Social Worker (70%)

The Social Department includes an assessment service, the social service for children and adolescents, the social service for adults, the central services, the social audit office, the health promotion office, and the employment integration office.
 
For the Assessment Service, we are looking for a

• Initial assessment, networking, coordination, and initiation of immediate measures in the areas of social assistance and adult protection
• Assessments in the area of adult protection on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority (KESB)
• New admissions and eligibility clarification of social assistance applications
• Advice and support for individuals on material, financial, legal, and personal issues with the goal of professional and social integration

• University degree in Social Work
• Several years of professional experience in statutory social assistance and/or adult protection
• Comprehensive knowledge of subsidiarity and social insurance issues
• Teamwork skills, flexibility, resilience, quick comprehension, as well as good organizational and administrative work methods
• Communication and conflict resolution skills, initiative, and innovativeness
• Very good German language skills, spoken and written

• Varied and exciting work in a committed and well-coordinated team
• Independent work with creative freedom in an attractive and diverse field of work
• Modern employment conditions with the possibility of home office
• Very attractive and centrally located workplace on the Aare river
• Subscriptions to Strandbad Thun, Flussbad Schwäbis, Kunsteisbahn Thun, and Thun City Library
• Childcare allowance in addition to family allowance