Dipl. Social Worker / M.Sc. Psychologist Child Protection Group

The Child Protection Group is an interdisciplinary assessment and counselling centre for suspected or confirmed child abuse. The team works with an open outcome approach and impartiality in the field of specialised voluntary child protection.

What to expect

• Consultations by telephone as well as outpatient in cases of suspected child abuse or child welfare endangerment for external professionals, internal clinical treatment teams, and private individuals
• Outpatient and inpatient assessments of suspected abuse situations through conversations and/or child interviews according to Art. 154 StPO on behalf of criminal or civil authorities
• Recommendations for further procedures, involvement of the existing support network, and engagement of authorities and specialised agencies for further investigations

What you bring

• You have a university degree in psychology or social work
• You have solid experience in the field of civil child protection
• You are accustomed to conducting difficult conversations in complex family systems, quickly gaining an overview, clearly identifying issues, and making decisions
• You work independently, are resilient, flexible, and capable of dialogue and teamwork
• Good French language skills for conducting counselling sessions are essential
• One of the working days must necessarily be Friday
• You are willing, after a familiarisation period, to provide regular telephone duties from home for the children’s hospitals at weekends (approximately one weekend per month from 8:00 am to midnight)

Our offer

• We are a committed, small team well integrated into the children’s hospital and networked with external players
• The child and their family are at the centre of our actions
• We offer you individual induction in an exciting, challenging interdisciplinary working environment.

Questions about the position?

Further information is gladly provided by Mischa Oesch, Lead Psychologist of the Child Protection Group, Specialist Psychologist for Psychotherapy

mischaanja.oesch@insel.ch

+41 31 632 94 86