Social Worker

Social Worker

80-100%

In the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (Clinic Director Dr med Angelo Bernardon), children and adolescents up to the age of 18 are treated. The integrated treatment offer of the clinic includes an outpatient area with a central outpatient clinic as well as four outpatient clinics distributed across the canton, a consultation and liaison service, and an inpatient area with an acute ward, two psychotherapy wards, a day clinic, and a clinic school. The teams consist of clinical professionals from the fields of medicine, psychology, nursing, and social pedagogy, and in the clinic school, teachers and special needs educators. The Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy is a teaching hospital of the University of Zurich and a certified training centre Category A.

Profile

• You have a Bachelor of Arts from a University of Applied Sciences for Social Work or an equivalent qualification. Further training in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, child protection, mandate management, or systemic counselling is desirable
• You bring professional experience in a similar or comparable environment and have experience with children and adolescents
• You are open-minded and empathetic, enjoy working solution-oriented in a team, and convince through your reliability, good organisation, and flexibility
• You hold a category B driving licence and are willing to actively visit families in the canton of Aargau with a company vehicle
• You speak and write German at least at C1 level and have very good communication skills. You are confident in using common Office applications

Tasks

• You work, among other things, outreach in the interdisciplinary team advising mentally ill children, adolescents, and their families on behalf of the case-leading therapists
• You represent social work expertise in the multiprofessional treatment team
• Collaboration and networking with authorities, offices, and institutions
• Independent coordination of assistance services in cooperation with institutions, authorities, mandate holders, and relatives with the aim of limiting adverse effects of a mental illness
• Searching for suitable follow-up solutions and discharge planning in cooperation with patients and other persons
• Initiating support and/or protective measures in child protection cases

Benefits

Our employees are the heart of our company. That is exactly why we offer you a lot: Further training is strongly promoted with us. We also invest heavily in team cohesion and offer all our teams access to the software "Moodtalk", which strengthens team communication. In addition, we offer attractive discounts at well-known brands such as Ikea, Zalando, Coop, Lidl, and many more. Employees who commute to us by public transport receive a substantial eco-bonus at the end of the year. Additionally, we offer an attractive pension fund solution. Work-life balance is also promoted with us: We are always open to part-time work and offer the possibility to buy additional holiday.

Questions about the position?

Daniela Schneeberger Chief Physician

+41 56 461 99 40