Social Worker in a Medical Environment for the CAN Team

About the job

Psychosocial

Social Worker in a Medical Environment for the CAN Team

The CHUV is looking for a social worker in a medical environment / specialized psychosocial worker at an 80% rate for June 1, 2026, on a permanent contract, to replace the retirement of a team member from the CAN Team sector, a hospital unit for child protection. This multidisciplinary team works on the prevention, detection, and referral of cases of abuse towards children and adolescents.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, it plays a leading role in medical care, research, and education.

Attached to the Care Directorate, the CHUV Somatic Social Service is available to patients and their families to discreetly help resolve administrative, financial, legal, family, or psychosocial issues related to hospitalization or outpatient follow-up.

The CAN Team (child abuse and neglect team) is a hospital unit for child protection. This multidisciplinary team works with families to assess situations of vulnerability or suspected abuse, whether physical, sexual, psychological, neglect, or related to exposure to domestic violence. It enables rapid assessment of situations by providing specific clinical expertise and referring them to external structures whose mission is to support families and protect children.

Mission

We offer varied work within a dynamic team, with a central role in the psychosocial assessment of complex child protection situations.

Your main responsibilities will be as follows:

• You conduct psychosocial assessments of children, adolescents, and their families in contexts of suspected violence (physical, sexual, neglect) or exposure to domestic violence
• You analyze risk and protective factors and document the situation within an interdisciplinary framework
• You carry out clinical activities including meeting families, writing reports if necessary, and coordinating with the professional network (DGEJ, pediatricians, emergency services, school workers, justice, etc.)
• You collaborate closely with caregivers, doctors, psychologists, and external partners to ensure coherent and safe care
• You participate in interdisciplinary meetings, as well as training and research activities developed by the CAN Team
• You handle administrative tasks related to the position and contribute to the quality of clinical processes.

Profile

We are looking for a committed person capable of working with rigor, empathy, and discernment in sensitive situations.

• You hold a HES social worker diploma or an equivalent title recognized in Switzerland
• You hold a CAS practitioner trainer certificate for social workers, which is an asset
• You have at least 5 years of professional experience as a social worker in a pediatric or child protection service
• You possess excellent knowledge of child protection law and good knowledge of Vaud and Romandy social institutions, administrative and legal structures, as well as Swiss social insurance
• You have excellent ability to transmit your knowledge
• You demonstrate strong integration skills within a multidisciplinary team, network collaboration, and autonomous contact with people particularly vulnerable due to hospitalization
• You have excellent writing skills and are comfortable with IT tools (MS Office).

Depending on your profile, the salary class will be between level 9 and level 10.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• Top social benefits, 20 days paternity leave, and 4 months maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
• A right to at least three days of training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Center and partner training centers of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on electric bike purchases)
• Quality staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Mesdames Arielle GIANINA GASSER and Stéphanie FELLMANN, co-responsible for the CHUV Somatic Social Service, at 021 314 48 24 or at the address: soc9.responsable@chuv.ch (please do not apply to this email address)

Since all our applications are processed electronically, we thank you for applying exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70

CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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