Kanton Graubünden
Landquart
Social Worker
- 03 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Landquart
Job summary
Join the diverse team in Grisons, Switzerland's only trilingual canton. Enjoy a vibrant work environment with excellent quality of life.
Tasks
- Provide solution-oriented social counseling to individuals and families.
- Ensure access to social insurance benefits and economic assistance.
- Advise on language and social integration for recognized refugees.
Skills
- Degree in social work or equivalent experience required.
- Strong counseling skills and knowledge of social assistance law.
- Good communication and organizational abilities are essential.
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About the job
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Social Worker
Cantonal Office of Social Services | 60–80 % | Landquart
On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal Office of Social Services fulfils the task of providing social and addiction assistance to people and supports them in accessing financial social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the canton’s regions.
The Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer social service is responsible for 18 municipalities, with a catchment area of 43,000 people.
Social counselling, addiction assistance and financial support (gr.ch)
For the Landquart office, we are looking for a social worker immediately or from a date to be agreed. The position is fixed-term until 30 April 2027.
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counselling for individuals and families
- Ensuring access to social insurance benefits as well as financial social assistance
- Advice on linguistic, professional and social integration for recognised refugees, provisionally admitted persons and foreigners
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialised services
- Other varied, interesting and responsible activities
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent qualification
- Aptitude for working with people from different social backgrounds and/or cultural origins
- Strong counselling skills as well as solid specific knowledge of social assistance law in the field of social insurance
- Friendliness, ability to cope with intense work rhythms, team spirit, good communication, organisational and administrative skills
- Ideally, good knowledge of foreign languages
- Independent and solution-oriented working method
If you have any questions, Gion Andri Bundi, head of the Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer regional social service, is happy to assist you at telephone number 081 257 66 28 or Mathias Kaufmann, head of the social services section, at telephone number 081 257 26 68.
Application deadline: 14 August 2026
