Social Worker within the Addiction Medicine Service

About the job

Psychosocial

Social worker within the Addiction Medicine Service

The Addiction Medicine Service (SMA) of the Department of Psychiatry is seeking a social worker at a workload of 80% to 100% for its Outpatient Consultation Unit of Northern Vaud (UCAN) in Yverdon-les-Bains. This position is offered as a fixed-term contract of 4 months, as a maternity leave replacement, starting 1 December 2026 or as agreed.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the 5 Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research and education.

The Addiction Medicine Service (SMA) offers inpatient and outpatient treatments. Addiction is a complex issue involving biological, psychological and social factors. Appropriate care takes all these dimensions into account and follows a bio-psycho-social approach.

The Addiction Medicine Service also conducts training and research activities. The Outpatient Consultation Unit of Northern Vaud (UCAN) offers a multidisciplinary approach to the management of addictive disorders, with or without substances.

Mission

• You provide support, psychosocial assessment and case management follow-up for patients with addiction issues associated with psychiatric disorders, within outpatient and inpatient services
• You identify patients’ needs, inform and support them and their relatives in administrative, professional, legal and relational procedures, in collaboration with the various professionals involved in their care
• Within outpatient activities, you assist patients with social procedures, notably during dedicated sessions for budget management, administrative questions, advice and guidance, to promote stabilisation of their life situation
• You carry out procedures related to patients’ housing projects
• You ensure liaison interventions between the hospital and outpatient units of the Service.

Profile

• You hold a Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in Social Work or an equivalent qualification; for foreign diplomas, SEFRI recognition is mandatory
• You have a strong interest in the field of addictions and mental health
• You have good knowledge of social insurance
• You are familiar with Vaud medico-social institutions, administrative and legal structures, housing facilities as well as associated platforms (CCICP and DCISA)
• You demonstrate autonomy, creativity and initiative
• You have good interpersonal and communication skills and appreciate interdisciplinary work
• You possess a spirit of mutual aid and collaboration and show openness and flexibility
• You hold a driving licence.

Depending on profile, the candidate’s salary class will be between level 8 and level 9.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• First-rate social benefits, 20 days paternity leave and 4 months maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th month salary and 25 days of holiday per year
• A minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the State of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished flats offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Hotel-quality staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Céline Ngniheula, Social Unit Manager of the Service, tel.: 079 556 12 98 or Loïc Menneret, Deputy Director of Nursing and Head Nurse of the Service, tel.: 079 556 01 35

Website: www.chuv.ch/fr/fiches-psy/service-de-medecine-des-addictions-sma

As all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.

If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, please contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70

As part of the recruitment process for this position, if hired, you will be required to provide an original criminal record extract. You will also be asked to present your original diplomas and an identity document.

CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and prevent any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.

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