Specialist Social Work/Youth Coaching (80%)
Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk Horgen
Horgen
Key information
- Publication date:01 November 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Horgen
Job summary
Join Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk as a Fachmitarbeiter*in in Horgen! Make a difference in youth coaching and supported living.
Tasks
- Manage cases for 4-5 young clients, promoting independence.
- Develop individual support plans and facilitate integration.
- Collaborate with clients' networks for comprehensive support.
Skills
- Degree in Social Work, Psychology or similar field required.
- Experience in counseling or residential work with youth.
- Strong communication skills and a proactive personality.
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- Organization: Stiftung Jugendnetzwerk, Department "Start-Life Horgen" / supported living
- Workplace: 8810 Horgen, Canton Zurich
- Start: from 01.02.2026 or by arrangement
- Workload: 80%
- Employment: permanent position
- Education: Diploma in Social Work/Social Pedagogy HF or FH, Psychology or a comparable qualification
- Professional experience: practical experience in advisory and/or residential work with
You accompany adolescents and young adults (16-25 years) in supported living and assist them step by step in shaping a self-determined life. In doing so, you take case responsibility, develop individual support plans, and strengthen the clients in housing competence, professional and social integration. To complete the "Start-Life" team in Horgen, we are looking for a
Specialist Social Work/Youth Coaching (80%) from 01.02.2026 or by arrangement What you do with us
- Case responsibility/case management for 4 to max. 5 clients
- comprehensive admission and test diagnostics, focused development planning
- promotion, skills transfer and support of clients in social, school and professional integration as well as in practical everyday life management
- cooperation/networking with the clients' reference system (involved specialist offices,
- comprehensive case documentation (reports, file notes, etc.)
- project work and active participation in service development
- Degree in social work/social pedagogy/socioculture or psychology (HF, FH, university)
- practical experience in advisory and/or residential work with adolescents and young
- Schema coaching certificate (or willingness to undergo corresponding internal training)
- skilled written expression
- mature, resilient and self-initiative personality with communication skills and humor
- willingness to work flexible hours tailored to the target group (occasionally also evenings and within the framework of weekend telephone on-call duties)
- scope for action in case work with ongoing professional coaching, regular team meetings, supervision and internal training
- collegial knowledge exchange in well-established teams
- salary based on the guidelines of the Canton of Zurich
- workplace in immediate proximity to the lake and Horgen train station Curious?
Then we look forward to receiving your application as a PDF at:
info@jugendnetzwerk.ch
Questions?
Feel free to call us:
Nadia Köchli, Head of "Start-Life Horgen 2" Tel. 078 647 55 77 or at www.jugendnetzwerk.ch. More about us:
www.jugendnetzwerk.ch
