Social Pedagogue FH/HF 80% Children's Home Lindenberg

About the job

Are you looking for a versatile activity?

familea is a socially responsible association with a 125-year tradition in the Basel area. In over 40 daycares, we care for around 3,000 children. We operate children and youth homes, the foster care center, and social and legal counseling for women. Our services strengthen families, children, and women. They promote the compatibility of family and work, contribute to equal opportunities and integration. With over 900 employees - including around 200 trainees and students - we are a recognized and significant professional and training institution in the social sector.

Social Pedagogue FH/HF 80%

You are a resilient, open, and empathetic; linguistically skilled as well as flexible person with heart and bring a resource- and solution-oriented attitude to fulfill this demanding task. Your positive basic attitude complemented with humor also carries you through crisis situations in everyday life. Furthermore, you are characterized by a sensitive and trustworthy manner, which enables you to access children and adolescents on an equal footing and build sustainable relationships with an appropriate proximity-distance ratio. 

With your expertise, you are able to quickly and effectively establish a working relationship in the helper system and support the children and adolescents on their path in a participatory process. As an employee, you are jointly responsible with a committed team of 6-7 people for the following tasks: 

Area of responsibility: 

• Accompanying the children and adolescents in the residential group, in managing their everyday life, finding and implementing a perspective, and crisis management
• Resource- and solution-oriented key worker work including interdisciplinary collaboration in the client system (and case management).
• Administrative tasks such as writing reports and protocols, written correspondence in the client system, and maintaining group documentation
• Active and appreciative participation in the team and taking responsibility for cross-group collaboration in the house during weekends and holidays as well as in working groups, camps, and leisure activities.
• Motivated participation in the team during change processes and creative problem solving
• Taking over departments and/or cross-group areas of responsibility

Requirements: 

• You have a degree as a Social Pedagogue FH/HF * and at least 3 years of professional experience in the stationary setting of child and youth welfare
• You have experience in key worker work and are familiar with the common support systems
• You have completed a practical training course and want to gain further experience in practical training
• You appreciate irregular work assignments and times (including night and weekend shifts) 
• You enjoy participating in camps and implementing creative and sporting projects
• You are characterized by your initiative, independence, and reliability
• You enjoy working with children and adolescents and have a sense of humor
• High social competence, motivation, and resilience are among your strengths 
• You have solid computer skills (MS Office)
• You possess a category B driving license (advantageous)

(*) For foreign diplomas, an equivalence confirmation from the
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SBFI must be attached.

We offer you:

• Opportunities to contribute your ideas and experiences to an effective working day
• to actively participate in the further development and design of the residential group. 
• An open, transparent, and appreciative team culture with feedback and a lived error culture, which places great value on satisfied employees
• Case discussions with interdisciplinary professional support as well as internal cross-team intervision
• Duty rosters, vacation times, weekend shifts, and free wishes are negotiated together in the team
• a wide range of further training and attractive employment conditions (job ticket, Reka check, fair salaries and allowances) complete the offer

Have we aroused your interest? Then apply now directly online. We look forward to your complete application with photo. 

If you still have questions, Mr. Cyrill Jenni, co-head of stationary living, is happy to assist you at the phone number 061 260 86 67.