Social Worker
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:04 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join the diverse team in Graubünden, Switzerland's largest canton. Experience a dynamic work environment with excellent benefits.
Tasks
- Provide solution-oriented social counseling for individuals and families.
- Assist in accessing social security benefits and economic support.
- Support refugees and foreigners in their integration process.
Skills
- Degree in social work or a comparable qualification required.
- Strong communication and organizational skills essential.
- Experience in social assistance law and social insurance preferred.
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The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden together with us.
Social Worker
Social Office Graubünden Social Worker | 60–100 % | Chur
The cantonal social office fulfills the task of personal social and addiction assistance on behalf of the municipalities and supports people in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it operates eight regional social services in the regions of the canton.
The regional social service Chur/Plessur/Imboden is responsible for ten municipalities with a catchment area of
67,000 people.
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
We are looking for the location Chur as of January 1, 2026 or by agreement a social worker. The position is currently limited until October 31, 2026. There is likely an option to extend the employment.
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
- Access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Counseling of recognized and provisionally admitted refugees and foreigners regarding linguistic, professional, and social integration
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialized agencies
- Other diverse, interesting, and responsible tasks
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/FH or a degree in a comparable education
- Enjoy working with people from different social and/or cultural backgrounds
- Advisory competence as well as expertise in social assistance law and social insurance
- Outgoing, resilient, team player, good communication, organizational and administrative skills
- Ideally good foreign language skills
- Independent and solution-oriented work
If you have any questions, Rachel Veronika Hubacher, Head of the regional Social Service Chur/Plessur/Imboden, Tel. 081 257 30 34, or Mathias Kaufmann, Head of the Social Services Department, Tel. 081 257 26 68, will be happy to provide information.
Application deadline: September 19, 2025
