Stadtverwaltung
Uster
City of Uster - Social Worker Asylum Coordination 80%
- 17 July 2026
- 80%
- Uster
Job summary
Join the dynamic team in Uster's Social Services, focused on people.
Tasks
- Provide economic social assistance and advice for individuals.
- Ensure professional and social integration of refugees and asylum seekers.
- Collaborate with teams, authorities, and institutions for support.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work with experience in social assistance or asylum.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills with empathy.
- Proficiency in MS Office and administrative tasks related to finance.
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About the job
You or you?
For us, the matter is clear. We live a culture of "you". Therefore, we communicate in this way already during the application process and in the interviews.
Uster, the third largest city in the canton of Zurich, with around 37,000 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 action. For social counselling and asylum coordination, we are looking for a motivated person to start immediately or by arrangement as
At the Social Services of the City of Uster, the person is at the centre of action. For social counselling and asylum coordination, we are looking for a motivated person to start immediately or by arrangement as
Asylum and Refugee Coordination
Social Services
Social Worker Asylum Coordination 80%
Your main tasks
- Orientation of economic social assistance
- Advising people in social, health, legal and financial problem situations
- Securing and promoting professional and social integration
- Independent file management, development and implementation of decisions
- Cooperation within the specialist team, with internal and external specialist offices, 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
- Confident handling of MS Office and KLIB knowledge (advantageous)
We offer you
- An exciting, professionally and personally challenging task in a motivated team
- Attractive further training and development opportunities
- At least five weeks' holiday
- Possibility of occasional home office
Your benefits
Further training
Discounts
Holidays plus 4 paid rest days
Social benefits
Salary
Inclusion
Your contact person
For questions, 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.
That is us
City of Uster as an employer
Your future team
Interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
