Social Assistant (m/f/x) 80%
Caritas Schweiz
Fribourg
Key information
- Publication date:26 July 2025
- Workload:80%
- Place of work:Fribourg
Job summary
Join Caritas Switzerland as a Social Assistant (80%). Make a difference!
Tasks
- Support and advise statutory refugees in Fribourg.
- Assist with housing, family, and health insurance matters.
- Manage monthly social assistance budgets and administrative tasks.
Skills
- Social assistant training or equivalent experience required.
- Strong administrative and writing skills needed.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
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Social Assistant (m/f/x) 80%
Our Migration & Integration Department in French-speaking Switzerland – a branch of Caritas Switzerland in Fribourg employing around a hundred staff members – is responsible for the support and integration of recognized refugees in the canton of Fribourg. Under cantonal mandate, we welcome newcomers to our home in Matran, assist them in finding their own housing, provide personal and material assistance according to social assistance standards, and support them in their 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 residents of the canton of Fribourg.
The Social Assistance Service – composed of 22 social assistants managed by 2 team leaders and led by a Service Manager – has the mission of providing social assistance to refugees who are not financially autonomous. The teams follow them individually, establish budgets, and provide them with material and personal assistance in accordance with cantonal law and the principle of subsidiarity. They also support them in their 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 for recognized refugees
- Social support (housing, family, health insurance, etc.) and guidance for beneficiaries towards the relevant contacts
- Establishment of monthly social assistance budgets (LASoc, CSIAS)
- Research on subsidiarity (social insurance, 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 the network
- Active participation in the Service's colloquia and intervisions
- Preparation of OFS statistics and data entry
- Management of mixed cases
- Home visits
Our requirements
- Training as a social assistant or deemed equivalent;
- Knowledge and experience in the context of the social assistance law (LASoc), a plus;
- Administrative and writing skills;
- Good stress management and efficient personal organization (working time, tasks, priority management);
- Proficiency in the use of common IT tools;
- Sense of collaboration, negotiation, and teamwork;
- Affinity for the field of asylum and refugees;
- Transcultural skills;
- Balance between empathy and professional attitude.
The workplace is in Fribourg.
Start date: December 1, 2025, or to be agreed upon.
Caritas offers interesting working conditions and a work environment open to current societal issues. For active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on employees with a digital and agile mindset who willingly participate in change processes.
For more information about the position, please contact Ms. Rosaria Chandia, Team Leader of the Social Assistance Service, tel. +41 41 419 23 42.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to receiving your application by August 10, 2025, via the online portal.
Caritas Switzerland, Adligenswilerstrasse 15, 6002 Lucerne
Start date: December 1, 2025, or to be agreed upon.
Caritas offers interesting working conditions and a work environment open to current societal issues. For active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on employees with a digital and agile mindset who willingly participate in change processes.
For more information about the position, please contact Ms. Rosaria Chandia, Team Leader of the Social Assistance Service, tel. +41 41 419 23 42.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to receiving your application by August 10, 2025, via the online portal.
Caritas Switzerland, Adligenswilerstrasse 15, 6002 Lucerne
