SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SPECIALIST 70-100%

Living with mental impairments can be challenging – both for the affected person and their environment. That is why the Interest Group for Social Psychiatry Zurich (IGSP) exists. It was founded over 50 years ago out of the need to offer people accompanied and supported living options.

The residential home Lueg is Land in Egg offers peace and a broad view to 23 people. The size of the house allows for group activities, yet also permits individual retreat. Our work promotes the self-determination and self-responsibility of the clients. The support is based on mutually agreed goals.

Starting January 1, 2026, or by arrangement, we are looking for a committed SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY SPECIALIST 70-100% with training in psychiatric nursing or social pedagogy (HF/FH) as well as relevant professional experience.

As a social psychiatry specialist, you have a goal- and resource-oriented attitude and possess various conversation techniques. You bring professional experience in the field of psychiatry, preferably in supported living or acute psychiatry. You take responsibility as a reference person and support the residents in their individual development steps and in assessing their situation. You accompany the residents in crises and provide security. You are able to build and maintain sustainable relationships. You maintain collaboration with other institutions and external contacts. You bring organizational and planning skills. You have functional IT knowledge as well as a nuanced ability to express yourself. You bring household skills, including cooking. You are used to working independently and have perseverance. You are willing to perform on-call duty (approx. 6 nights per month on call phone).

We offer you responsible and independent work with your own scope for design, a varied and interesting field of work, pleasant working hours, a team of experienced and motivated professionals, supervision and training opportunities, attractive employment conditions and progressive working conditions, free meals and free parking, working in the middle of nature, in a beautiful residential home with spacious rooms.

Are you interested? Then we look forward to your application. Please send your documents to: Interest Group for Social Psychiatry Lena Landert, Managing Director Langstrasse 149 8004 Zurich or to: landert@igsp.ch For further information, contact Patrick Binder (Residential Home Lueg is Land), 044 984 10 42 or Lena Landert, 044 240 16 90 (Managing Director).