Advisor for Supported Living

Advisor for Supported Living, 60% - 80% workload

Welcome to the Zweckverband, Social Network District Horgen (SNH). We provide social services in the area of social and professional integration.

In our Supported Living program, we support people who are in challenging life situations and wish for guidance or counseling in their daily lives. The residents lead their lives largely independently and take responsibility for their personal life design. Our professionals regularly provide advisory and supportive assistance – tailored to the individual support needs. The goals of our housing offer are to promote independence, stabilize the life situation, and foster social integration. The support can include practical help in everyday life (e.g., household management, finances, daily structure) as well as social and psychosocial support (e.g., relationship building, crisis management, future planning).

Your tasks

• Professional advice, individual support, and practical assistance for our residents
• Main responsibility for the shared apartment in Adliswil as well as several smaller properties in the District of Horgen (own office in Adliswil)
• Practical and conceptual collaboration in the development of a new housing offer in the District of Horgen
• Conducting assessments and intake interviews with applicants
• Organization and moderation of location meetings, support planning, and house meetings
• Responsibility for property management
• Collaboration with cooperation partners, specialist offices, and authorities

Your profile

• Completed training in the social field (e.g., social pedagogy, social work, social support, or similar)
• Experience working with people with addiction problems and/or mental impairments is an advantage
• Resilient, independent, and committed personality with a good balance between closeness and distance
• High social competence and enjoyment of relationship work
• Team player, sense of humor, and solution-oriented thinking
• Good PC skills
• Mobility (car, public transport, bicycle, etc.)

We offer you

• A varied, responsible field of work with great scope for design
• Flexible working hours (no evening or weekend shifts)
• Committed, humorous team and supportive working atmosphere
• Room for your own ideas and participation in the further development of our housing offers
• Opportunities for further education and training
• Weekly team meetings and regular supervisions
• Employment conditions according to the personnel law of the Canton of Zurich

Would you like to learn more?

Reto Caprez, Head of Supported Living, will be happy to answer your questions. 

044 709 07 47 Please send us your online application – thank you very much.