Verein Schulheim Elgg
Elgg
2 days ago
Social Pedagogue (80-100%)
- Publication date:16 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Elgg
Job summary
Join our innovative school home in Elgg, caring for 55 kids year-round. Exciting opportunity to make a difference in a supportive environment!
Tasks
- Actively shape the living and learning space for youth.
- Support and promote emotional and social development daily.
- Collaborate interprofessionally and handle administrative tasks.
Skills
- Must have social work education or equivalent training.
- Experience with troubled youth and family dynamics required.
- Strong communication, resilience, and flexibility essential.
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About the job
In our boarding school, we provide residential care and treatment for 55 children and adolescents with challenging backgrounds 365 days a year through social pedagogy, curative education, and therapy. We work with the methodology of competence orientation in the residential setting (KOSS). The residential groups are located in Elgg and three surrounding communities. Starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement, we are looking for a social pedagogue (80-100%) for Residential Group 2 in Elgg with 8 adolescents between 12 and 16 years old. (Requirement: a PW driver's license for manual cars and 1 year of driving experience) Your responsibilities- Active shaping of the living, learning, and development environment of the children/adolescents
- Accompanying, supporting, and promoting everyday life, especially in the emotional and social areas
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Administrative tasks
- Taking over case management for two adolescents, including writing progress reports
- Parent and family counseling
- Completed training at a school for social work or equivalent education
- Interest in working in the residential sector with children/adolescents and their
- Specialized knowledge in working with children/adolescents and/or families with challenges
- Willingness to work with the competence orientation methodology KOSS
- High professional, social, and communication skills as well as resilience, assertiveness, and flexibility
- Willingness to work irregular hours, night shifts, and weekend duty
- Willingness to participate in recreational camps
- A very demanding, versatile pedagogical role in a professional environment
- Case coaching
- 7 paid training and coaching days on the competence orientation methodology KOSS
- Generous internal and external continuing education opportunities
- Annual working time model
- No split shifts
- Seniority gifts (from 10 years)
- Healthy pension fund
- Salary based on cantonal guidelines
