Social Pedagogue BA 80% Child Psychiatric Department

You can count on our team: professionally and personally. Become part of it.

The University Psychiatric Clinics Basel offer a stimulating environment where people engage for people, make a difference, and can develop themselves further. We place great value on close interprofessional collaboration and maintain a respectful and open culture. This includes attractive employment conditions with a suitable work model and progressive social benefits.

The Clinic for Children and Adolescents (UPKKJ) is part of UPK Basel, which fulfils the care mandate for the canton of Basel-Stadt in outpatient and inpatient care. The tasks of UPKKJ include, in addition to university research and teaching, psychiatric and psychological diagnostics as well as the treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents, taking into account their family and social environment.

The Child Psychiatric Department (KPA) has 11 treatment places for children aged 5 to 13 years and offers short-term crisis intervention as well as medium-term diagnostic or treatment stays. The ward is run openly and works milieu-therapeutically and interdisciplinarily.

Social Pedagogue BA 80% Child Psychiatric Department

Look forward to

• Attractive and contemporary employment conditions under the GAV (such as: minimum 30 days holiday/time off per year as well as above-average pension fund benefits)
• Attractive and diverse further training programme (internal course programme, support for external further training, professional and leadership development)
• TNW network: U-subscription at a discounted price (job ticket)
• Free sports offerings within and outside the UPK campus (such as Pilates, Power Yoga, fitness room; discounted fitness centre offer)
• Various catering options directly on the UPK campus
• Beautiful park area, quiet working environment

What to expect

• Interesting and varied activity in a dynamic interdisciplinary team
• Ensuring professional pedagogical treatment and care of patients aged 5 - 13 years
• Psychosocial and pedagogical support of the children within the framework of interdisciplinary collaboration, taking into account evidence-based scientific methods
• Planning and accompanying the inpatient stay in the admission, assessment, treatment and discharge phases, including initiating follow-up treatment within the department-internal reference person system
• Function-related duty deployments (24-hour operation / including night duty)
• Close cooperation with family, relatives and support system of the patients
• Documentation and performance recording within the framework of internal clinic requirements

What distinguishes you

• Degree as social pedagogue (Bachelor or Master) with experience in child and youth welfare
• You have very good oral and written German skills as well as good IT skills
• You show interest in development and change processes and want to actively help shape them
• High degree of independence and decision-making competence
• Willingness to self-reflect and personal development
• You are committed and resilient, with a high service orientation
• Team player with a positive attitude; you enjoy working independently but also appreciate teamwork

The permanent position is available from 1 December 2026 or by arrangement.

Do you have questions? Please contact us

Please direct questions to Philia Szalay, Educational Head of Department KPA, and Rebecca Metzger, Head of Social Pedagogy, at the telephone number: +41 61 325 82 65. General questions will be answered by Isabelle Bühler, HR Business Partner, +41 61 325 50 48.

We look forward to receiving your online application.

About UPK Basel https://www.upk.ch/ueber-uns.html

Further advantages of working at UPK:

https://www.upk.ch/ueber-uns/arbeiten-in-den-upk/wir-als-arbeitgeberin/anstellungsbedingungen.html