Stadtverwaltung
Uster
City of Uster - Social Worker in the Admission Team 60%
- 13 July 2026
- 60%
- Uster
Job summary
Join us in Uster, a dynamic city in Zurich's region! We offer a supportive work environment and great benefits.
Tasks
- Evaluate and provide economic social assistance to applicants.
- Counsel individuals facing social, health, legal, and financial issues.
- Promote professional and social integration for clients.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work with experience in social assistance required.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
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About the job
You or you?
For us, the matter is clear. We live a culture of "you". Therefore, we communicate in this way already during the application process and in the interviews.
Uster, the third largest city in the canton of Zurich, with around 37,000 inhabitants, is a dynamically growing city in the Zurich metropolitan area and known as an innovative regional centre.
The social counselling and the asylum and refugee coordination merged on 1 July 2026 to be able to respond more flexibly to the needs of the Uster population and to increase their efficiency in service delivery. In the course of this reorganisation, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a motivated person for the Admission Team as
The social counselling and the asylum and refugee coordination merged on 1 July 2026 to be able to respond more flexibly to the needs of the Uster population and to increase their efficiency in service delivery. In the course of this reorganisation, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a motivated person for the Admission Team as
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Social Worker in the Admission Team 60%
Your main tasks
- Assessment of entitlement and provision of economic social assistance
- Advising people in social, health, legal and financial difficulties
- Promotion of professional and social integration
- Clarification, identification and securing of subsidiary benefits (unemployment insurance, daily sickness benefits, disability insurance, supplementary benefits, etc.)
- Independent case management, development and implementation of decisions
- Collaboration within the specialist team, with internal and external specialist agencies, institutions, insurance companies and authorities
What you bring
- University of applied sciences degree in social work with professional experience in the field of statutory social assistance or equivalent qualification
- Appreciative attitude and understanding for people in emergency situations
- Consulting and negotiation skills, high degree of personal responsibility, self-organisation and resilience
- Commitment, eagerness to learn and enjoyment in shaping workgroups
- Confident oral and written expression, administrative skills with a flair for numbers (KlibNet knowledge advantageous)
- Availability for fixed working days Tuesday and Friday
We offer you
- An exciting, professionally and personally challenging role in a motivated team
- Attractive training and development opportunities
- At least five weeks of holiday
- Possibility of occasional home office
Your benefits
Training
Discounts
Holidays plus 4 paid rest days
Social benefits
Salary
Inclusion
Your contact person
For questions, the head of the social counselling service group, Daniel Brechbühl, telephone 044 944 73 61, and the head of admission and counter, Nina Hüsser, telephone 044 944 76 79, will be happy to assist you.
About us
City of Uster as an employer
Social Department - your future team!
Interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
