Care Staff

About the job

Care Staff

Office for the Execution of Sentences Graubünden | 80-100 % | Cazis

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The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts and countless days of sunshine per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape.

Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us. The Office for the Execution of Sentences (AJV) Graubünden is a department of the Department of Justice, Security and Health of the Canton of Graubünden. The AJV is responsible for the execution of sentences and measures as well as the implementation of various types of detention. In Graubünden, the execution of sentences and measures is regulated as a unified subject area and holistic task, in which various professional groups or interdisciplinary professional groups work with offenders to prevent further delinquency.
The Correctional Facility (JVA) Cazis Tignez employs around 110 staff and has 150 detention places in closed custody. Of these, 100 are in normal custody, ten in the admission department, 28 in the special custody area and twelve in pre-trial detention.
Due to retirement, we are looking for a Care Staff Member from 1 February 2027 or by arrangement.

Your area of responsibility

• Supervision, care and management of admitted persons from various cultural backgrounds within the daily structures and the different forms of custody in the residential groups
• Direct contact person for questions and concerns of the admitted persons
• Together with the team, you take responsibility for the daily and leisure activities of the admitted persons in the groups
• Writing reports and documenting events
• Ensuring and coordinating an orderly operational process taking into account legal bases as well as execution and security-relevant requirements and rules
• Performing early, day, late and weekend shifts

What we expect from you

• Completed at least three-year vocational training with a Federal VET Diploma (EFZ) or equivalent qualification
• Balanced, flexible, conflict-capable, physically and mentally resilient personality with high social competence
• Enjoyment of teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration
• You see dealing with people from different cultures who are in difficult life situations as a positive challenge
• Good German language skills (at least C1); additional knowledge of cantonal and foreign languages is an advantage
• Good IT user skills
• Driving licence category B
• Willingness to complete training as a specialist in the execution of sentences
• A clean record (no entries in the criminal record and debt enforcement register)

Our benefits

Meaningful work in the service of society Exciting challenge in an extraordinary environment Good team cohesion Work-life balance with at least 5 weeks’ holiday and seniority leave Diverse training and further education opportunities Ensuring the safety of the canton Learn more about our benefits

Workplace

Office for the Execution of Sentences Graubünden
JVA Cazis Tignez 1
7408 Cazis

For professional questions, Andreas Mathis, Head of Care & Leisure, is happy to assist you at telephone number 081 423 12 03.

Application deadline: 18 October 2026

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