Deputy Head Social Services 70%
Kantonsspital Aarau AG
Arbeitsort Aarau
Key information
- Publication date:18 September 2025
- Workload:70%
- Place of work:Arbeitsort Aarau
Job summary
Join the Kantonsspital Aarau as a Social Worker, supporting patients. Work in a dynamic team focused on enhancing recovery and providing excellent medical care.
Tasks
- Advise patients on personal, social, legal, and financial issues.
- Collaborate with patients to find appropriate solutions for recovery.
- Represent social work goals to interdisciplinary professionals.
Skills
- Bachelor's in Social Work or similar; experience in healthcare is ideal.
- Leadership experience and strong communication skills are necessary.
- Proficient in MS Office and able to think process-oriented.
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Your Tasks
You advise patients and their relatives during the hospital stay on personal, social, legal, and financial matters, with the aim of supporting the recovery process. Together with patients, you develop situation-appropriate solutions. For this purpose, you clarify social circumstances, mediate material assistance, and plan an efficient hospital discharge. You work in an interdisciplinary context and use diverse contacts with external agencies such as social insurance, employers, authorities, and healthcare providers. You represent the goals and concerns of social work before an interdisciplinary professional audience. In addition, you deputize for the head of social services during their absence, take over parts of the leadership work in agreement with them, and support them in projects and committees.
Your Profile
You have a bachelor's degree in social work or an equivalent qualification. Ideally, you have several years of professional experience in an acute hospital or healthcare setting. You have already gained leadership experience and possibly have further training in leadership and management. In the dynamic hospital environment, you remain goal-oriented and keep an overview. You can think and act process-oriented. As a team player, communicative and resilient person, you have negotiation skills. In addition, you are proficient in using the MS Office suite.
Excellent Medicine. Anytime. For Everyone.
Welcome to the Cantonal Hospital Aarau (KSA).
Whether at the Cantonal Hospital Aarau, at the KSA Aarau Station, KSA Lenzburg, or KSA Frick locations – we are there for you around the clock. With our wide range of services, from basic care to highly specialized medicine, we competently and reliably support you at all locations.
For further questions, please contact Ms. Franziska Hochstrasser or Ms. Inge Regenfuss, Social Services Management Team
