Occupational Therapist HF/FH (40%)

About the job

The Salome Brunner Foundation is committed to around 300 children and young people with speech development disorders and learning difficulties. With our various schools, we see ourselves as an important part of the educational landscape of the Canton of Bern.

The Wabern Speech Therapy School is a special primary school for children and young people with a complex speech development disorder as well as an intellectual disability and comprises 21 classes from the primary level to the vocational preparation school year (BVS). In occupational therapy, we treat children and young people with additional physical and cognitive impairments and/or other profound developmental delays.

From 01.02.2027 or by arrangement, we are looking for an occupational therapist HF/FH 40%.

Your main tasks include:

Independent planning, implementation and the associated administration of therapy for pupils with various indications.

You...

• have completed training as a certified occupational therapist HF/FH.
• have experience in paediatrics or an interest in gaining expertise in this field.
• enjoy and have empathy for working with children and young people with special needs.
• are open, a team player and independent.

We offer:

• a varied, activity-based role in a small, dedicated medical-therapeutic team (3 occupational therapists and 1 physiotherapist).
• consultative collaboration with a neuropediatrician.
• an exciting interdisciplinary collaboration with teachers and speech therapists.
• lots of freedom in designing the therapy setting.
• internal and external training opportunities.
• annual working hours, spread over 39 school weeks, according to cantonal guidelines.