Social Worker
Kanton Graubünden
Thusis
Key information
- Publication date:28 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Thusis
Job summary
Join the diverse Grisons Canton as a social assistant! Enjoy a supportive work environment while making a difference.
Tasks
- Provide solution-oriented social counseling to individuals and families.
- Ensure access to social insurance and economic aid services.
- Assist with integration for recognized refugees and foreigners.
Skills
- Completed BSc/SUP in social work or equivalent education required.
- Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
- Ability to work independently and in a team is important.
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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in economic, cultural, and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts, and countless sunny days per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Social Worker
Social Service Office | 60% | Thusis
On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal Social Service Office fulfills the task of providing social and addiction assistance to people and supports them in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the canton. The Central Graubünden Regional Social Service is responsible for 25 municipalities, with a user base of 22,000 people.
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support
For Thusis, we are looking for a social worker starting February 1, 2026 or by agreement.
Tasks
- Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
- Ensuring access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
- Counseling regarding linguistic, professional, and social integration for recognized refugees, provisionally admitted persons, and foreigners
- Collaboration with social authorities and specialized services
- Other varied, interesting, and responsible activities
What we expect from you
- Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent qualification
- Ability to work with people from different social backgrounds and/or cultural origins
- Counseling skills as well as specific knowledge of social assistance law and social insurance sector
- Friendliness, ability to handle intense work rhythms, team spirit, good communication, organizational, and administrative skills
- Ideally good knowledge of foreign languages
- Independent and solution-oriented working method
We look forward to receiving your online application and are pleased to get to know you.
If you have any specialist questions, Maja Zimmermann, head of the Central Graubünden Regional Social Service, is gladly available at phone number 081 257 52 83 or Mathias Kaufmann, head of the social services section, at phone number 081 257 26 68.
Application deadline: November 7, 2025
