Socio-educational Worker

As a socio-educational worker within the Croisée prison, you actively contribute to supporting detainees in their reintegration journey, while embodying our values: Loyalty, Solidarity, Credibility.

You participate in the development of the identity of a dynamic institution and work within a multidisciplinary team. You ensure a structured and secure living environment for detainees, safeguarding their physical, moral and emotional integrity.

• Meet, support and listen to detainees by providing means that promote their personal and cultural development.
• Encourage the acquisition of skills, both practical and interpersonal, to facilitate their social and/or professional reintegration.
• Support detainees in reflecting on their life path and future prospects, while working to strengthen their self-esteem and prevent recidivism.
• Actively collaborate with internal and external professionals from various fields in the follow-up of detainees.
• Lead and organise socio-educational activities, both individual and collective.

For further information, please consult the specifications by clicking here or contact Mr Sylvain Schlatter, head of the socio-educational sector, at 024 557 67 49.

• Holder of a HES-SO Bachelor in social work, a diploma as an ES educator or a university degree in social sciences.
• Additional training in health, addictions, migration or criminology is a definite asset.
• Proven experience in a socio-educational environment, with significant support for adults facing complex life situations.
• Great open-mindedness, excellent communication skills and emotional control enabling management of tense situations and oppositional attitudes, while maintaining listening and the necessary distance for the mission.
• Strong experience in conflict management.
• Good command of French and common IT tools.
• Knowledge of foreign languages is an asset.

Our employment conditions require you to be Swiss or hold a C permit, free from bankruptcy (an extract from the Debt Collection Office must be presented during the process), and your criminal record must be clean. There is a right to consult the criminal record under the Federal Law on the Criminal Record by the hiring authority for this position.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our Employer State page.