School Social Worker

Adliswil

Key information

Publication date:27 August 2025
Workload:100%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Adliswil

Job summary

Adliswil is a vibrant city with high quality of life and growth. Join a supportive team focused on education and community engagement.

Tasks

Provide low-threshold counseling in individual and group settings.
Support students, parents, and teachers in secondary education.
Conduct interventions during crises and conflicts in classes.

Skills

Degree in social work and years of experience in youth support.
Competence in child protection and crisis intervention.
Interest in multicultural issues like gender and bullying.

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Introduction

The city of Adliswil is a dynamic city with a high quality of life that has grown rapidly in recent years. With customer-friendly services, the administration is there for around 20,000 residents. The Adliswil school educates about 2,000 students in five schools with around 400 employees.

We are looking for a

School Social Worker 45%

for a primary school building starting October 20, 2025, or by arrangement. Since you will work exclusively during the official school weeks, a workload of 45% spread over 3 working days corresponds to the school week.

These are your tasks

The focus is on low-threshold counseling work in individual, group, and class settings as well as supporting students, their parents, and teachers at secondary levels. In crises and conflicts, you will carry out interventions in classes and groups.

What we expect from you

Have you been interested in school social work for some time? Do you have several years of professional experience working with children as well as counseling children and adolescents and are looking for new opportunities to shape your work? Is a multicultural and open school with sensitive topics such as gender, violence, racism, and bullying also on your wish list? For this varied and interesting task, you bring a degree in social work at the university of applied sciences level and several years of professional experience in the socio-pedagogical field with children and adolescents. You have skills in child protection, prevention, and crisis intervention. Ideally, you already have a CAS in school social work or a CAS in systemic counseling or are willing to complete these trainings.

Our offer to you

With us, you will find a versatile and experienced team. We have short decision-making paths and maintain a respectful work culture. As a team, we would like to support you with openness and a lot of humor in this exciting field of activity. We offer you modern employment conditions for a demanding and versatile activity at a progressive, lively school with a large, independent scope of action as well as comprehensive and thorough onboarding in a collegial team.

Contact

If you are also interested in educational topics, enjoy working with children and adolescents, and are used to working independently, please contact Susana Garcia, Head of School Social Work, phone 079 289 88 79, to clarify further questions.