School Special Needs Educator

Educational collaboration and class management: Together with a specialist team, consisting of a special needs educator or social pedagogue and a classroom assistant, you will support 8 children in a small class.

Lesson planning: You lead the school class, organise the (special) educational daily routine, contribute to school development and take on administrative tasks.

Support planning and documentation: You create individual support plans (KOSS/ILZ), regularly review developmental progress and document the learning and development processes of the pupils.

Interdisciplinary collaboration: You work closely with teachers, educational professionals, parents and external specialist agencies, actively contributing your special needs educational expertise to the team.

Relationship work and development: You build sustainable relationships, convey security and trust, and support children and young people in their educational, social and personal development.

Experience: You have experience with children and young people with special needs, special needs educational knowledge and strong relational skills. You recognise individual support needs and integrate these purposefully into teaching.

Personality: You are open-minded, committed and resilient. You accompany children and young people with increased support needs creatively and empathetically, manage challenging situations and value collaboration within the class and school team.

Education: You have completed training as a School Special Needs Educator or an equivalent qualification, or are currently training to become a School Special Needs Educator.

Language: Good, confident command of the German language in spoken and written form and understanding of Swiss German are required.

The Youth, Family and Sport division of the Department of Education Basel-Stadt covers a wide range of topics around childcare, child and youth welfare, early support and sport. It informs and supports children, young people and those involved in upbringing and advocates for high-quality public and private services. Promotion of mass sport and physical activity, in clubs and privately, is also a central task. These activities directly benefit many people in Basel: from children to parents to sports enthusiasts.

As a cantonal school home, the Waldschule supports and promotes children and young people with special educational and developmental needs. We are a small, manageable institution with high reliability. Our offer includes: residential care in flexible stages with modular entry and exit options; special school with special needs education and support from the first primary level to vocational integration. Our services are designed for medium- and long-term consistent support by key persons with the aim of preventing dropouts wherever possible.