Familea Basel
Basel
Social Pedagogue FH/HF 80% Children’s Home Lindenberg - Youth Residential Group Yellow
- 18 October 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Basel
Job summary
Familea is a socially responsible association with a 125-year tradition. Join us to support families, children, and women in a nurturing environment.
Tasks
- Guide young people in their daily lives and personal development.
- Foster a resource-oriented approach in a team setting.
- Engage in administrative tasks and document progress reports.
Skills
- Degree in social pedagogy with experience in youth support.
- Strong interpersonal skills and humor with youth.
- Creative and flexible approach to problem-solving.
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About the job
familea is a socially responsible association with a 125-year tradition in the Basel area. In over 40 day-care centres, we care for around 3,000 children. We operate children’s and youth homes, the foster care centre, and provide social and legal advice for women. Our services strengthen families, children, and women. They promote the compatibility of family and work, contribute to equal opportunities and integration. With over 900 employees – including around 200 trainees and students – we are a recognised and significant professional and training institution in the social sector.
The residential care of familea has 56 places for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years or older, who are cared for in seven residential groups of 8 places each. They are accompanied, supported, and challenged throughout 365 days in coeducational groups with different age structures. All children and young people attend public schools or a training institution.For our youth residential group Yellow, one of four residential groups in the Children’s Home Lindenberg, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a
Social Pedagogue FH/HF 80%
In this lively and adventurous residential group, we accompany young people aged 14 to 20 years towards an independent life. The young people bring many different personalities and life stories, which makes everyday life exciting and very varied.
You are an open and empathetic; linguistically skilled as well as flexible person with heart and bring a resource- and solution-oriented attitude to fulfil this task. Your positive basic attitude, complemented by humour, also carries you through crisis situations in everyday life. Furthermore, you are characterised by your individual creative working style, which is rounded off by your experiential pedagogical resources and your enthusiasm for sport and nature. Likewise, your empathetic and trustworthy manner enables you to find access to the children and young people at eye level and to build sustainable relationships with an appropriate proximity-distance balance.
With your expertise, you are able to quickly and effectively establish an effective working relationship within the helper system and support the children and young people on their path in a participatory process. As an employee, you are jointly responsible with a committed team of 6-7 people for the following tasks:
Area of responsibility:
- Accompanying the children and young people in the residential group, in managing everyday life, in finding and implementing a perspective, and in crisis management
- Resource- and solution-oriented key worker role including interdisciplinary collaboration within the client system (and case management).
- Independent and creative coaching of young people in promoting self-responsible life design.
- Administrative tasks such as writing reports and minutes, written correspondence within the client system, and maintaining group documentation
- Active and appreciative participation in the team and taking responsibility for cross-group collaboration in the house during weekends and holidays as well as in working groups, camps, and leisure activities.
- Motivated involvement in the team during change processes and creative problem solving
- Taking on portfolios and/or cross-group areas of responsibility
Requirements:
- You have a degree as a Social Pedagogue FH/HF* and preferably professional experience in the residential setting of child and youth welfare
- You have experience in key worker roles and networking
- You appreciate irregular working hours and shifts (including night and weekend duties)
- You are characterised by your initiative, independence, and reliability
- You enjoy working with children and young people and have a sense of humour
- High social competence, motivation, and resilience are among your strengths
- You have solid computer skills (MS Office)
- You hold a category B driving licence (advantageous)
(*) For foreign diplomas, an equivalence certificate from the
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SBFI must be attached.
- Opportunities to contribute your ideas and experience to an effective working day
- to actively participate in the further development and design of the residential group.
- An open, transparent, and appreciative team culture with feedback and a lived error culture, which places great value on satisfied employees
- Case discussions with interdisciplinary professional support as well as internal cross-team intervision
- Duty rosters, holiday times, weekend duties, and free requests are negotiated jointly within the team
- A broad range of further training and attractive employment conditions (job ticket, Reka check, fair salaries and allowances) complete the offer
Would you like to support young people with expertise, commitment, and empathy? Then take on the new challenge and be the right puzzle piece as a complement to our motivated team. Apply now directly online. We look forward to receiving your complete application with photo.
If you still have questions, you can contact
Ms Annalisa Sprecher, Team Leader WG Yellow at telephone number 061 260 86 63
or
Ms Sabine Rufi, Co-Head of Residential Care at telephone number 061 260 86 66, who will be happy to assist you.
