Social Worker
Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:08 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join the dynamic social services team in Graubünden, Switzerland! A vibrant, multilingual work environment awaits you.
Tasks
- Provide solution-focused social counseling to individuals and families.
- Ensure access to social insurance benefits and economic assistance.
- Support integration for recognized refugees and foreigners.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in social work or equivalent experience required.
- Strong communication and organizational skills essential.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Social Worker
Graubünden Social Services Office | 60–100% | Chur
On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal Social Services Office fulfills the task of providing social and addiction assistance to people and supports them in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the canton’s regions.
The regional social service Chur/Plessur/Imboden is responsible for ten municipalities with a catchment area of 67,000 people.
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
For Chur, we are looking for a social worker starting January 1, 2026 or by agreement. The position is currently fixed-term until October 31, 2026. There will likely be the possibility to extend the employment relationship.
For Chur, we are looking for a social worker starting January 1, 2026 or by agreement. The position is currently fixed-term until October 31, 2026. There will likely be the possibility to extend the employment relationship.
Tasks
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
- Ensuring access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Counseling regarding linguistic, professional, and social integration for recognized refugees, provisionally admitted persons, and foreigners
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialized services
- Other varied, interesting, and responsible activities
What we expect from you
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent qualification
- Ability to work with people from different social backgrounds and/or cultural origins
- Counseling skills as well as specific knowledge of social assistance law and social insurance sector
- Friendliness, ability to handle intense work rhythms, team spirit, good communication, organizational and administrative skills
- Ideally good knowledge of foreign languages
- Independent and solution-oriented working method
We look forward to receiving your online application and are pleased to get to know you.
If you have any questions, Rachel Veronika Hubacher, head of the regional social service Chur/Plessur/Imboden, is happy to assist you at 081 257 30 34 or Mathias Kaufmann, head of the social services section, at 081 257 26 68.
Application deadline: September 19, 2025
