Specialist in School Social Work at Vocational School 85%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:14 November 2025
- Workload:85%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join TBZ, a premier vocational school in Zurich, focused on tech education. This role offers a dynamic work environment and impactful opportunities.
Tasks
- Support students with personal, social, and academic challenges.
- Collaborate with school teams to identify psychosocial issues early.
- Build connections among learning locations and counseling services.
Skills
- Bachelor's in Social Work plus a CAS in School Social Work required.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities for crisis management.
- Experience in project work and a solution-oriented mindset.
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The Technical Vocational School Zurich TBZ is a competence center for basic and continuing education in the fields of automotive technology, information technology, electrical/electronics, event technology, and optometry.
Over 3600 students are taught by around 160 teachers.
Your tasks
- As a specialist in school social work, you advise vocational school students on personal, social, and school-related challenges during their vocational training. You support the school team in recognizing psychosocial problems and initiating early interventions. Internally, you network with the existing support services, create connections between learning locations, and build a sustainable network with relevant counseling centers.
Your profile
- You are a committed personality with professional experience in school social work or counseling experience in the youth sector. You are interested in age-typical developmental tasks and related aspects of mental health. With your solution-oriented systemic approach, you can mediate well between different concerns. You have an independent, structured, and reflective way of working and look forward to helping shape the new support services at vocational schools. Knowledge in concept and project work is advantageous. Your communication skills, teamwork, and resilience benefit you both in dealing with various stakeholders and in managing crises. A formal requirement for application is a bachelor's degree in social work combined with further training in school social work (CAS) or a comparable field (CAS).
Our offer
- As a vocational school, we offer you an inspiring and dynamic working environment. Your ideas and skills in favor of an innovative offer are welcome at our school. Counseling young people during a crucial developmental and training phase is very meaningful. The tasks are varied and characterized by contact with different stakeholders. Cantonal impulse and experience exchange meetings promote knowledge transfer among specialists. The school team looks forward to working with you.
Application
Have we aroused your interest?
We look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool. For inquiries, Ms. Nicole Mignaval, Rectorate Assistant, Tel. +41 44 446 96 03, Email nicole.mignaval@tbz.zh.ch, is happy to assist. Further information can be found on the internet at www.tbz.ch.
