Department Head Residential Care 80-100%

About the job

You want to commit yourself to the greatest possible form of self-determined living, working, and life. In this responsible leadership role, you take over the operational management of the Residential Care department. You ensure a high-quality, professionally sound, and economically responsible service delivery and actively develop the area within the framework of the 2030 strategy.

We are looking for a

Department Head Residential Care 80-100%

starting July 1, 2026, or by arrangement

You bring with you

• A HF/FH degree in social work, preferably social pedagogy
• Agogic expertise and experience working with people with disabilities
• Further training in leadership and experience in team management and project management
• Business management thinking as well as confidence in planning, controlling, and budgeting processes
• High independence, sense of responsibility, and implementation strength
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Flexibility, resilience, and an independent working style

What to expect

• Overall responsibility for the Residential Care area including annual and multi-year planning
• Professional, personnel, and financial management of your area of responsibility
• Ensuring process and quality requirements (QM, IBB, FEM, reporting systems)
• Leadership, support, and coaching of directly subordinate managers
• Further development of the overall concept "Living, Leisure, Education, Holidays, Work" in the spirit of the UN CRPD
• Management and participation in projects as well as active shaping of digitization processes
• Maintaining internal and external networks and promoting an open communication and error culture

Your contact

What we offer you

• A responsible leadership role with great scope for design
• Attractive working conditions
• Working at the pulse of time and compatibility of professional and private life
• Further training, internal knowledge exchange, and networking in professional circles
• Appreciative and respectful informal culture throughout SSBL

Who we are

For over 50 years, SSBL – Foundation for Self-Determined and Supported Living – has been accompanying and caring for people with cognitive and multiple disabilities. Over 850 employees are committed daily with dedication and high professionalism to enable these people to live as self-determined a life as possible. The residential groups in the houses Rigi, Klewen, and Mythen in Emmen-Rathausen are home to ten residents each who require support in care.

Our benefits

Holidays and public holidays

We contribute to a balanced professional and private life. Employees are entitled to the following holidays per calendar year:

• up to 20 years: 30 working days
• from 21 years: 25 working days
• from 50 years: 30 working days
• from 60 years: 33 working days
• 14 paid public holidays
• Purchase of additional vacation weeks
• Granting of unpaid leave
• Possibilities for part-time work
• Paid J&S leave

Further training

We promote and support you in:

• Opportunities for education at secondary and tertiary levels
• Broad, free internal training program
• Leadership program (internal career program)
• Opportunities for catch-up education
• Career changer program
• Support for external training

Health

Health management

• Free fruit offer
• Support for sick and injured employees through care management
• Internal course offerings