Deputy as Teacher/Special Education Teacher for Individual Offer, 50-60%

About the job

Our institution has developed over time into a modern center for special education, which covers today's needs in the special and social education sector with a diverse range of services. Around 240 people work in the areas of special school, boarding school, therapy, integrative special education measures, services, and administration.

In the area of day special school, we run an individual offer on behalf of the public school office for six students of all ages in the Olten area.

For our small class Schulinsel Fuxbau (individual offer) in Ifenthal, we are looking for a

Deputy as Teacher/Special Education Teacher for Individual Offer, 50-60%, from August 1, 2026, to July 31, 2027

Actively shape...

• Teaching & Support: You accompany and support children and young people in an individual setting (mostly 1:1). You design a structured, support-oriented daily routine in the school building and during outdoor activities.
• Case Management & Support Planning: You develop and review individual support goals and work closely with colleagues.
• Teamwork: You enrich our team with your skills to promote the students' self and social competence and create an action-oriented learning environment.
• Nature & Experiential Education: Together with the team, you develop meaningful connections between nature and experiential education and the school content.

Enrich us with...

• Experience & Attitude: You enjoy working with children and young people with challenging behavior and bring a relationship-oriented basic attitude.
• Expertise: Ideally, you have experience in trauma pedagogy, autism spectrum, and/or attachment-based pedagogy or are interested in further developing in these areas.
• Connection to Nature: You enjoy being outdoors and like outdoor activities, regardless of the weather.
• Personality: You are creative, flexible, and bring a solution-oriented and resilient personality.

At «focus youth»

• We offer space for participation and personal development
• We support internal and external training and further education opportunities above average
• We are open to new things and implement them whenever possible
• We rely on shared values as well as innovation
• We support part-time work, including in leadership positions
• We enable home office (situationally)
• We value our employees with regular staff events and department outings
• Modern working conditions are a matter of course
• We enable flexible work arrangements
• Mothers receive 16 weeks of paid maternity leave
• We offer above-average pension fund and insurance solutions
• We provide generous continued salary payments in case of illness and accident (720 days full salary)
• Long-term employees receive generous service anniversary gifts
• We offer discounted (or free in the housing area) catering options
• We grant unpaid leave
• Free parking spaces are available

Contact

Heide Hergarten

Head of Family Support & Individual Offers

T +41 79 262 24 61