Specialist for School Social Work Secondary School 40 - 90%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:24 October 2025
- Workload:40 – 90%
- Place of work:Zürich
Specialist for School Social Work Secondary School 40 - 90%
The Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland operates a long and a short gymnasium with all six matriculation profiles offered in the canton of Zurich as well as an immersive class track (German/English). With over 1200 students and around 160 teachers and 40 staff in administration and operations, the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland is one of the large secondary schools in the canton of Zurich.
Your tasks
As a specialist in school social work, you advise secondary school students on personal, social, and school-related challenges. You promote their integration into the class and support the school team in recognizing psychosocial problems and initiating early interventions. You contribute your expertise to positively shape participation opportunities and community building at the school. You maintain a sustainable network with the relevant counseling centers. Together with other specialists, you build stage-specific, professionally sound, and needs-based school social work at the Zurich secondary schools. You advise the school management and are willing to support them in parent meetings.
Your profile
You are a committed personality with professional experience in school social work or counseling experience in the youth sector. You are interested in age-typical developmental tasks and associated aspects of mental health. With your solution-oriented systemic approach, you can mediate well between different concerns. You have an independent, structured, and reflective way of working and look forward to helping shape the new support offer at the secondary schools. Knowledge in concept and project work is advantageous for this. Your communication skills, teamwork, and resilience benefit you both in dealing with various stakeholders and in managing crises. A formal requirement for application is a bachelor's degree in social work combined with further training in school social work (CAS) or a comparable field (CAS).
Our offer
We offer you a stimulating and dynamic working environment at a secondary school. Your ideas and skills are welcome at our school for the benefit of an innovative offer. The counseling work with young people in a crucial developmental phase is very meaningful. The tasks are varied and characterized by contact with different stakeholders. For professional exchange, you are integrated into a regional team; cantonal impulse and experience exchange meetings promote knowledge transfer among specialists. The school team looks forward to working with you. The position is planned to start on April 1, 2026.
Application
Have we aroused your interest?
We look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool. For inquiries, Ms. Sibylle Jüttner, Vice Principal, Tel. +41 44 872 31 31, Email sibylle.juettner@kzu.ch, is happy to assist. Further information can be found on the internet at www.kzu.ch.
The Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland operates a long and a short gymnasium with all six matriculation profiles offered in the canton of Zurich as well as an immersive class track (German/English). With over 1200 students and around 160 teachers and 40 staff in administration and operations, the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland is one of the large secondary schools in the canton of Zurich.
Your tasks
As a specialist in school social work, you advise secondary school students on personal, social, and school-related challenges. You promote their integration into the class and support the school team in recognizing psychosocial problems and initiating early interventions. You contribute your expertise to positively shape participation opportunities and community building at the school. You maintain a sustainable network with the relevant counseling centers. Together with other specialists, you build stage-specific, professionally sound, and needs-based school social work at the Zurich secondary schools. You advise the school management and are willing to support them in parent meetings.
Your profile
You are a committed personality with professional experience in school social work or counseling experience in the youth sector. You are interested in age-typical developmental tasks and associated aspects of mental health. With your solution-oriented systemic approach, you can mediate well between different concerns. You have an independent, structured, and reflective way of working and look forward to helping shape the new support offer at the secondary schools. Knowledge in concept and project work is advantageous for this. Your communication skills, teamwork, and resilience benefit you both in dealing with various stakeholders and in managing crises. A formal requirement for application is a bachelor's degree in social work combined with further training in school social work (CAS) or a comparable field (CAS).
Our offer
We offer you a stimulating and dynamic working environment at a secondary school. Your ideas and skills are welcome at our school for the benefit of an innovative offer. The counseling work with young people in a crucial developmental phase is very meaningful. The tasks are varied and characterized by contact with different stakeholders. For professional exchange, you are integrated into a regional team; cantonal impulse and experience exchange meetings promote knowledge transfer among specialists. The school team looks forward to working with you. The position is planned to start on April 1, 2026.
Application
Have we aroused your interest?
We look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool. For inquiries, Ms. Sibylle Jüttner, Vice Principal, Tel. +41 44 872 31 31, Email sibylle.juettner@kzu.ch, is happy to assist. Further information can be found on the internet at www.kzu.ch.
