Scientific Staff Member for Family-Complementary Childcare

About the job

60 %

from 1 February 2027 or by arrangement

Assessment of children with increased care needs in family- and school-complementary childcare

Your responsibilities

• You assess the increased care needs of children with disabilities or developmental delays in childcare.
• You collaborate with internal and external specialist agencies and childcare facilities.
• You inform and advise parents and professionals on needs assessment and inclusion in childcare.
• You further develop the tools and processes for needs assessment in childcare.

Your background

• You hold a master’s degree in special education, psychology (focus on child and adolescent or developmental psychology) or a comparable field.
• You have expertise in the area of children with increased needs and/or childcare.
• You possess analytical and conceptual skills and can assess complex need situations in a structured manner as well as develop and further develop appropriate assessment tools.
• You communicate proficiently both orally and in writing.
• You work independently, solution-oriented and reliably, and gladly take on responsibility.
• You value collaboration with various specialist agencies and bring initiative and diplomatic skill to this.

For questions about the position

Franziska Gengenbach
Head of Office
061 552 17 90

For questions about the application process

Stephan Imhof
HR Consultant
061 552 50 90

Office for Child, Youth and Disability Services

The Office for Child, Youth and Disability Services (AKJB) is a department of the Directorate of Education, Culture and Sport. The AKJB is committed to children, young people and people with disabilities. The staff are dedicated to effective support services. These accompany them through everyday life and difficult life situations. The goals are to promote development, self-determination and equal participation in society through needs-based and high-quality services.

What else you should know

This is a newly created position. An exciting role awaits you in a cooperative, interdisciplinary team. We ensure quality in childcare and implement new cantonal tasks in the field of childcare.