City of Uster - Professional Guardian 80%
Stadtverwaltung
Uster
Key information
- Publication date:22 December 2025
- Workload:80%
- Place of work:Uster
Job summary
Join our team in Uster, a vibrant city in Zürich. Experience a friendly work culture and flexible conditions!
Tasks
- Manage adult protection mandates in social services.
- Counsel clients on social, health, legal, and financial issues.
- Collaborate with third parties and create accountability reports.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work with relevant experience required.
- Strong social competence and negotiation skills needed.
- Ability to work independently under pressure essential.
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For us, the case is clear. We live a culture of "du" (informal 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 center.
The Social Department provides professional services in various areas. The professional guardianship manages mandates in adult protection. To complement our team, we are looking for two proactive, motivated, and team-oriented social workers as of February 1, 2026, or by agreement, initially limited until December 31, 2026 (with the option of later permanent employment).
The Social Department provides professional services in various areas. The professional guardianship manages mandates in adult protection. To complement our team, we are looking for two proactive, motivated, and team-oriented social workers as of February 1, 2026, or by agreement, initially limited until December 31, 2026 (with the option of later permanent employment).
City Hall
Social Services
Professional Guardian 80%
Your main tasks
- Managing mandates in adult protection
- Advising and supporting clients in social, health, legal, and financial issues
- Income and asset management
- Intervention in conflict and crisis situations
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with third parties
- Preparing accountability reports, statements, and applications for the Child and Adult Protection Authority
- Contributing to the further development of services
You bring
- a completed degree in social work (FH) with professional experience
- experience in managing guardianships in adult protection
- enjoyment in professional work with people in complex life situations and a respectful attitude towards vulnerable persons
- systemic thinking ability, high social competence, negotiation skills, as well as good oral and written expression
- legal and commercial knowledge, IT application skills (KLIB)
- reliable, independent, and goal-oriented working style, even under pressure
We offer you
- an interesting and challenging activity at the heart of social life
- a respectful and collegial collaboration in a motivated team
- attractive and flexible employment conditions (annual working hours, partly home office) and diverse training opportunities
- a modern, barrier-free workplace in the center of Uster and in close proximity to the train station
Your benefits
Further training
Discounts
Vacation plus 4 paid rest days
Social benefits
Salary
Inclusion
Your contact person
For questions, the head of the professional guardianship service is happy to assist you.
Thomas Kunz
044 944 73 39
About us
City of Uster as an employer
Social Department - your future team
Interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
