SOCIAL EDUCATOR ON A PERMANENT CONTRACT FOR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM AT 100%

About the job

The Youth & Families Foundation is a key player at the heart of the field of education, protection, and development of children, adolescents, and young adults in the canton of Vaud. Bringing together nearly 350 collaborators and more than 20 different professions, our institution offers attractive working conditions and allows you to evolve in a varied and flexible work environment. By joining our Foundation, you commit to a mission with strong human and social value, which enables real and concrete change in the lives of families and their supported children. You will participate in the evolution of the education, development, and child and youth protection sector by responding with us to the needs of tomorrow.

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Our values

OPENNESS – TRUST – LOYALTY – CREATIVITY

The Foundation is looking for a service commonly provided with the Youth House Association

SOCIAL EDUCATOR ON A PERMANENT CONTRACT FOR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM AT 100%

Your mission

• Provide individual educational follow-up through observation,
evaluation and objectification of the resources and difficulties of
each young person’s situation aged 14 to 18,
• Encourage the development of each young person’s personal projects,
stimulating their full involvement, supporting and assisting them
in the realisation of their project by mobilising their resources
• Encourage and support young people in the evolution of their
relational and communication dynamics with their
living environment
• Organise and participate in partner network meetings and collaborate
with the stakeholders involved in the followed situations
• Continuously assess risk-taking, and the personal and social situation
of each young person
• Write summary documents and ensure necessary communications
with authorities, partners and the entourage of each young person
• Participate in the analysis of complex situations and in conferences
aimed at continuous improvement and development

Your profile

• Educator training at HES level or equivalent qualification
• Solid confirmed professional experience in residential care
with adolescents and/or in low-threshold intervention and street work
• Knowledge of the Vaud health and socio-educational network
• Ability to understand and manage complex situations, resolve conflicts
and negotiate
• Ability to work with people suffering from emotional regulation difficulties
and/or trauma related to their life paths
• Strong emotional stability and ability to maintain professional distance
• Agile personality, collaborative spirit appreciating teamwork and fostering
entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to develop reflective practice on professional work
• Availability for irregular hours by day, night, and weekends
• Driving licence and vehicle required
• Residence close to the canton of VD

We offer you

• A position in a small, dynamic and warm team
• A position within a foundation with an innovative spirit
conducting its missions through a child-centred approach
• Constant commitment to health & safety promotion and prevention at work
• A varied and stimulating work context
• Clinical supervision
• Encouragement for continuing education
• Attractive working conditions, according to the Vaud social CCT

Start date
Immediate or to be agreed

Application deadline
25 October 2026

For any further information, you can contact the Head of DIOP, Mr S. Waridel at +41 79 410 10 95. We look forward to receiving your application only in paper format addressed to the Management, Youth & Families Foundation, Chemin des Champs-Courbes 25a, 1024 Ecublens.