Professional Guardian / Adult Protection Professional 60-80%

Your new role

As a professional guardian, you manage adult protection mandates on behalf of the KESB Region St.Gallen. Through your work, you help people who rely on your support due to a state of weakness by representing their interests as necessary and supporting your clients in leading as self-determined a life as possible. You take over an existing portfolio of mandates and are part of a committed and high-performing team composed of a mix of social workers and legally trained professionals. You will be competently supported by our specialist services in administrative tasks.

This position is for you if you

• have a tertiary degree in social work.
• ideally already have practical experience in managing guardianship measures or have worked in related fields.
• have solid knowledge of social insurance and accounting.
• have further training in adult protection law, social insurance law, mediation, or systemic/solution-oriented counseling.
• are motivated to learn new things daily and face challenges in your professional everyday life with joy.
• are confident in dealing with crisis and conflict situations.
• enjoy working with a wide variety of people, professionals, and family constellations and have a good approach to conflicting expectations.
• are persuasive, goal-oriented, and assertive.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Your department

At the Social Services, the person is at the center of all actions. Our approximately 150 employees provide a wide range of services in the areas of child and adult protection as well as social assistance for the benefit of the city’s population. The professional guardianship with its 60 employees is a department of the Social Services. We maintain lively professional exchanges with various offices inside and outside the city administration.

Our corporate culture

We live a respectful working atmosphere characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We challenge and promote our employees based on their individual skills and resources. Equal opportunities are very important to us, and our framework conditions support you in balancing work and other areas of life.

What we offer

We offer you a responsible, varied, and challenging area of responsibility with modern employment conditions. Mobile working, intervision, supervision, and attractive training opportunities are a matter of course for the convincing fulfillment of our demanding tasks. We align ourselves with the recommendations of the Conference for Child and Adult Protection regarding the organization of professional guardianships and continue to advance professional and organizational development. You will be carefully introduced to the range of tasks and especially accompanied and coached in the first months of mandate management. Your workplace is located in the center of the city of St.Gallen.

Further information

Do you feel addressed? The head of the Children and Adults department, Rebekka Forster, phone 071 224 54 21, and the head of the Adults department, Christiane Klug, phone 071 224 54 45, will be happy to provide you with further information. Please submit your complete application online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.