Social Worker

Landquart

Key information

Publication date:15 January 2026
Workload:100%
Contract type:Permanent position
Place of work:Landquart

Job summary

Join the diverse team in Graubünden, Switzerland's unique trilingual canton. Embrace a collaborative work culture with great benefits.

Tasks

Provide solution-oriented social counseling to individuals and families.
Assist in accessing social insurance benefits and economic aid.
Support refugees and individuals with protection status S from Ukraine.

Skills

Degree in social work or comparable qualification required.
Strong counseling skills and knowledge of social aid laws.
Team player with good communication and organizational abilities.

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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us.

Social Worker

Social Office | 60% | Landquart

The cantonal social office fulfills the task of personal social and addiction assistance on behalf of the municipalities and supports people in accessing economic social assistance. To do this, it operates eight regional social services in the regions of the canton. The regional social service Prättigau/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer is responsible for 18 municipalities with a catchment area of 43,000 people.

Social counseling, addiction assistance, and financial support (gr.ch)

We are looking for a social worker for the Landquart location starting March 1, 2026 or by arrangement.

Your area of responsibility

Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling for individuals and families
Access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
Counseling of recognized and provisionally admitted refugees and foreigners regarding linguistic, professional, and social integration
Counseling and financial support for persons with protection status S from Ukraine in individual accommodations
Collaboration with social authorities and specialized agencies
Other diverse, interesting, and responsible tasks

What we expect from you

Completed education as a social worker BSc/FH or a degree in a comparable field
Enjoy working with people from different social and/or cultural backgrounds
High counseling competence as well as solid expertise in social assistance law and social insurance
Outgoing, resilient, team player, good communication, organizational, and administrative skills
Ideally good foreign language skills
Independent and solution-oriented working style

We look forward to receiving your online application and to getting to know you.

If you have any questions, Gion Andri Bundi, Head of Regional Social Service Prättigau/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer, Tel. 081 257 66 28, or Mathias Kaufmann, Head of Social Services Department, Tel. 081 257 26 68, will be happy to provide information.

Application deadline: January 30, 2026