Specialist in Open Work with Children 70-80%

Your new role

You actively accompany the children while playing, cooking, arguing, crafting, and implementing their ideas and concerns. Together with a team member, you share responsibility for the West location. This includes planning and implementing various offerings such as children’s, girls’ and boys’ groups as well as networking, prevention, and public relations work. You develop and carry out activities together with children and also participate in other offerings of open work with children, such as the children’s construction site. With your commitment, you contribute to an attractive and livable city.

This position is for you if you

• Have a university of applied sciences degree in social work.
• Bring experience and joy in open work with children.
• Possess pronounced social skills such as communication and cooperation skills, conflict resolution ability, and empathy.
• Bring enthusiasm for direct, low-threshold, participatory work with children and remain calm even in lively and unexpected situations.
• Have experience with the approach of New Authority and appreciate professionally sound and reflective work.
• Are willing to work flexibly.
• Are not unsettled by manual tasks.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Your employer

The Children, Youth and Family Department is a specialist office for children and young people between 6 and 26 years old, their caregivers, and other interested adults. It takes on tasks such as counseling, providing information, supporting ideas, and accompanying leisure and meeting offerings for children and youth.

The Open Work with Children department is responsible for planning and implementing various low-threshold, participatory, socio-pedagogically supervised leisure activities for children of primary school age. It offers different learning fields for children and supports them in their personal development.

Our corporate culture

You work in an appreciative climate characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We promote our employees based on their individual skills and resources.

What we offer

The City of St.Gallen supports the compatibility of work, family, and other life areas. Therefore, we offer flexible work models and family-friendly allowances. In our internal training program, you will find interesting offers for your professional and personal development.

Our selection process

If you have any questions, Bernadette Mock, department head, is happy to assist you at phone 071 224 41 28. Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

Due to vacation absences, the selection process is interrupted from 12.07. to 03.08.2025. We thank you for your understanding.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.

We look forward to your application.