Specialist in Addiction, Family and Victim Support Counselling

About the job

Your new challenge from 1 March 2027 or by arrangement:

Specialist in Addiction, Family and Victim Support Counselling

60% workload

Your tasks

• Advising and supporting people with addiction disorders and their significant others
• Advising and supporting individuals, parents, couples and families on educational, family and personal issues
• Advice on family law issues in cases of separation and divorce, especially concerning parental custody, care and personal contact
• Advising persons within the framework of statutory victim support

Requirements

• University of Applied Sciences degree in Social Work and further training in counselling and/or therapy
• Independent, interdisciplinary and goal-oriented working style
• Strong communication and cooperation skills as well as an appreciative, resource- and solution-oriented attitude
• Enjoyment of cross-departmental collaboration, active networking and project work

Benefits: At the Canton of Obwalden...

• you work for your life (gladly) thanks to flexible working time models and home office up to half of the working time
• your work makes sense. You help shape the canton and contribute to the social, economic and ecological development of the canton
• your salary is right, thanks to our salary model which sets salaries fairly according to market and performance
• you are quickly at your workplace, from Lucerne in just 20 minutes
• you can contribute thanks to the manageable size of the administration, the flat hierarchies and the pleasant informal culture
• you learn throughout your life with our continuing education offer
• your children are the future. In addition to child and training allowances, as an employee of the Canton of Obwalden you receive a family allowance of 1,200 francs annually
• you are financially secure even after retirement with the Obwalden pension fund

Questions? We are happy to provide information.

David Dorta, Head of Counselling, 041 666 68 91