two school social work specialists each 90%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:01 November 2025
- Workload:90%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join Kantonsschule Wiedikon, a dynamic gymnasium with 1200 students. Exciting opportunity for social workers!
Tasks
- Provide prevention and intervention support to youth challenges.
- Conduct individual consultations and support families effectively.
- Collaborate on school culture development and crisis interventions.
Skills
- Bachelor's in Social Work with CAS in School Social Work required.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills essential.
- Experience in youth counseling and project work beneficial.
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The Kantonsschule Wiedikon is a high school with various gymnasial profiles as well as a specialized middle school. It is a larger school with around 1200 students and 200 teachers. For the 2024/25 school year, Kantonsschule Wiedikon has expanded its offerings to the Hohlstrasse location near Hardbrücke station.
Your tasks
- Prevention, early detection, and intervention in challenges faced by young people and the establishment of corresponding preventive and participatory structures. You will do this together with our existing team of school counselor and school doctor as well as a second school social work specialist. Your tasks include in particular
- solution-oriented individual counseling of students as well as counseling of the school and family system,
- supporting all parties involved in finding optimal solutions and triage to external counseling centers
- advising teachers on group dynamic interventions for prevention, support, and systemic interventions in crises and conflicts within the class community
- participation in the development of our school culture, where community and mutual support are important.
- coaching and support of students with compensatory measures within the framework of self-organization.
Your profile
You are a committed personality with professional experience in school social work or counseling in the youth sector. With your solution-oriented systemic attitude, you mediate well between different concerns. You work independently, structured, and reflectively and look forward to shaping the new support offer at Kantonsschule Wiedikon together with the existing team. Knowledge in concept and project work is an advantage for this. Your communication skills, teamwork, and resilience are an advantage both in dealing with the various stakeholders and in coping with crises. A formal requirement is a bachelor's degree in social work, combined with further training in school social work (CAS) or a comparable field (CAS).
Our offer
We offer you a stimulating environment at a modern secondary school with two locations. Your ideas and skills for an innovative offer are welcome at our school – also with regard to the upcoming founding of the new Kantonsschule Aussersihl. The tasks are varied and characterized by contact with different stakeholders. For professional exchange, you are integrated into a regional team; cantonal meetings promote knowledge transfer among professionals. During the semesters, you work 100% and enjoy 12 weeks of school holidays as compensation.
Application
Have we aroused your interest?
We look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool by November 20, 2026. For inquiries, Karin Grob, karin.grob@kwi.ch, is happy to assist. Further information can be found at www.kwi.ch.
