Social Worker 80 - 90%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:10 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 90%
- Place of work:Zürich
Social Worker 80 - 90%
Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and is responsible for penal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For our 1,400 employees from around 40 professions, the successful social reintegration of offenders, the prevention of recidivism, and the detention and preparation of the departure of persons without a valid residence permit are of particular importance.
The Winterthur Semi-Open Prison (HGW) is one of the enforcement institutions of the Canton of Zurich (VEZ) – one of seven main departments of JuWe – and is an institution specialized in semi-open imprisonment, work release, and open enforcement. The HGW offers space for 25 admitted persons.
To support our team, we are looking for a motivated and open-minded personality by arrangement.
This is your area of responsibility
- Ensuring and enforcing an orderly daily routine within the given daily structures, taking into account legal and operational rules
- Care and counseling of inmates as well as recognizing and managing crisis interventions
- Administrative tasks such as general correspondence, file management, applications, reporting, daily journals, internal reports, etc.
- Based on the intervention recommendation of the Risk-Oriented Sanction Enforcement (ROS), you work with the incarcerated persons on resources and problem areas
- Support in material assistance and contact mediation in the areas of work, housing, finances, and social assistance
- Interdisciplinary cooperation with prisons and external agencies such as probation and enforcement services (BVD), the Psychiatric-Psychological Service (PPD), authorities, courts, and social offices
What you bring
- You have a degree in Social Work FH or an equivalent qualification and ideally have experience in the areas of penal or measure enforcement, addiction treatment, or psychiatry
- You enjoy contact, professional engagement, and joint activities with people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds or psychiatric conditions
- You work in a team-oriented manner, are resilient and flexible. You also have a high degree of personal responsibility and social competence
- You are willing to familiarize yourself with the tasks of the care service to be able to take on possible substitutions. Working on weekends as well as evenings is not an obstacle for you
- You can express yourself very well in written and spoken German. Additionally, you have knowledge of other languages
- You are at least 25 years old and have a clean record
What to expect
- A versatile, demanding, and meaningful activity in an interesting, extraordinary, and secure working environment
- Careful onboarding as well as a reliable, supportive team
- A workplace with good transport connections in Winterthur
- A wide range of training and further education opportunities
- Employment conditions are based on cantonal guidelines
How to apply
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to receiving your dossier!
Do you have professional questions? Bernadette Renggli, Head of HGW, is happy to assist you at 043 258 20 40.
Questions about the application process will be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 35 83.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and is responsible for penal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For our 1,400 employees from around 40 professions, the successful social reintegration of offenders, the prevention of recidivism, and the detention and preparation of the departure of persons without a valid residence permit are of particular importance.
The Winterthur Semi-Open Prison (HGW) is one of the enforcement institutions of the Canton of Zurich (VEZ) – one of seven main departments of JuWe – and is an institution specialized in semi-open imprisonment, work release, and open enforcement. The HGW offers space for 25 admitted persons.
To support our team, we are looking for a motivated and open-minded personality by arrangement.
This is your area of responsibility
- Ensuring and enforcing an orderly daily routine within the given daily structures, taking into account legal and operational rules
- Care and counseling of inmates as well as recognizing and managing crisis interventions
- Administrative tasks such as general correspondence, file management, applications, reporting, daily journals, internal reports, etc.
- Based on the intervention recommendation of the Risk-Oriented Sanction Enforcement (ROS), you work with the incarcerated persons on resources and problem areas
- Support in material assistance and contact mediation in the areas of work, housing, finances, and social assistance
- Interdisciplinary cooperation with prisons and external agencies such as probation and enforcement services (BVD), the Psychiatric-Psychological Service (PPD), authorities, courts, and social offices
What you bring
- You have a degree in Social Work FH or an equivalent qualification and ideally have experience in the areas of penal or measure enforcement, addiction treatment, or psychiatry
- You enjoy contact, professional engagement, and joint activities with people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds or psychiatric conditions
- You work in a team-oriented manner, are resilient and flexible. You also have a high degree of personal responsibility and social competence
- You are willing to familiarize yourself with the tasks of the care service to be able to take on possible substitutions. Working on weekends as well as evenings is not an obstacle for you
- You can express yourself very well in written and spoken German. Additionally, you have knowledge of other languages
- You are at least 25 years old and have a clean record
What to expect
- A versatile, demanding, and meaningful activity in an interesting, extraordinary, and secure working environment
- Careful onboarding as well as a reliable, supportive team
- A workplace with good transport connections in Winterthur
- A wide range of training and further education opportunities
- Employment conditions are based on cantonal guidelines
How to apply
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to receiving your dossier!
Do you have professional questions? Bernadette Renggli, Head of HGW, is happy to assist you at 043 258 20 40.
Questions about the application process will be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 35 83.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
