Social Worker
Kanton Graubünden
Landquart
Key information
- Publication date:08 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Landquart
Job summary
Join the Grisons, the only trilingual canton of Switzerland! Experience diverse economic and cultural opportunities in a beautiful setting.
Tasks
- Provide solution-focused social advice to individuals and families.
- Ensure access to social insurance benefits and economic assistance.
- Support integration for refugees and collaborate with social authorities.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in social work or equivalent experience required.
- Strong communication and organizational skills needed.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Social Worker
Cantonal Office of Social Services | 60% | Landquart
On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal Office of Social Services fulfills the task of providing social and addiction assistance to people and supports them in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the canton.
The Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer Social Service is responsible for 18 municipalities, with a catchment area of 42,000 people.
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
For the Landquart location, we are looking for a social worker starting February 1, 2026 or by agreement.
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
For the Landquart location, we are looking for a social worker starting February 1, 2026 or by agreement.
Tasks
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
- Ensuring access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Counseling regarding linguistic, professional, and social integration for recognized refugees and provisionally admitted persons as well as foreigners and/or
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialized services
- Other varied, interesting, and responsible activities
What we expect from you
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent qualification
- Ability to work with people from different social backgrounds and/or cultural origins
- Counseling skills as well as specific knowledge of social assistance law and social insurance sector
- Friendliness, ability to handle intense work rhythms, team spirit, good communication, organizational, and administrative skills
- Ideally good knowledge of foreign languages
- Independent and solution-oriented working method
We look forward to receiving your online application and are happy to get to know you.
If you have any questions, Claudio Kalberer, deputy head of the Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer regional social service, is gladly available at phone number 081 257 66 29 or Mathias Kaufmann, head of the social services section, at phone number 081 257 26 68.
Application deadline: October 17, 2025
