Lenzburg
Social Worker 80%
- 11 September 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Native language)
- 5600 Lenzburg
About the job
Office for the Enforcement of Sentences / Lenzburg Prison
We are looking for a proactive individual as...
Social Worker 80%
Exciting tasks await:
- Advice and support for men imprisoned in the correctional facility within the framework of risk-oriented sanction enforcement, taking into account operational and legal conditions (Case Management)
- Assuming client-related tasks: entry interviews, development of enforcement planning and review of goal achievement, cost carrier clarifications, conducting offence processing interviews, organisation of leave, support with administrative matters, release planning
- Interface to internal and external agencies
- Documentation of case management and diverse reporting
What you bring:
- University of Applied Sciences degree in Social Work and several years of experience in social work, preferably with clients in a coercive context
- High resilience, teamwork skills and goal-oriented working style
- Conscious handling of closeness and distance
- Confident written and oral expression in German, good knowledge of at least one other language and good IT user skills (Microsoft Office)
- Impeccable reputation (criminal and debt register extracts without entries) and minimum age of 30 years
Benefits
We offer flexible working options, a wide range of further training opportunities and attractive social benefits. You can find all our benefits at ag.ch/personal.
Your working environment
At the Lenzburg Correctional Facility , persons sentenced to imprisonment or to a custodial measure are cared for. The facility offers 380 enforcement places for closed enforcement, pre-trial detention and short sentences.
The prison has 199 detention places for men serving longer prison sentences, imprisoned early or housed in the special enforcement unit SITRAK I (high security).
Security, order and calm are ensured by the enforcement officers in the care and security service and specific specialist services, including the prison social service.
Contact
For professional enquiries, please contact Salome Widmer, Head of Prison Social Service, 062 888 78 84.
We look forward to receiving your online application.