Supervising Specialist in Household Management MNA 80-100%, fixed-term in Zurich-Oerlikon (m/f/d)
Caritas Schweiz
Zürich-Oerlikon
Key information
- Publication date:14 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zürich-Oerlikon
Job summary
Join Caritas Schweiz as a Betreuende Fachperson in Zürich-Oerlikon. Make a difference supporting young refugees in their daily lives.
Tasks
- Welcome and assist newly arrived unaccompanied minors.
- Support practical daily skills like hygiene and budgeting.
- Facilitate a stable daily structure and activities for integration.
Skills
- Completed training in social work, migration, or similar fields.
- Strong intercultural competence and resilience required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and fluent in German.
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Supervising Specialist in Household Management MNA 80-100%, fixed-term in Zurich-Oerlikon (m/f/d)
Caritas Switzerland has been operating asylum centers for families, individuals, and unaccompanied minors (MNA) at currently five locations in the canton of Zurich on behalf of the cantonal social office (KSA) since March 2024. We are looking for you: a dedicated professional who supports young refugees in everyday life and creates structures. We welcome applications from all genders and identities and are committed to an inclusive work culture.
Your tasks
- Reception and introduction of newly arriving MNA including entry interview and formalities
- Support in building everyday practical skills (e.g., hygiene, nutrition, homework, handling money)
- Planning and implementation of a stable daily structure as well as leisure and activity offers
- Promotion of independence, social and self-competence, as well as psychological and social integrity
- Accompaniment to school attendance, doctor appointments, and other obligations including homework assistance
- Disbursement of pocket money and provision of in-kind benefits within budget management
- Conflict resolution and crisis intervention
- Co-creation of a positive residential group atmosphere and establishment of a binding framework (e.g., house rules, house meetings)
- Close interdisciplinary collaboration within the residential group team as well as with night and weekend services, health team, and household management
- Coordination of joint tasks such as leisure planning, doctor visits, or house meetings
- Documentation of progress reports, integration plans, and case documentation according to KSA guidelines in the Tutoris database
Our requirements
- Completed training/continuing education, for example as a care specialist, migration specialist, social companion, or similar
- Experience in the migration field and in caring for people is desirable
- Good German skills, additional foreign language skills are an advantage
- Intercultural competence
- Good Microsoft Office skills
- High sense of responsibility, hygiene, and quality awareness
- Initiative and independence as well as assertiveness
- High resilience and ability to cope with stress
- Willingness to work varying hours
Workplace is Zurich-Oerlikon.
Start of work: immediately or by arrangement, fixed-term until 31.01.2026
Caritas offers attractive employment conditions and an open working atmosphere in an international environment. For the active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on employees with a digital and agile mindset who enjoy participating in change processes.
For information about this position, please contact Ms. Belinda Kuster, HR Consultant, email: bkuster@caritas.ch.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to your application via the online portal.
Start of work: immediately or by arrangement, fixed-term until 31.01.2026
Caritas offers attractive employment conditions and an open working atmosphere in an international environment. For the active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on employees with a digital and agile mindset who enjoy participating in change processes.
For information about this position, please contact Ms. Belinda Kuster, HR Consultant, email: bkuster@caritas.ch.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to your application via the online portal.
