School Social Worker School Rüti ZH, 80%
Kanton Zürich
Wetzikon
Key information
- Publication date:19 December 2025
- Workload:80%
- Place of work:Wetzikon
Job summary
Join the dedicated team at AJB in Rüti ZH as a Schulsozialarbeiter/in. This role offers a fulfilling opportunity to support children and families in a collaborative environment.
Tasks
- Advise and accompany students, parents, and teachers.
- Conduct interventions during crises and conflicts in classes.
- Engage in prevention and project work with school teams.
Skills
- Diploma in Social Work with relevant professional experience.
- Strong communication skills and autonomous working style.
- Competencies in counseling and intervention strategies.
Is this helpful?
Good for life – that is our motto. The Office for Youth and Career Counseling (AJB) is responsible for child and youth welfare as well as career counseling. Children, adolescents, and families are at the center of our work. We dedicate ourselves to them daily with great passion and commitment.
For the School Rüti ZH, we are looking for a school social worker (80%) starting April 1, 2026, or by agreement. Together with your job partner, you will be responsible for the two primary school units Unterdorf and the secondary school. You advise and support students, parents, and teachers in educational and social matters. In crises and conflicts, you conduct interventions in classes. Furthermore, you carry out prevention and project work. You collaborate with the school management, school teams, and specialist agencies.
You bring:
- a diploma from a university of applied sciences in social work
- professional experience in school social work or the CAS school social work with counseling experience at the interface of youth welfare and school
- competencies in counseling, prevention, and intervention
- an independent and interdisciplinary working style
- strong communication skills
- joy in working with children and adolescents in the school environment
We offer you:
- a versatile, complex, and independent activity
- annual working hours (presence at at least 4.5 working days per week during school weeks, the resulting overtime is compensated during school holidays)
- a professional team
- professional exchange and networking with other school social workers
- supervision, collegial professional advice, and frameworks for professional development
- meaningful work for the Canton of Zurich including cantonal employment conditions and social benefits
Can we answer any further questions?
For further information, Eugen Gomes, Head of Regional School Social Work, is available at Tel. 043 259 80 50 or email eugen.gomes@ajb.zh.ch.
Have we sparked your interest?
Please send your complete application documents electronically via the online platform to Ms. Stefanie Porcelli, HR Specialist at the Office for Youth and Career Counseling, office of the districts Hinwil, Meilen, Pfäffikon, and Uster in Wetzikon. Due to the upcoming holidays, the selection process will start at the beginning of January 2026.
