Coordinator of the Sociocultural Offer for Patients

A cantonal public law institution, the CNP is tasked with leading the health policy of the canton of Neuchâtel in the field of mental health, in collaboration with partner institutions. The CNP aims to rehabilitate patients suffering from mental disorders through the adoption of an integrated and community psychiatry model; it implements public policies for the promotion and prevention of mental health; it acts as a reference centre in the field of professional training and research in psychiatry.

The Care Directorate is looking for a:

Coordinator of the Sociocultural Offer for Patients

Under the responsibility of the Care Directorate, you contribute to making hospitalisation a springboard towards recovery and social inclusion. You seek a cross-functional role within the Neuchâtel Centre of Psychiatry, in connection with care teams and external partners, to promote an offer consistent with therapeutic projects and institutional orientations. Your mission is to develop sustainable partnerships with cultural, artistic, associative, sporting and social actors in the canton of Neuchâtel in order to offer meaningful activities to patients.

As part of your role, you will be required to:

• Identify and develop collaborations with cultural, artistic, sporting, associative and/or social institutions in the canton.
• Build sustainable partnerships allowing patients to discover, during their hospitalisation, activities already existing in the community.
• Facilitate, when relevant, the continuation of these activities after discharge from hospital.
• Develop, in collaboration with care teams and external partners, an annual calendar of activities and events.
• Define, with care teams, orientation criteria to identify patients for whom a sociocultural activity can support the therapeutic and recovery project, taking into account expressed needs, expectations, motivation and possibilities for continuity after discharge.
• Support teams in identifying needs and partnership opportunities.
• Facilitate organisational and logistical aspects related to the reception of external partners.
• Ensure monitoring of cultural, social, sporting and civic resources in the canton to continuously enrich the offer proposed.
• Promote formats allowing meetings between patients, citizens and local actors when compatible with the care context.
• Participate in developing the image of a hospital open to its territory and fully integrated into the community.
• Regularly evaluate partnerships and activities developed to propose continuous improvements.

The main required training and skills are:

• Have higher education (HES or university) in social work, sociocultural animation, cultural mediation, community development or management of sociocultural projects.

• Having confirmed experience in managing partnership projects and networking, in the field of sociocultural animation and in an institutional health context, ideally in mental health, is an asset.

• Know the associative, cultural and institutional fabric of Neuchâtel or have the ability to develop it quickly.

• Have a strong interest in issues of recovery in mental health, social inclusion and citizen participation.

• Know the methodological approach aimed at organising a project from start to finish.

• Be able to interact with people presenting psychiatric disorders.

• Express oneself convincingly and vividly to describe, explain, assert one’s ideas, gain the adherence of the audience and interlocutors.

We offer you:

• The opportunity to actively contribute to the evolution of the patient experience.
• A working environment in close collaboration with care teams.
• The possibility to develop your professional skills within a recognised cantonal institution.
• Working conditions governed by the CCT Santé 21 and attractive social benefits.

Start date: 1 January 2027 or to be agreed

Workplace: Préfargier site, 2074 Marin-Epagnier

Activity rate: 20%

Contract type: Permanent contract (CDI)

Application deadline: 30 November 2026

Complete application files (cover letter, CV, diplomas and work certificates, recognition) are to be sent directly via Jobup.