Social Educator WG D, 80%

Social Educator WG D, 80%

The socio-educational-psychiatric model station SOMOSA offers a residential intensive treatment program lasting 6 to 12 months for clients aged 14 to 18 who are experiencing a severe adolescent crisis. The goal of treatment is to stabilize the clients in their personality to the extent that they can cope with the existing supportive or substitutive socialization systems upon discharge.

As a recognized list hospital in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and as a youth home with a socio-educational mandate, we fulfill both requirements through a long-established intersystemic collaboration in the fields of social pedagogy, nursing, psychotherapy, and work pedagogy.

To complement our team, we are looking for

a Social Educator HFS/FHS/University

80% for the residential group D (female adolescents) starting December 1, 2025, or by agreement

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

As a new team member, you will contribute to an organizational culture that includes characteristics such as openness, transparency, a positive error and learning culture, innovation, efficient work, and the well-being of all involved at all levels.

Your area of responsibility

• Case management and key person work over a longer period
• Co-development and implementation of individual treatment plans within the framework of key person work
• Training of everyday, self, and social competencies in group and individual settings
• Design of free time and weekly organization
• Participation in projects and working groups, creating documentation and reporting
• Responsibility for the medication department (as nursing professionals)

What you bring

• Dipl. Social Educator / Social Educator HFS / FHS / University
• Willingness and openness to actively shape the team development process
• Willingness for irregular working hours and on-call sleeping
• Experience in teamwork is desirable
• Driving license category B is desirable

From us, you can expect an exciting workplace as well as

• Diverse, interesting, close interdisciplinary collaboration
• Regular case and team supervisions
• Room for initiative, responsibility, and personal development
• Internal and external training opportunities with time and financial support
• At least 25 days of vacation
• Internal social employee events
• Pension fund affiliated with the 'Pension Fund of the City of Zurich'
• The employment conditions are progressive, in line with the cantonal Zurich guidelines
• Excellent public transport connections
• Free parking available
• Eulach Park facility in immediate proximity
• Attractive fringe benefits

Application deadline and further information

Applications are reviewed continuously

For verbal inquiries, please contact Ms. Karin Büchi-Amacker, group leader of residential group D: Phone 052 244 50 00

Please send your written application with the usual documents preferably by email: personal@somosa.ch

or by post to

Model Station SOMOSA

Human Resources Department

Ms. Miriam Wäfler

Zum Park 20

8404 Winterthur