Team Leader Day Structure, 90%

About the job

Team Leader Day Structure, 90%

The model station SOMOSA offers an inpatient 9- to 12-month intensive treatment programme for adolescents. Our agogically designed employment offer (day structure) plays a central role in competence assessment, stabilisation, career orientation and preparation for the labour market. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a committed Team Leader Day Structure who will lead the area professionally and personally – with a focus on vocational integration.

We are looking for someone from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement

A Team Leader Day Structure, 90%

Your area of responsibility

• Leadership and coaching: You lead and support a team of work agogues and social pedagogues in the daily work with clients.
• Career orientation as a job coach: You identify the work-relevant skills of the young people, accompany them in the career orientation process (applications, trial apprenticeships, apprenticeship search) and network with IV offices, training companies and the labour market.
• Agogic design: You further develop the day structure modules (media workshop, laboratory, production) – with the aim of preparing young people for work requirements that correspond to the clients’ competence level.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: You work closely with social pedagogy, psychotherapy and psychiatry. Development goals and support measures are agreed between the areas.
• Organisation: You are responsible for administrative tasks, budget issues and the use of premises.

Requirements profile

• Qualification as work agogue, social pedagogue HF/FH (with a focus on vocational integration) or career counsellor
• Experience in leading teams and working with psychologically burdened young people
• Expertise in career orientation, IV processes and the 1st/2nd labour market
• Leadership skills: Completed further training in leadership or willingness to qualify
• Personality: You are empathetic and can use conflicts constructively. Experience with craft/technical topics is a plus

You can expect an exciting workplace from us as well as

• A varied and responsible activity with great scope for design
• The opportunity to shape and co-design vocational integration at SOMOSA in an interdisciplinary way
• Regular supervisions and an experienced, multiprofessional team
• Room for initiative, responsibility and personal development
• Internal and external training opportunities with time and financial support
• At least 25 days’ holiday
• Internal social staff events
• Pension fund affiliated to the "Pension Fund of the City of Zurich"
• Progressive employment conditions based on the cantonal Zurich guidelines
• Excellent public transport connections
• Free parking spaces available
• Eulach park area in the immediate vicinity
• Other attractive fringe benefits

Interested?

Application deadline and further information

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

For verbal information, Mr Jens Konejung, Head of Social Pedagogy and Care, will be happy to assist you. Telephone 052 244 50 00

Please send your written application with CV, letter of motivation and certificates by e-mail: personal@somosa.ch