Social Worker 50% (Focus on Refugee Counseling)

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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 area of personal and material assistance, have interest and experience in material assistance, and enjoy working in public administration, then we look forward to getting to know you.

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

Social Worker 50% (Focus on Refugee Counseling)

Your tasks:

• You advise, support, and accompany individuals and families in the refugee area, in the field 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 the Social Assistance Act.
• 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 asserted if necessary.
• In cooperation 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 for and with the Social Work team to ensure high professionalism and expertise.

What you bring:

• Degree in Social Work (HF / FH)
• Professional experience in the refugee area as well as in statutory social work or economic social assistance
• Proven counseling competence
• Good knowledge of social insurance
• Good IT skills
• Knowledge of the case management system KLIBnet
• Structured, efficient, and effective working style
• Administrative skills

What to expect:

• Fair, modern 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.
• There is the possibility to work part-time from home office.
• Our annual working time allows you to organize your working hours flexibly to achieve a suitable balance between work and private life.
• Opportunities for further training