Social Educator

Company Description

Local establishments relying on multidisciplinary skills at the service of patients, the Moutier Hospital and the Saint-Imier Hospital offer high value-added activities in the somatic and mental health fields. With nearly 1,200 employees, the hospitals, the Biel Medical Center (CMB/MZB), and the Medicenters of the Arc Network cover the medical-hospital needs of a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants and are characterized by their dynamism, excellent infrastructure, and constant concern to develop local and quality services. The Arc Network is also the first Swiss integrated care organization.

Job Description

The social educator works with young people in difficulty to promote their overall development, autonomy, and social integration. In a specialized public educational institution, they actively participate in the daily life of the youth, contribute to the implementation of educational and therapeutic projects, and collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team.

Your missions:

Support each young person in a personalized care and education project.
Encourage a constructive group dynamic.
Participate in the development of the unit.
Integrate educational actions into the therapeutic project.
Ensure the smooth running of psychodrama, climbing, and circus activities.
Maintain close collaboration with families and professionals.

• Educational support:
  Supervise daily life (getting up, meals, activities, bedtime).
  Support the autonomy and expression of young people.
  Observe, evaluate, and communicate information.
• Interdisciplinary work:
  Collaborate with care, therapeutic, and educational teams.
  Participate in meetings, supervisions, and decisions.
• Psychodrama, climbing, circus:
  Co-lead sessions.
  Define indications and monitor participants.
• Administrative management:
  Write reports, files, and documents.
  Respect institutional procedures.

Qualifications

• Diploma as a social educator ES or HES.
• Experience in psychiatry and/or child psychiatry (an asset).
• Interest in group therapeutic work.
• Ability to work within a demanding institutional framework.
• Professional skills: analysis, writing, interdisciplinarity.
• Relational skills: listening, communication, collaboration.
• Personal skills: adaptability, ethics, sense of responsibility.

Additional Information

• A varied activity within a team in a sector undergoing major changes
• A motivating salary and working conditions

We pay great attention to the diversity of life paths of our collaborators. Our positions are open to both women and men.