Psychologist (50-90%) for the Psychological Service
Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk Horgen
Horgen
Key information
- Publication date:09 October 2025
- Workload:50 – 90%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Horgen
Job summary
Join the Psychologischer Dienst at Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk in Horgen! Enjoy a supportive work environment with flexible options for youth and families.
Tasks
- Provide psychometric testing and interpret results for clients.
- Support teams with schema therapy and coaching for effective interventions.
- Conduct workshops on psychosocial topics and collaborate with clinics.
Skills
- Master's degree in Psychology; therapeutic qualifications preferred.
- Experience with adolescents facing psychosocial challenges.
- Strong communication skills for report writing and discussions.
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Employment Relationship
Permanent position
Function
Qualified specialist staff
Employment level
50-90%
Qualification/Degree
University degree in Psychology Job Title
Psychological Service
Institution
Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk
Homepage www.jugendnetzwerk.ch Start of employment
December 1, 2025 or by arrangement Work location
Horgen (Bhf. See), from April 2026 Zurich/Wiedikon & other locations ZIP Code City
8810 Horgen / 8003 Zurich
Canton
Zurich
Job Description
With outreach and (partially) supervised services, Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk offers individual and flexible solutions for adolescents, young adults, and families. The services offered - family activation - Start-Life youth housing - residential groups - complement each other effectively. From December 1, 2025 or by arrangement, we are looking for a psychologist (50-80%) for the internal Psychological Service. The Psychological Service provides central, cross-service offerings to strengthen our socio-pedagogical, psychosocial client work. Areas of responsibility
The work of the socio-pedagogical specialists with clients is based on sound psychosocial diagnostics and derived interventions. All services have implemented schema work (schema counseling/schema coaching) and corresponding methods and tools. The Psychological Service supports the specialists in the services:
- Conducting/evaluating psychometric test procedures and corresponding short reports
- Corresponding evaluation discussions with clients and specialists (including psychoeducation)
- Residential groups and Start-Life: advising and coaching the specialist teams on service-specific schema work and dealing with dysfunctional schemas
- Supporting specialists in cooperation with clinics and psychotherapy
- Conceptual work, design and implementation of workshops and training on current psychosocial topics (depending on know-how) Requirements
- Completed studies in psychology (Master or Licentiate); therapeutic additional qualifications desirable
- Experience in schema therapy/schema work is desirable
- Willingness to further train in schema work in the context of youth & family assistance
- Experience working with adolescents and young adults with psychosocial multiple burdens and partly psychiatric diagnoses
- Experience/knowledge in the application of psychological test procedures
- Experience with interdisciplinary cooperation of socio-pedagogy and psychology/therapy is an advantage
- Good verbal and written expression, especially reporting
- Personality with high professional competence as well as empathy, reliability, clarity, humor We offer you
- Varied and interesting tasks, independent working style
- Diverse, decentralized collaboration: family trainers, specialists in supported and residential settings
- Good working atmosphere in cooperation with services and specialist teams
- Regular working hours, no evening or weekend shifts
- Employment conditions based on the Canton of Zurich
- Possibility to do written work partially from home office
Application to
We look forward to your exciting application with photo and usual documents by e-mail to: info(at)jugendnetzwerk.ch Further information is available from the professional management of the Psychological Service, Oliver Falk, Tel. 078 898 91 29/044 727 40 20 or at www.jugendnetzwerk.ch. 2 | 2
