Social Worker or Social Pedagogue for our Residential Training, 60%

About the job

Social Worker or Social Pedagogue for our Residential Training, 60%

The socio-pedagogical-psychiatric model ward SOMOSA offers a 9- to 12-month inpatient intensive treatment programme for 14- to 18-year-old clients who are in a severe adolescent crisis.

The aim of the treatment is to stabilise the young people in their personality to such an extent that they can cope with the existing supportive or substitute socialisation systems upon discharge.

The setting and therapeutic tools consist of elements of psychiatric milieu therapy, structures analogous to socio-pedagogical residential facilities, as well as a psychotherapy offer corresponding to an open psychotherapy ward with 365-day operation.

As a possible follow-up solution to our inpatient therapy programme, our external residential training is offered.

The young people are cared for mainly in the evenings with supportive socio-pedagogical guidance from experienced professionals. We understand residential training in a broad sense as life training, whereby training partly means learning certain skills through repeated practice. It demands more self-responsibility from the young people but also offers more freedom compared to an inpatient residential group.

The young people usually pursue an external activity during the day or participate in the programme in our own day structure. Therefore, care mainly takes place in the evenings and only very rarely on weekends.

To complement our residential training team, we are looking for

a social worker or

a social pedagogue HFS/FHS/Uni

60% from August 2026 or by arrangement

Together with 2 colleagues, you are responsible for the care of 4 male and 3 female clients in the two apartments located close to each other.

For the implementation of the SOMOSA-specific therapeutic-pedagogical concept, you work together with colleagues from socio-pedagogical, psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and work-agogic fields.

Your ability and experience in dealing with psychopathological disorders enable you to independently and with your team realise the goals of the development plan for our adolescents. As a new team member, you are happy to contribute to an organisational culture characterised by mutual learning as an innovative process, openness and transparency, efficient work, and yet learning from mistakes.

Your area of responsibility

• Case management and key worker role over a longer period
• Co-development and implementation of individual treatment plans within the framework of key worker work
• Training of everyday, self- and social skills in group and individual settings
• Organisation of leisure time and weekly planning
• Participation in projects and working groups, preparation of documentation and reporting

Your profile

• Training as a social worker or social pedagogue HFS / FHS / Uni
• Good social work knowledge
• Experience in inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry desirable
• Self-organised and independent work in a small team
• Three working days between Monday and Thursday
• Working hours from 14:00 to 22:00
• Willingness for flexible shifts and holiday cover
• Driving licence category B desirable

You can expect an exciting workplace from us as well as

• Versatile, interesting, close interdisciplinary collaboration
• Room for initiative, responsibility and personal development
• Internal and external training opportunities with time and financial support
• At least 25 days holiday
• Internal social staff events
• Pension fund affiliated with the "Pension Fund of the City of Zurich"
• The employment conditions are progressive, based on the cantonal Zurich guidelines
• Excellent public transport connections
• Free parking spaces available at the SOMOSA main building
• Eulach park area in immediate vicinity
• Attractive fringe benefits

Application deadline and further information

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

For verbal enquiries, Ms Karin Büchi-Amacker, group leader WG D and WT, is happy to assist you. Telephone 052 244 50 00

Please send your written application with the usual documents, preferably by e-mail: personal@somosa.ch

Model ward SOMOSA

Personnel Department

Ms Miriam Wäfler

Zum Park 20

8404 Winterthur