Social Worker
Kanton Graubünden
Landquart
Key information
- Publication date:19 January 2026
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Landquart
Job summary
Join us in the unique trilingual Canton of Grisons, Switzerland! Discover a vibrant work environment and enjoy great benefits.
Tasks
- Provide solution-oriented social counseling to individuals and families.
- Ensure access to social insurance benefits and economic aid.
- Support integration for refugees and provide financial assistance.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in social work or equivalent required.
- Strong counseling abilities and social insurance knowledge.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
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The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Social Worker
Social Services Office | 60% | Landquart
On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal Social Services Office fulfills the task of providing social and addiction assistance to people and supports them in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the canton. The Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer social service is responsible for 18 municipalities, with a catchment area of 42,000 people.
For the Landquart location, we are looking for a social worker starting March 1, 2026 or by agreement.
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
- Ensuring access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Advice on linguistic, professional, and social integration for recognized refugees and provisionally admitted persons as well as foreigners
- Advice and financial support for persons with S protection status from Ukraine accommodated in individual housing
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialized services
- Other varied, interesting, and responsible activities
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent qualification
- Aptitude for working with people from different social backgrounds and/or cultural origins
- High counseling skills as well as solid specific knowledge of social assistance law in the field of social insurance
- Friendliness, ability to handle intense work rhythms, team spirit, good communication, organizational, and administrative skills
- Ideally, good knowledge of foreign languages
- Independent and solution-oriented working method
If you have any questions, Gion Andri Bundi, head of the regional social service Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer, is gladly available at phone number 081 257 66 28 or Mathias Kaufmann, head of the social services section, at phone number 081 257 26 68.
Application deadline: January 30, 2026
