Specialists in School Social Work at Secondary School (125%) 50 - 100%
Kanton Zürich
Uster
Key information
- Publication date:27 November 2025
- Place of work:Uster
Job summary
Join the dynamic Kantonsschule Uster as a Schulsozialarbeit specialist! Collaborate in a supportive environment from April 2026.
Tasks
- Counsel students facing personal and academic challenges.
- Promote student integration and early intervention strategies.
- Develop community-building initiatives and networks.
Skills
- Bachelor's in Social Work with further training in Schulsozialarbeit.
- Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
- Experience in project work and crisis management.
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The Kantonsschule Uster is a medium-sized long and short gymnasium with all maturity profiles and partially immersive teaching. Around 1100 students from Uster and the region are taught by a team of about 170 teachers.
Your tasks
As a specialist in school social work, you will advise secondary school students from April 1, 2026, or by arrangement, with a workload of at least 50% on personal, social, and school-related challenges. You promote their integration into the class and support the school team in recognizing psychosocial problems and initiating early interventions. You contribute your expertise to carry out prevention work and positively shape participation opportunities and community building at the school. You maintain a sustainable network with the relevant counseling centers.
Your profile
You are a committed personality with professional experience in school social work or counseling experience in the youth sector. You are interested in age-typical developmental tasks and associated aspects of mental health. With your solution-oriented systemic approach, you can mediate well between different concerns. You have an independent, structured, and reflective way of working and look forward to helping shape the new support offer at secondary schools. Knowledge in concept and project work is advantageous for this. Your communication skills, teamwork, and resilience benefit you both in dealing with various stakeholders and in managing crises. A formal requirement for application is a bachelor's degree in social work combined with further training in school social work (CAS) or a comparable field (CAS).
Our offer
We offer you a stimulating and dynamic working environment at a secondary school with its own profile. At our school, you will find, in addition to a varied and creative field of activity, an open and appreciative school culture. Our school has been future-oriented for years in the areas of counseling, support, health promotion, and prevention. More information about our school can be found at www.ksuster.ch. Your ideas and skills in favor of an innovative offer are welcome at our school. Counseling activities with young people in a crucial developmental phase are very meaningful. The tasks are diverse and characterized by contact with various stakeholders. For professional exchange, you are integrated into a regional team; cantonal impulse and experience exchange meetings promote knowledge transfer among specialists. The school team looks forward to working with you.
Application
Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool by December 22, 2025. For inquiries, our vice principal Ms. Karin Hardegger is available at phone +41 43 444 27 27, email personal@ksuster.ch.
