School Social Worker Primary School Obfelden 70%
Kanton Zürich
Horgen
Key information
- Publication date:25 September 2025
- Workload:70%
- Place of work:Horgen
Job summary
Join our team as a Schulsozialarbeiter/in at Primarschule Obfelden! Enjoy a supportive work environment and the opportunity to make a real impact.
Tasks
- Advise and support students, parents, and teachers in social matters.
- Conduct interventions in classes and groups during crises.
- Collaborate with the school team and other professionals.
Skills
- A degree in Social Work from a university is required.
- Experience in counseling and crisis intervention is essential.
- Strong abilities in prevention and project work are needed.
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Good for life – that is our motto. The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Canton of Zurich, branch office of the districts Affoltern, Dietikon, Horgen, operates a regional school social work office. On behalf of schools, it is responsible for the personnel, professional, and administrative management of school social workers. To ensure a low-threshold school social work service, the workplaces are located in the individual school communities.
For the primary school Obfelden, we are looking for a school social worker starting February 1, 2026, or by arrangement.
Together with your team colleague, you advise and support young people, parents, and teachers in educational and social matters. You are familiar with child protection and child welfare. In crises and conflicts, you conduct interventions in classes and groups. As far as possible, you also carry out prevention and project work. In addition, you work with the school team and other specialist agencies.
For this position, we require a completed degree in social work at the university of applied sciences level. Several years of professional experience in school social work or in the socio-educational field with children and adolescents are desired. You have skills in counseling, prevention, crisis intervention, and project work, as well as an independent and interdisciplinary way of working.
We offer you a versatile, interesting, and independent activity with annual working hours (compensation for school holidays through increased workload during school time). You will receive support from a professional, collegial team and can expect lively professional exchange and networking with other school social workers. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines.
For further information, please contact Martin Graf, Head of the Regional School Social Work Office, Tel. 043 259 92 39. Additional information can be found at www.ajb.zh.ch.
Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your complete online application.
