Social Worker 100%
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Volketswil
Key information
- Publication date:13 December 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Volketswil
Job summary
Join our team supporting asylum seekers and refugees. Make a real impact in their lives!
Tasks
- Guide asylum seekers through their cases and provide advice.
- Coordinate referrals to specialized services for complex issues.
- Develop and implement measures for social integration.
Skills
- Must have relevant qualifications in social work or pedagogy.
- Strong teamwork and collaboration abilities are essential.
- Empathy and sensitivity in diverse interactions are crucial.
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- Responsible for case management and advising asylum seekers and refugees. Conducting client interviews, initial counseling, assistance with everyday problems, conflict resolution, mediation and arbitration
- Coordinating, clarifying and referring to specialized agencies for issues outside own responsibility
- Developing and implementing measures for social integration
- Taking responsibility for the completeness and correct physical and electronic file management. Taking responsibility for correct data entry / changes / case documentation
- Supporting asylum seekers according to cantonal standards and internal guidelines. Calculating and paying support benefits according to applicable standards and the subsidiarity principle. Preparing and/or correcting quarterly accounts as well as maintaining accounting lists and tables
- Preparing orders with legal remedy instructions for integration measures. Checking orders prepared by the administration
- Conducting monthly home visits (if relevant)
- Ensuring communication with clients and other authorities. Collaborating with other internal departments
Requirements
- Completed training in social pedagogy / social work (HF/FH) / diploma as educator (HF/FH) / bachelor in psychology or bachelor in sociology
- 0 to 1 year relevant professional experience
- Cooperation and teamwork skills
- Empathy and sensitivity in dealing with people from different backgrounds
- Ability to independently implement social interventions
- Basic and user knowledge of MS Office applications
- Impeccable reputation (no entries in debt enforcement and criminal records)
- German | spoken: C1 | written: C1
- English | spoken: B2 | written: B2
- Additional asylum-relevant language (advantage) | spoken: B2 | written: B2
