Dipl. Social Pedagogue, 60-80%

About the job

Our institution has developed over time into a modern centre for special education, which covers today's needs in the special and social pedagogical field with a diverse range of services. Around 240 people work in the areas of special school, housing, therapy, services, and administration.

The housing area offers socially pedagogically qualified support to children and young people in cooperation with their parents in four residential groups and a parent-child programme.

Do you want to not only accompany children and young people of school age but also give them stability, orientation, and real perspectives and truly make a difference? Do you value teamwork, responsibility, and genuine relationships? Then you fit with us.

For our residential group team "Baobab" in Kriegstetten, we are looking for a

Dipl. Social Pedagogue, 60-80%, starting 1 September 2026 or by arrangement

Actively shape...

• Meaningful work with real development opportunities for young people. You actively shape the daily life of children and young people and work closely with their family systems.
• Team spirit with an open feedback culture as well as close interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Responsibility & scope for design instead of "just implementing". You bring your ideas into the team and actively develop offers.
• Quality through relationship, orientation, and stability.
• Variety & challenge: No day is like the other.

Enrich us with...

• Expertise and a degree in social pedagogy HF/FH or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience working with children and young people under strain and their systems.
• Joy and commitment combined with humour and resilience.
• Team spirit as well as willingness to reflect.
• Flexibility: Yes, we also work nights and weekends. And:

The duty roster is planned early and transparently, wishes are taken into account where possible, duties are fairly distributed within the team, night and weekend duties are compensated accordingly. You have planning security and space for your private life. In the housing area, we offer at least 6 weeks of holiday and additionally protected compensation time.

At "focus youth"

• We offer space for participation and personal development
• We support internal and external training and further education opportunities above average
• We are open to new things and implement them where possible
• We rely on shared values and innovation
• We support part-time work, also in management positions
• We enable home office (situationally)
• We appreciate our employees with regular staff events and departmental excursions
• Contemporary working conditions are a matter of course
• We enable flexible work arrangements
• Mothers receive 16 weeks of paid maternity leave
• We offer above-average pension fund and insurance solutions
• We provide generous continued salary payments in case of illness and accident (720 days full salary)
• Long-serving employees receive generous service anniversary gifts
• We offer discounted (or free in the housing area) catering options
• We grant unpaid leave
• Free parking spaces are available

Contact

Julia Kapp

Deputy Head of Housing

T +41 32 674 65 17