Night Watch for Child and Youth Facility
Stiftung Ilgenhalde
Fehraltorf
Key information
- Publication date:03 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Fehraltorf
Job summary
Ilgenhalde Foundation supports individuals with cognitive disabilities. Join a dedicated team in a rewarding environment.
Tasks
- Support the night shift team in various living groups.
- Ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth at night.
- Provide empathetic support to those with diverse impairments.
Skills
- Qualified professional in social pedagogy or nursing with a focus on psychiatry.
- Experience with individuals on the autism spectrum.
- Reliability, resilience, and a balanced personality.
Is this helpful?
The Ilgenhalde Foundation is committed to people with comprehensive cognitive and multiple disabilities. We place people with their individual conditions at the center of our actions. We adhere to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Continuous development of ourselves and our employees drives us.
The Ilgenhalde location is one of our three institutions. It offers school, housing, and therapy for children and adolescents from 4 to 20 years old in Fehraltorf. We are looking for reinforcement starting November 1, 2025, or by arrangement.
Night watch in the child and youth area
(60% workload)
These are your tasks:
- Supplementing the night watch team in various residential groups, especially in the Therapeutic Residential School Group (TWSG)
- Taking responsibility for the well-being and safety of the entrusted children and adolescents during the night
- Empathetic support of children and adolescents with various disabilities, especially sensory impairments in the autism spectrum, according to the action plan
- Intervention in acute illnesses and escalating psychological crises as well as initiating immediate measures in emergencies with appropriate information flow to all involved.
- Ensuring the flow of information to the night watch team and the residential groups
What you bring with you:
- Professional with a degree as a social pedagogue HF/FH / psychiatric nursing specialist HF / care specialist in disability care
- Professional experience in supporting people on the autism spectrum
Observational skills and joy in accompanying children and adolescents
- Reliability, high resilience, independence, and balanced personality
What makes us your workplace of choice:
- Meaningful tasks in a development-oriented environmentInterdisciplinary, appreciative collaboration shapes everyday life
Promotion of personal and professional development
- Generous training opportunities and support in all topics through internal specialist departments
Questions?
Our housing department manager, Jeannette Zollinger, will be happy to answer your questions by email at jeannette.zollinger@ilgenhalde.ch
More information about us and our mission at www.ilgenhalde.ch.
