Familea Basel
Basel
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Social Pedagogue FH/HF 80%
- 28 January 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Basel
Job summary
familea is a socially responsible organization with 125 years of tradition. Join us to support families and children in a dynamic work environment.
Tasks
- Support children and youth in daily life and crisis management.
- Engage in resource-oriented work and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Participate in team activities and assume responsibilities across groups.
Skills
- Degree in social pedagogy with 3+ years of experience required.
- Empathy, resilience, and humor in crisis situations.
- Initiative, independence, and strong social skills essential.
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About the job
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familea is a socially responsible association with a 125-year tradition in the Basel area. In over 40 daycares, we care for around 3,000 children. We operate children and youth homes, the foster care center, and social and legal counseling 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 recognized and significant professional and training institution in the social sector.
The residential care of familea has 56 places for children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years or older, cared for in seven residential groups of 8 places each. They are accompanied, supported, and challenged 365 days a year in coeducational groups with different age structures. All children and adolescents attend public schools or a training institution.For the Weiss student residential group, one of the four residential groups in the Lindenberg children’s home, which houses psychosocially burdened children and adolescents between 5 and 15 years old, we are looking for immediately or by arrangement aSocial Pedagogue FH/HF 80%
You are a resilient, open, and empathetic; linguistically skilled as well as flexible person with heart and bring a resource- and solution-oriented attitude to fulfill this demanding task. Your positive basic attitude complemented with humor also carries you through crisis situations in everyday life. Furthermore, you are characterized by a sensitive and trustworthy manner that enables you to access children and adolescents at eye level and 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 adolescents 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 adolescents in the residential group, in managing their everyday life, finding and implementing a perspective, and crisis management
- Resource- and solution-oriented key worker role including interdisciplinary collaboration in the client system (and case management).
- Administrative tasks such as writing reports and protocols, written correspondence in 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 participation in the team during change processes and creative problem solving
- Taking over departments and/or cross-group areas of responsibility
Requirements:
- You have a degree as a Social Pedagogue FH/HF * and at least 3 years of professional experience in the residential setting of child and youth welfare
- You have experience in key worker work and are familiar with the common support systems
- You have completed a practical training course and want to gain further experience in practical training
- You appreciate irregular work assignments and hours (including night and weekend shifts)
- You enjoy participating in camps as well as implementing creative and sporting projects
- You are characterized by your initiative, independence, and reliability
- You enjoy working with children and adolescents and have a sense of humor
- High social competence, motivation, and resilience are among your strengths
- You have solid computer skills (MS Office)
- You hold a category B driving license (advantageous)
(*) For foreign diplomas, an equivalence certificate from the
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SBFI must be enclosed.
We offer you:
- Opportunities to contribute your ideas and experiences 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, vacation times, weekend shifts, and time-off requests are negotiated together within the team
- A wide range of further training opportunities and attractive employment conditions (job ticket, Reka check, fair salaries and allowances) complete the offer
Have we aroused your interest? Then apply now directly online. We look forward to your complete application with photo.
If you still have questions, Mr. Cyrill Jenni, co-head of residential care, is happy to assist you at telephone number 061 260 86 67.
