Basel
Professional Guardian / Adult Protection Guardian
- 24 August 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
80%
Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment, Office for Guardianships and Adult Protection
by arrangement
Your Tasks
Representation and Care: On behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority, you support, care for and represent people as a professional guardian in the exercise of their legal, financial, social and personal matters.
Situation Analysis and Solution Finding: You analyse problems, structure information and obtain the necessary documents. On this basis, you develop solutions and implementation plans in collaboration with the affected persons, which you consistently accompany.
Mandate Management: You manage social work mandates and work interdisciplinarily with other authorities and institutions. You prepare reports and applications for the CAPA.
Your Profile
Experience: Ideally, you have professional experience in adult protection or statutory social work. You also have knowledge of social assistance and social insurance law.
Personality: You work independently and are resilient. You have a commercial flair and a structured way of working. You have a respectful attitude towards vulnerable persons and possess high social competence.
Education: You have a tertiary education, preferably in Social Work FH, Psychology or another comparable qualification in a similar client-care field.
Insight into Our Work
The Office for Guardianships and Adult Protection (ABES) belongs to the Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment. It manages guardianships on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority (CAPA) for people who need support in their daily lives and in handling their financial or legal affairs.
thanks to professional care management and one hundred percent continued salary payment in case of illness or accident throughout the entire employment relationship.
We cover the larger share of ongoing contributions, offer savings plan options and possibilities for flexible retirement.
With us, tasks, competencies, education and experience count for the determination and development of your salary.
Our centrally located sites are easily accessible on foot, by bike and by public transport.
We support you with more time for your family and a maintenance allowance in addition to the family allowance.
We support you as best as possible with flexitime, part-time work and home office up to annual and trust-based working hours as well as job-sharing options.
Your Contact
Questions about the role
Giulietta Grüninger Naef
Head of Mandate Centre 2
Tel. +41 61 267 47 58
Questions about your application
Hildegard Fessler
HR Consultant
Tel. +41 61 267 21 61
Versatile.
Working for Basel-Stadt.
There is one thing all our more than 11,000 employees have in common: They are committed at the pulse of the city by supporting, enabling, guiding, shaping and protecting. In doing so, they contribute every day with their efforts to making Basel-Stadt a place worth living and loving. As diverse as our tasks are, so are our employees and their opportunities. Welcome to the team of the Canton of Basel-Stadt!
