Social Worker

About the job

• You are part of our interdisciplinary treatment team and work closely with our specialists from the fields of medicine, psychology, nursing, and therapies, supporting patients in the outpatient and day clinic settings in Uznach and/or Rapperswil.
• After an orientation tailored to your needs, you accompany patients in the form of social counseling, job coaching, and case management with the goal of social and professional reintegration into life and work environments.
• In your daily work, you assess the current social situation of the patients, define social issues, and develop solutions in collaboration with those affected and our multiprofessional team.
• Your tasks include maintaining relationships with social insurance agencies, authorities, employers, and the relatives of the patients.
• At our location in Uznach/Rapperswil, you participate in reports, supervision, and further training and engage with our team in public relations.

• You have a degree in social work at the university of applied sciences level.
• Ideally, you bring professional experience from the psychiatric or medical field.
• You have good knowledge of the Swiss social system and are familiar with social counseling.
• Your interest lies in interdisciplinary treatment oriented to the needs of patients and their environment.
• You demonstrate social work commitment, empathy, and communication skills in dealing with mentally ill people and their relatives.
• Action and design scope are important to you, and you appreciate the possibility to organize your workday flexibly.
• You like to work independently, are resilient, and a team player.

Apply Online

We are digital and committed to sustainability, so we look forward to receiving your online application via our homepage.

As soon as your application has been received online, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by email. We look forward to getting to know you through your dossier and will check whether your qualifications, skills, and personality fit the advertised position and Psychiatrie St.Gallen. We will then get back to you.

In a personal interview, we get to know each other and you learn more about Psychiatrie St.Gallen, the advertised position, and the challenges.

In the second round, we would like to get an even better picture of you and find out together whether we are a good match. You will also have the opportunity to meet your future team.

You will receive a telephone offer from us if we decide on you after the second interview and ask whether you are still convinced by us. If we agree, we will prepare your contract.

In the following days, we will send you the contract in duplicate by post. Along with the contract, you will receive relevant information about your employment.

Between accepting the position and the first day of work, as a new employee, you can already access relevant internal information. This allows you to form a detailed picture of the company and prepare for the job.

On the first day, you will be onboarded in your new team and with other colleagues. You will set up your new workplace and get an overview of your upcoming tasks. You will also receive your individual introduction plan, which will help you find your way quickly.