Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne
Rolle
50% Social Worker on a Permanent Contract
- 21 September 2026
- 50%
- Permanent position
- Rolle
Job summary
Join Le Réseau Santé la Côte (RSLC), a vital healthcare network in Vaud. Enjoy a collaborative environment with meaningful benefits.
Tasks
- Assist medical offices with social and insurance situations for patients.
- Coordinate care for vulnerable individuals post-hospitalization.
- Provide expertise in social issues affecting patient care.
Skills
- Degree in social work or equivalent with 2+ years in healthcare.
- Strong knowledge of social insurance and Vaud healthcare systems.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
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About the job
The Réseau Santé la Côte (RSLC) is one of the four healthcare networks in Vaud according to the Cantonal Law on Healthcare Networks (LRS). It brings together regional care providers (hospitals, nursing homes, community medical services, doctors, etc.) and municipalities. The network's mission is to improve, in close collaboration with its members, the coordination of care and the guidance of users within the healthcare system.
The RSLC manages the Regional Information and Orientation Office (BRIO), whose missions include guiding people with loss of autonomy upon hospital discharge and managing and evaluating requests for nursing home placements.
To complement its social offer to its "medical practice" partners, Réseau Santé la Côte is seeking a 50% social worker on a permanent contract.
Within the BRIO team, in collaboration with social workers dedicated to nursing home and hospital situations, you will offer your expertise to clarify social situations arising within medical practices. Your approach, experience, ability to build connections, and to refer cases to appropriate services enable vulnerable individuals to clarify their social situation and be supported throughout their care pathway.
Your main activities, with RSLC medical practices, include:
- At the doctor’s request, managing (initiating procedures and/or referring to other professionals) social and insurance-related situations that need to be addressed for adult patients whose care benefits are compromised by social and/or financial difficulties (housing, lack of insurance, specific knowledge and/or support such as a curator).
- Being a resource person for social questions for medical practices.
Your profile:
- Degree in social work (Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in social work) or equivalent training.
- CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) in mental health and social psychiatry, interprofessional addictions, or social management – an asset.
- At least 2 years’ experience in the healthcare sector (hospital, extra-hospital, and/or nursing home and/or medico-social institution), as well as network work experience.
- Very good knowledge of social insurance, the Vaud medico-social system, and procedures related to the Justice of the Peace.
- Good writing skills and proficiency with common IT tools.
- Proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and network.
- Proactivity in the field of expertise.
- Negotiation skills, listening, and empathy.
- Vehicle and driving licence required.
Our offer:
- A pleasant working environment within a dynamic team;
- Social conditions according to the collective labour agreement of the Vaud parapublic health sector;
- Opportunities for continuing education.
- Start date: as soon as possible
Complete applications to be sent by 11 September 2026: Jobup Link
Further information: Ms Florence Jaton, BRIO Manager secretariat@rslc.ch / 021 822 43 20.
