Specialist Open Youth Work Centre, Mobile Youth Work 40-80%

About the job

Your new role

You work in mobile youth work in the city centre of St. Gallen and meet young people and young adults where they spend their leisure time; in public spaces. Through your outreach and low-threshold approach, you build sustainable relationships, take up concerns and needs, and support young people in realising their ideas and projects.

You accompany young people aged 15 to 26 in various life situations, promote their self-, social and action competences, and refer them to appropriate specialist agencies if necessary. You are guided by life-world-oriented and socio-cultural approaches as well as the principles of participation.

A part of your work is the initiation, accompaniment and implementation of projects and actions together with young people. In addition, you maintain cooperation with institutions, organisations and other partners in the social space.

Since mobile youth work is part of the Open Youth Work Centre, you also work flexibly in other offers and projects of Open Youth Work. You appreciate varied fields of activity and are willing to actively contribute to the further development of the entire service area.

Irregular working hours as well as shifts in the evenings and at weekends are a fixed part of this activity.

This position is for you if you

• have a university of applied sciences degree in social work.
• enjoy outreach, low-threshold and participatory work with young people and young adults.
• actively and gladly approach young people, build sustainable relationships and professionally support them in their concerns, ideas and projects.
• have strong social skills, communication skills, conflict resolution skills and empathy.
• work independently, reflectively and responsibly.
• can respond flexibly to different situations and requirements.
• are willing to contribute to other offers and projects of the Open Youth Work Centre.
• enjoy teamwork, networking and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• are open and willing to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

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

Your employer

The Children Youth Family Department is a specialist office for children and young people between 6 and 26 years old, their caregivers and other interested adults. It takes on tasks such as counselling, providing information, supporting ideas and accompanying leisure activities.

The Open Youth Work Centre department of the Children Youth and Family Department of the City of St. Gallen provides a variety of leisure activities in the city centre. With facilities such as the youth pub talhof, the youth culture space flon, the flon studios and mobile youth work, it makes a significant contribution to youth culture in St. Gallen.

Our corporate culture

You work in an appreciative environment characterised by mutual trust, respect and loyalty. We promote our employees based on their individual skills and resources.

What we offer

The City of St. Gallen supports the compatibility of work, family and other areas of life. Therefore, we offer flexible working models and family-friendly allowances. In our internal training programme, you will find interesting offers for your professional and personal development.

Our selection process

Have we aroused your interest? For questions, please contact Adrian Kolb, telephone 071 224 55 05, adrian.kolb@stadt.sg.ch. Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

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