Social Worker at kjz Horgen 60 - 80%
Horgen
Key information
- Publication date:05 September 2025
- Workload:60 – 80%
- Place of work:Horgen
Job summary
Join our team as a Social Worker in Horgen's kjz! Make a difference in youth support.
Tasks
- Provide guidance to children, teens, and families under child protection.
- Conduct assessments for suspected child welfare risks.
- Collaborate with families, authorities, and schools for effective solutions.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work with experience in youth and family services.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a solution-oriented mindset.
- Ability to manage administrative tasks and report writing.
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Social Worker at kjz Horgen 60 - 80%
The Office for Youth and Career Counseling Canton Zurich, office of the districts Affoltern, Dietikon, Horgen, is a cantonal competence center that offers professional support in the areas of family/youth and career counseling. The Child and Youth Welfare Center (kjz) is a counseling center for families, parents, adolescents, children as well as toddlers and works on the basis of the Child and Youth Welfare Act of the Canton of Zurich.
For our kjz team we are looking for a social worker.
Belonging, meaningfulness and competence
We are a well-coordinated team with a lot of expertise, humor and creativity. We support each other, enjoy working interdisciplinarily and are committed to child protection.
For our kjz team we are looking for a social worker.
Belonging, meaningfulness and competence
We are a well-coordinated team with a lot of expertise, humor and creativity. We support each other, enjoy working interdisciplinarily and are committed to child protection.
Tasks
You advise and accompany children, adolescents and parents within the framework of child protection measures in case management as well as on a voluntary basis. In addition, you carry out clarifications in case of suspected child welfare endangerment. Intensive cooperation with family systems, authorities, schools as well as other institutions and specialist offices is important to us. Furthermore, your input and suggestions are requested for the further development of our kjz Horgen.
You advise and accompany children, adolescents and parents within the framework of child protection measures in case management as well as on a voluntary basis. In addition, you carry out clarifications in case of suspected child welfare endangerment. Intensive cooperation with family systems, authorities, schools as well as other institutions and specialist offices is important to us. Furthermore, your input and suggestions are requested for the further development of our kjz Horgen.
Profile
You have a degree in social work (FH) and bring experience in youth and family assistance. We are looking for you as a solution-oriented and resilient personality with high social skills, an appreciative attitude and joy in teamwork. Administrative tasks as well as the preparation of reports and file notes are easy for you.
You have a degree in social work (FH) and bring experience in youth and family assistance. We are looking for you as a solution-oriented and resilient personality with high social skills, an appreciative attitude and joy in teamwork. Administrative tasks as well as the preparation of reports and file notes are easy for you.
Benefits
We offer you a meaningful, versatile and demanding activity in an exciting and interdisciplinary field of work. We will carefully train you because child protection means teamwork and support from management. Internal training opportunities are available and of course we also participate in external training. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines. Your workplace is located directly at the train station and by the lake.
We offer you a meaningful, versatile and demanding activity in an exciting and interdisciplinary field of work. We will carefully train you because child protection means teamwork and support from management. Internal training opportunities are available and of course we also participate in external training. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines. Your workplace is located directly at the train station and by the lake.
For further information, Helen Baumann, Head of Social Work and Mandates, at 043 259 92 12 helen.baumann@ajb.zh.ch and Salomé Gossaint, Social Work and Mandates, at 043 259 92 10 salome.gossaint@ajb.zh.ch are happy to assist you. Additional information can be found at www.ajb.zh.ch. Discover our working world!
Please submit your complete application documents via the application link. Applications by post or e-mail cannot be considered.
Please submit your complete application documents via the application link. Applications by post or e-mail cannot be considered.