Qualified Social Educator (M/F) - L'Olivier Group

About the job

What if you helped us design a more inclusive society?

Located in the Vevey region, between town and countryside, the Cité du Genévrier welcomes adults with disabilities due to intellectual impairment. A multidisciplinary and multi-site structure, it offers the people it welcomes a particularly harmonious living and working environment as well as a set of skills adapted to the needs and aspirations of each individual.

Integrated into the Eben-Hézer Foundation, the Cité du Genévrier is the custodian of the moral testament of its founder, Sister Julie Hofmann. It thus considers the happiness of the people it welcomes as the ultimate goal of its action.

Mission

The "L'Olivier" group

is a living place welcoming adults with intellectual disabilities and for most of them multiple disabilities. They require individualized support promoting well-being, notably through care and activities around the 5 senses. In this context, staff actively participate in outings, sports and cultural activities, as well as various leisure activities and holiday camps.

Supporting a person with multiple disabilities at Olivier means:

Accepting the encounter where each communicates with their own language, being the "resonance" of the other;

Replacing speech with gaze, touch, breathing, singing, smile, joy of living;

Recognizing the limits of words, finding a balance between being and doing; daring to simply be;

Knowing how to be humble, practicing daily discovery, trial and error, supposition, being inventive, creative;

Giving and receiving, showing respect, authenticity;

Committing over time.

Caring is not enough, one must build with the other;

Accepting that the person who does not express themselves nevertheless thinks and acts in their own way;

Recognizing that one is at the service of a human being who enjoys the same rights as oneself.

Desired profile

Hold a diploma as a social educator ES/HES

Be comfortable with care and non-verbal communication

Be comfortable taking initiatives

Have team spirit and a sense of ethics

Be patient, dynamic and creative

You master common computer tools, have a driving license and are willing to work irregular hours including weekends.

Work environment

We offer you the opportunity to evolve in a work environment conducive to fulfilling the mission and your professional development, where good atmosphere and humor are present daily. You will benefit from first-class social benefits according to the collective labor agreement of the Vaud parapublic social sector with 8 weeks of vacation, 9 weeks from the age of 50, and the possibility to participate in the development of the institution. You will also have the opportunity to develop your skills through an interesting and varied internal training program.

Start date:

Immediately to be agreed upon at a rate between 80% and 90%

Contact person: Mrs. Sabrina Perroud, recruitment manager, HR specialist, at 021 558 23 24.

Do you want to take on this challenge?

Application

We will be pleased to receive your complete application (cover letter, curriculum vitae, photo, copies of diplomas, work certificates, identity card and residence permit). Thank you!