Social Worker (m/f/x) 80% Fixed-Term Contract

Fribourg

Key information

Publication date:28 August 2025
Workload:80%
Place of work:Fribourg

Job summary

Join Caritas Suisse as an Assistant Social in Fribourg, helping refugees! Contribute to a supportive environment focused on integration and social assistance.

Tasks

Support and advise statutory refugees in various matters.
Assist with social issues like housing and healthcare access.
Manage budgets and guide beneficiaries to relevant services.

Skills

Social assistant training or equivalent experience required.
Strong administrative and writing skills are essential.
Ability to work collaboratively and manage stress effectively.

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Social Worker (m/f/x) 80% Fixed-Term Contract

Our Migration & Integration Department of French-speaking Switzerland – a branch of Caritas Switzerland in Fribourg employing about one hundred collaborators – is responsible for the support and integration of recognized refugees in the canton of Fribourg. On behalf of the canton, we welcome newcomers in our shelter in Matran, help them find their own housing, provide personal and material assistance according to social welfare standards, and support them in steps towards professional and social integration. Additionally, we manage a community interpreting service active in several French-speaking cantons as well as a listening and counseling service against racism for the residents of the canton of Fribourg. The Social Assistance Service – composed of 22 social workers managed by 2 Team Leaders and led by a Service Manager – has the mission of social assistance to refugees who are not financially independent. The teams follow them individually, establish budgets, and provide material and personal aid in accordance with cantonal law and the principle of subsidiarity. They also support them in administrative procedures and assess their integration needs. The Service works closely with the Finance & Administration, Housing & Infrastructure, and Integration Services.

Your tasks

Support and advice to recognized refugees
Social support (housing, family, health insurance, etc.) and guidance of beneficiaries to competent contacts
Preparation of monthly social assistance budgets (LASoc, CSIAS)
Search for subsidiarity (social insurances, subsidies, etc.)
Support in various administrative procedures of the Service and collaboration with other Services/institutions (SpoMi, SSR, SEM, ORS, BCJ etc.)
Collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and network
Active participation in Service colloquia and intervisions
Preparation of OFS statistics and data entry
Management of mixed files
Home visits

Our requirements

Training as a social worker or equivalent;
Knowledge and experience within the framework of the social assistance law (LASoc), a plus;
Administrative and writing skills;
Good stress management and efficient personal organization (working time, tasks, priority management);
Comfortable with common IT tools;
Sense of collaboration, negotiation, and teamwork;
Affinity for the asylum and refugee field;
Cross-cultural skills;
Balance between empathy and professional attitude.

The workplace is Fribourg.

Starting date: 01.12.2025 or by agreement.

Caritas offers attractive working conditions and an open work climate engaged with current societal issues. For the active development and implementation of digital transformation, we rely on employees with a digital and agile mindset who willingly participate in change processes.

For more information about the position, contact Mr. Bruno Caviglioli, Head of Social Assistance Service, tel. +41 26 425 81 00.

We thank you for your interest and look forward to receiving your application by September 14, 2025, via the online portal.

Caritas Switzerland, Adligenswilerstrasse 15, 6002 Lucerne
www.caritas.ch