Body and Movement Therapist 60-70%
Steffisburg
Key information
- Publication date:30 September 2025
- Workload:60 – 70%
- Place of work:Steffisburg
Job summary
Join our team leading body experience groups in a supportive environment. Enjoy flexible work options and a focus on professional growth.
Tasks
- Facilitate various outpatient therapy groups for diverse diagnoses.
- Conduct initial discussions and prepare for group sessions.
- Integrate body and movement therapy into treatment plans.
Skills
- Education in body and movement therapy; experience in group therapy.
- Empathetic and open personality with a responsible work ethic.
- Strong documentation and report writing skills.
Is this helpful?
You independently lead body experience groups within various outpatient group therapy offerings (e.g., depression group, anxiety group, PMR, body-oriented mindfulness) with patients of the Psychiatric Services from the entire diagnostic spectrum. You conduct indication interviews with the patients and take over the preparation and follow-up of the groups. Occasionally, individual therapies can also be offered upon internal referral. You integrate body and movement therapy into interdisciplinary therapy planning and regularly participate in professional exchanges as well as coordination with the professionals involved in the treatment. You are independently responsible for documentation and the creation of short reports.
Start date: March 1, 2026, or by arrangement.
How to become part of our team
- Solid training in body and movement therapy
- Preferably basic training in nursing or psychology
- Experience in leading therapy groups as well as dealing with mentally ill people, including flexible handling of potentially challenging situations
- Empathetic, open personality with an independent and responsible working style
- Interest in close collaboration with the professionals involved in the treatment
- Practice in writing documentation and reports
What awaits you
- Wide scope of action
- Constructive working atmosphere
- Working in a committed, motivated, and family-like team
- Good training, further education, and development opportunities
- Freely selectable pension fund and vacation model
- Leisure and nature experiences in the immediate vicinity
If you have any questions, Ms. Cathrin Buchli, Head of Psychology Psychiatry, phone: +41 (0)58 636 47 00 or Seraina Manser, Deputy Head of Psychology Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic Steffisburg, phone: +41 (0)58 636 47 80, are available to assist you.
A job with prospects in a unique natural and mountain region. At the Psychiatric Services, in addition to a versatile activity in an interdisciplinary environment, you will also have the opportunity to choose additional vacation days. Are you looking for meaningful work? Then you are in the right place.