemeinschaft für Sozialpsychiatrie Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:04 October 2025
- Workload:60 – 70%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join IGSP Zurich, a supportive community for mental health! We offer a nurturing work environment and various benefits.
Tasks
- Support residents through their individual development steps.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with residents.
- Collaborate with external institutions and plan effectively.
Skills
- Completed education in psychiatric nursing or social pedagogy.
- Excellent communication and crisis management skills.
- Organizational skills and basic cooking abilities.
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It creaks cozily when you go up the wooden stairs in the Heinrich residential building. The charming old building offers a protected framework for life, even though it is located in the middle of District 5. If you want to leave the hustle and bustle of the city outside, the furnished rooms as well as the quiet courtyard provide a suitable retreat. People with a mental impairment find a home here where they can develop and stabilize. The average age of the residents is about 50 years. As of December 1, 2025, or by arrangement, we are looking for a committed SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SPECIALIST 60 - 70% due to retirement, with training in psychiatric nursing or social pedagogy (HF/FH) as well as relevant professional experience. As a Social Psychiatry Specialist - you have a goal- and resource-oriented attitude and possess various conversation techniques
- you bring professional experience in the field of psychiatry, preferably in supported living or acute psychiatry
- you take responsibility as a reference person and support the residents in their individual development steps and in assessing their situation
- you accompany residents in crises and provide security
- you are able to build and maintain sustainable relationships
- you maintain cooperation with other institutions and external contact persons
- you bring organizational and planning skills
- you have functional IT skills as well as a differentiated ability to express yourself
- you bring household skills, including cooking
- you are used to working independently and have perseverance
- responsible and independent work with your own scope for design
- a versatile and interesting field of work
- pleasant working hours without on-call duty
- a team of experienced and motivated specialists
- supervision and training opportunities
- attractive employment conditions and progressive working conditions
- free meals
- centrally located workplace, near Limmatplatz
Then we look forward to your application. Please send your documents to:
Interest Group for Social Psychiatry Lena Landert, Managing Director Langstrasse 149
8004 Zurich or to: landert@igsp.ch For further information, the residential house manager Aurèle Möller 044 273 15 40, or the managing director Lena Landert, 044 240 16 90, will be happy to assist you.
