Intern Social Counseling for a Second Internship of 12 Months (60%)

Aarau

Key information

Publication date:10 September 2025
Workload:60%
Contract type:Internship
Place of work:Aarau

Job summary

Aarau is a key economic and cultural hub in Switzerland. This role offers a supportive work environment and growth opportunities.

Tasks

Counsel and support individuals and families in need.
Assess social assistance eligibility and manage benefits.
Collaborate with social and health institutions for holistic care.

Skills

Studying Social Work at a university level is essential.
Strong administrative and organizational skills required.
Proficiency in IT and a proactive work approach is needed.

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Aarau, as the cantonal capital - centrally located between Zurich, Basel, and Bern - is an important economic, cultural, and educational center with a supraregional impact. As a future-oriented and modern employer, the City of Aarau relies on motivated employees.

If you want to get involved in the field of personal and material assistance, we look forward to meeting you.

The Social Counseling and Benefits Section of the Social Services Department is looking for a

Intern Social Counseling for a second internship of 12 months (60%) starting February 1, 2026

Your main tasks

You advise, support, and accompany individuals and families in the area of personal and material assistance.
In cooperation with the administration team, you clarify social assistance entitlement, assess it, and allocate social assistance benefits according to SKOS and social assistance law.
You work interdisciplinarily with numerous institutions in the social and health sectors.
Together with the social assistance recipients, you ensure that subsidiary benefits are clarified and claimed if necessary.
In collaboration with your clients, you develop perspectives and action plans for sustainable support in social, health, and professional areas.
You actively participate in exchange forums of the social work and social counseling team.
You contribute your own ideas and inputs to the social work team to ensure high professionalism and expertise.

What you bring

Student of Social Work at a University of Applied Sciences
Interest in social work in a mandatory context
Administrative and organizational skills as well as good IT knowledge
Initiative, structured, networked, and independent working style

What to expect

We offer fair working conditions, equal opportunities, and a pleasant working atmosphere.
A committed, young, and humorous team
Team members who support each other and always have an open ear for you and your concerns.
An exciting, varied, and independent activity

Your new workplace is two minutes on foot from Aarau train station.