Social Worker Asylum Coordination

About the job

Uster, the third largest city in the canton of Zurich, with around 38,000 inhabitants, is a dynamically growing city in the Zurich metropolitan area and known as an innovative regional centre.

At the Social Services of the City of Uster, the person is at the centre of all actions. For social counselling and asylum coordination, we are looking for a motivated person to start immediately or by arrangement as

Social Worker Asylum Coordination 80%

Your main tasks

• Provision of economic social assistance
• Advising people in social, health, legal and financial difficulties
• Ensuring and promoting professional and social integration
• Independent file management, development and implementation of decisions
• Collaboration within the specialist team, with internal and external specialist agencies, institutions, insurance companies and authorities

What you bring with you

• University of applied sciences degree in social work with professional experience in the field of statutory social assistance/asylum care or equivalent training
• Appreciative attitude and understanding for people in emergency situations
• Consulting and negotiation skills, high degree of personal responsibility, self-organisation and resilience
• Commitment, eagerness to learn and enjoyment in co-creating in working groups
• Confident oral and written expression, administrative skills with a flair for numbers, as well as confident use of MS Office and KLIB knowledge (advantageous)

Your contact person

For enquiries, the Head of Asylum Coordination, Andreas Saluz, telephone 044 944 74 33, or the Head of Social Counselling, Daniel Brechbühl, telephone 044 944 73 61, will be happy to assist you.