Assistant for Special Education Children

Key information

  • Publication date:26 September 2025
  • Workload:100%
  • Contract type:Unlimited employment
  • Place of work:Schaffhausen

Job summary

SCHAFFHAUSER SONDERSCHULEN supports over 480 children with disabilities. Join us for a rewarding opportunity to enhance integration in a collaborative work environment.

Tasks

  • Assist special education children during lessons in regular schools.
  • Implement specific tasks for and with the special needs child.
  • Collaborate constructively with educators and school leadership.

Skills

  • Completed vocational training; experience with children preferred.
  • Flexibility, teamwork, and commitment are essential.
  • Responsibility, resilience, and independence are crucial.

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The SCHAFFHAUSER SPECIAL SCHOOLS are an independent public-law institution of the canton of Schaffhausen. More than 480 children and adolescents with physical and/or cognitive impairments, with speech, hearing, or other profound developmental disabilities are currently taught and supported integratively in the regular schools of the canton or separately at four locations in the city of Schaffhausen. In addition to various therapy offers, we run a school-complementary area with lunch service, day structure, and boarding school. Over 570 employees are committed in various functions at the SCHAFFHAUSER SPECIAL SCHOOLS. For the 2025/26 school year, we are looking for an assistant for special education children for our integrative special education. Up to 35% workload possible, mainly morning shifts to accompany and support one or more students in their classes in the regular schools of the canton of Schaffhausen. Area of responsibility:
  • Accompanying and supporting special education children in class
  • Implementation of specific tasks for and with the special education child
  • Constructive collaboration with the special education teacher, class teacher, and
school management on site
We expect:
  • Flexibility, teamwork, and commitment
  • Completed vocational training (professional experience with children desired)
  • Responsibility, resilience, and independence
We offer:
- Interesting, demanding work in close cooperation with the special education teacher, teachers, and school management on site
  • Employment conditions according to cantonal personnel law
  • The opportunity to advance integration in the canton of Schaffhausen
Have we aroused your interest? We look forward to your application:
Apply here
For further information, Lea Bühler, Head of Integrative Special Education, is happy to assist you:
Tel. 079 931 08 11 lea.buehler@shss.ch

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