Employee Supervision and Care 70%

About the job

Start date:

01.01.2027 or by arrangement

Workplace:

Bern

0% Remote Work

Where safety, responsibility and humanity come together: Work in a unique environment of the penal system – challenging, meaningful and anything but routine.

The surveillance station at Inselspital (BEWA) is a unique institution of the penal system of the Canton of Bern throughout Switzerland. It serves the medical treatment of somatically and/or mentally ill or injured detainees of all types of custody, age groups and genders, who for security reasons cannot be admitted to another hospital or for medical reasons cannot be treated in prison or a penal institution.

Your tasks

• You supervise and guard the ill female and male detainees (EP) within the framework of dynamic security at the BEWA .
• You ensure safe accompaniment of inpatients and outpatients during medical examinations in the clinics of Inselspital.
• Through professional security measures, you are responsible for the protection of the medical/nursing team, staff, detainees and the public.
• By being attentive and through your ability to interact with the detainees, you succeed in building positive relationships.
• You are able to make situationally correct decisions and initiate de-escalation measures. This also includes access controls as well as lodge, information and telephone duties.
• Your work is performed in shift and on-call service (24/7).

Your profile

• You are between 25 and 45 years old, have completed a three-year vocational training and have several years of professional experience. Due to the current team composition and operational requirements, this advertisement is preferably aimed at female applicants.
• You have no entries in the criminal and debt enforcement registers.
• You are physically and mentally fit and healthy.
• Your mother tongue is German and you can communicate in French or English; further language skills are a great advantage.
• For on-call duties, you must be able to reach the workplace within one hour.
• You always present yourself as friendly, confident and accommodating in dealing with detainees.
• You respect official and professional confidentiality.
• You gladly take on and bear responsibility and are capable of professionally handling complex situations with the necessary calm and distance.
• You work reliably and are flexible (irregular assignments, night, on-call and weekend duties).
• Your high social competence distinguishes you in dealing with detainees as well as our partners.
• You can easily handle common IT programmes (MS Office).

We offer you

A thorough introduction to the tasks, rights and duties of the Supervision and Care team at BEWA. An exciting, responsible and varied job awaits you in a well-coordinated team and a modern workplace. After the induction phase and practical experience, there is the possibility to complete the part-time training to become a specialist in penal system with a federal certificate.

In the following video, you will gain an insight into the professional everyday life of a supervisor in the penal system:

Contact

Curious? Your contact for questions: Jan Staubli, HR Service Centre, telephone +41 31 633 11 54, jan.staubli@be.ch

About the Office for Penal System

The Office for Penal System (AJV) is responsible for open and closed criminal and measure enforcement for adults and juveniles within the Security Directorate of the Canton of Bern (SID) with around 1000 employees. To fulfil this task, the office has four concordat penal institutions, four regional prisons, the surveillance station at Inselspital, the detention control centre as well as probation and enforcement services at its disposal.

https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start.html