Social Worker (m/f/x) 80%
Caritas Schweiz
Fribourg
Key information
- Publication date:26 August 2025
- Workload:80%
- Place of work:Fribourg
Job summary
Join Caritas Switzerland as a Social Assistant (h/f/x) in Fribourg. Make a meaningful impact supporting refugees in their integration journey.
Tasks
- Provide guidance and support to statutory refugees.
- Assist with social integration, housing, and healthcare issues.
- Manage monthly social assistance budgets and administrative tasks.
Skills
- Social assistant qualification or equivalent experience required.
- Strong administrative skills and stress management.
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team.
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Social Worker (m/f/x) 80%
Our Migration & Integration Department of French-speaking Switzerland – a branch of Caritas Switzerland in Fribourg employing about one hundred collaborators – is responsible for the support and integration of recognized refugees in the canton of Fribourg. On behalf of the canton, we welcome newcomers in our home in Matran, help them find their own accommodation, grant personal and material assistance according to social welfare standards, and support them in steps towards professional and social integration. Additionally, we manage a community interpreting service active in several French-speaking cantons as well as a listening and counseling service against racism for the inhabitants of the canton of Fribourg.
The Social Welfare Service – composed of 22 social workers managed by 2 Team Leaders and led by a Service Manager – has the mission of social assistance to refugees who are not financially independent. The teams follow them individually, establish budgets, and provide material and personal assistance in accordance with cantonal law and the principle of subsidiarity. They also support them in administrative procedures and assess their integration needs. The Service works closely with the Finance & Administration, Housing & Infrastructure, and Integration Services.
Your tasks
- Support and advice to recognized refugees
- Social support (housing, family, health insurance, etc.) and guidance of beneficiaries to competent contacts
- Preparation of monthly social assistance budgets (LASoc, CSIAS)
- Search for subsidiarity (social insurances, subsidies, etc.)
- Support in various administrative procedures of the Service and collaboration with other Services/institutions (SpoMi, SSR, SEM, ORS, BCJ etc.)
- Collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and network
- Active participation in Service meetings and supervisions
- Preparation of FSO statistics and data entry
- Management of mixed files
- Home visits
Our requirements
- Training as a social worker or considered equivalent;
- Knowledge and experience within the framework of the Social Assistance Act (LASoc), a plus;
- Administrative and writing skills;
- Good stress management and efficient personal organization (working time, tasks, priority management);
- Comfortable using common IT tools;
- Sense of collaboration, negotiation, and teamwork;
- Affinity for the asylum and refugee field;
- Cross-cultural skills;
- Balance between empathy and professional attitude.
The workplace is Fribourg.
Start date: December 1, 2025, or by agreement for a maximum duration of 6 months
Caritas offers attractive working conditions and an open work climate engaged with current societal issues. For the active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on collaborators with a digital and agile mindset who willingly participate in change processes.
For more information about the position, contact Mr. Bruno Caviglioli, Head of Social Welfare Service, tel. +41 26 425 81 00.
We thank you for your interest and await your application by September 14, 2025, via the online portal.
Start date: December 1, 2025, or by agreement for a maximum duration of 6 months
Caritas offers attractive working conditions and an open work climate engaged with current societal issues. For the active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on collaborators with a digital and agile mindset who willingly participate in change processes.
For more information about the position, contact Mr. Bruno Caviglioli, Head of Social Welfare Service, tel. +41 26 425 81 00.
We thank you for your interest and await your application by September 14, 2025, via the online portal.
