Psychologist as Educational Counselor 80 - 85%
Kanton Zürich
Winterthur
Key information
- Publication date:18 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 85%
- Place of work:Winterthur
Job summary
Join the kjz Winterthur as a Psycholog/in als Erziehungsberater/in! Engage in a supportive work environment with growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Provide guidance to parents and caregivers on family dynamics.
- Support families with children aged 0-18 to foster positive development.
- Collaborate interprofessionally on child protection matters.
Skills
- Master's in Psychology or equivalent; experience in family counseling.
- Strong communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
- Ability to work in a team and manage stress effectively.
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The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Education Directorate provides, commissions, manages, and coordinates services for child and youth welfare and career counseling. The kjz Winterthur (Child and Youth Welfare Center) is a polyvalent counseling center for families, parents, adolescents, children, and toddlers and operates based on the Child and Youth Welfare Act of the Canton of Zurich.
The Educational Counseling Department of kjz Winterthur is looking for a psychologist with an employment level of 80 - 85% starting March 1, 2026, or by arrangement.
Your tasks
- You advise and support parents, persons with educational functions, and professionals on questions regarding the organization of family life and coping with challenging everyday and educational situations.
- Your support is primarily aimed at parents of children aged 0 to 18 years. You involve all family members as much as possible with the goal of promoting positive developmental processes and preventing developmental disorders.
- Within the framework of child protection, you work interdisciplinarily with social workers from youth and family counseling, mother and father counseling, as well as external specialist agencies.
- In cooperation with youth and family counseling, you conduct assessments for the KESB and courts.
Our requirements
- Completed studies in psychology or an equivalent qualification
- Experience in counseling parents and children as well as preferably additional training in systemic counseling
- Developmental psychological knowledge as well as knowledge of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence
- High resilience and initiative
- Team-oriented and interdisciplinary working style
- Very good written and oral communication skills
You can expect a varied, responsible activity in voluntary educational counseling as well as in statutory child protection (assessments). We offer you introduction and coaching by the supervising department heads as well as attractive further training opportunities. Collegial professional exchange as well as intervision and supervision help you to focus your counseling content on the essentials and to cope even in difficult decision-making situations. The contemporary employment conditions are based on cantonal guidelines.
Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to your online application. For additional information, Franziska Guntern, Head of Department, Tel. 043 259 94 70, is happy to assist you.
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