Social Pedagogue and Career Choice Coach School Sector

Your tasks: You are responsible for the social-pedagogical support and promotion of pupils in small groups. In addition, you are involved in the individual support, assistance and counselling of young people during their professional integration process.

Collaboration: You work in an interdisciplinary team consisting of remedial educators and care professionals. You maintain close cooperation with other specialist agencies. A special importance is attached to the partnership-based collaboration and regular exchange with the parents.

Support and promotion: You recognise the individual needs, interests and professional inclinations of the children and young people. You specifically promote their personal and professional skills, jointly develop realistic development goals and accompany them individually and resource-oriented throughout the entire career choice and career orientation process.

Special tasks: You are responsible for the preparation, support and evaluation of external internships. In addition, you acquire and arrange trial placements, work training and suitable apprenticeships. You build sustainable cooperations with training companies and other external partners and maintain them continuously.

Experience: You have experience with children and young people with behavioural difficulties. You have expertise in methodical remedial educational work and place great value on relationship work with the children and their environment.

Personality: You are an open-minded, committed and resilient person who enjoys working with children and young people with increased support needs. You are creative in challenging situations and can accompany these in a child-appropriate manner.

Education: You have a recognised degree in social pedagogy FH/HF or an equivalent qualification. In addition, you are interested in developing further together with the school home.

Language: Fluent German in spoken and written form is essential for this role. Understanding Swiss German is an advantage.

The Youth, Family and Sport department of the Basel-Stadt Department of Education covers a wide range of topics around childcare, child and youth welfare, early support and sport. It informs and supports children, young people and those involved in upbringing and advocates for high-quality public and private services. The promotion of mass sport and exercise, in clubs and privately, is also a central task. These activities directly benefit many people in Basel: from children to parents to sports enthusiasts.

As a cantonal school home, the Waldschule supports and promotes children and young people with special educational and developmental needs. We are a small, manageable institution with high capacity. Our offer includes: residential care in flexible stages with modular entry and exit forms. Special school with remedial educational teaching and support from the first primary level to professional integration. Our services are designed for medium- and long-term consistent accompaniment by reference persons with the aim of preventing dropouts wherever possible.