Primarschule Wädenswil
Au
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School Social Worker 40%
- 07 February 2026
- 40%
- Permanent position
- Au
Job summary
Join our team as a School Social Worker (40%) in Wädenswil! This role offers a chance to make a real impact in the lives of students.
Tasks
- Support students with personal and academic challenges.
- Plan and implement preventive projects and measures.
- Collaborate with teachers, parents, and external partners.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work or related field required; experience preferred.
- Strong communication and empathy skills are essential.
- Ability to work independently and in a team setting.
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About the job
School Social Worker 40%
We are looking for you to support our specialist school social work team.
Wädenswil is an attractive city on Lake Zurich; it has about 25,000 inhabitants. Around 2,000 pupils are taught in six school units at the primary school. We are easily accessible by public transport.
For our students at the Steinacher school complex in the Au, we are looking for a
School Social Worker 40%
Are you looking for an independent and challenging position with opportunities for design? Do you enjoy working with children and adolescents, parents as well as teaching and care staff and like to take responsibility? Then we offer you an exciting and interesting challenge. Professional support and networking with other professionals as well as with the individual schools are guaranteed.
Your main tasks
- Advising and supporting learners with school and personal problems
- Planning and implementing preventive projects and measures
- Cooperation and exchange with teachers and professionals, school social work, care, school management, parents and external partners
- Promoting social skills and integration of pupils
- Crisis intervention and conflict management
- Completed studies in social work, social pedagogy or socio-cultural animation (FH or HF)
- Completed specialist training in school social work is an advantage
- Experience in experiential education and interdisciplinary work
- Professional experience in the school environment, parent work or in child and youth work is an advantage
- Knowledge in counseling and conducting conversations
- Skills in solution-oriented individual counseling with children and adults as well as in accompanying group-specific processes
- Empathy, communication skills and assertiveness
- Ability to work independently
- Teamwork
Have we aroused your interest? Then we cordially invite you to apply via the online portal on the website of the Wädenswil primary school. For further information, Boris Steiner, Head of the SSA specialist unit, is available at telephone number 075 500 01 05.
