Lawyer as Professional Guardian 70-100%

About the job

Your new role

As a professional guardian, you manage child and adult protection mandates on behalf of the KESB Region St.Gallen. Through your work, you help people who rely on your support by representing their interests and assisting them in leading as self-determined a life as possible, as far as necessary. In addition, you represent children in legal matters, including paternity and maintenance arrangements, criminal proceedings, or inheritance matters. Furthermore, you provide internal advice to colleagues on legal issues. You will be competently supported in administrative tasks by our specialist service. Become part of a committed and high-performing team and help protect the interests of our clients in the best possible way.

This position is for you if you

• have a tertiary degree in law.
• are confident in dealing with crisis and conflict situations.
• enjoy working with a wide variety of people, professionals, and family constellations and can professionally handle divergent expectations.
• are skilled in negotiation, goal-oriented, and assertive.
• bring a willingness to shape, seek challenges, and want to develop professionally and personally.
• are resilient, a team player, empathetic, and have a sense of humor.
• additional training in child or adult protection, mediation, systemic/solution-oriented counseling, social insurance, or mental health issues are valuable additional skills for these tasks.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Your department

At the Social Services, the person is at the center of our actions. Our approximately 150 employees provide a wide range of services in the areas of child and adult protection as well as social assistance for the benefit of the city’s population. The professional guardianship with its 60 employees is a department of the Social Services. It carries out guardianship measures on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority Region St.Gallen. We maintain active professional exchanges with various offices inside and outside the city administration.

Our corporate culture

We live a respectful working atmosphere characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We challenge and promote our employees based on their individual skills and resources. Equal opportunities are a top priority for us, and our framework conditions support you in balancing work and other areas of life.

What we offer

We offer you a responsible, varied, and challenging area of responsibility with modern employment conditions. Mobile work, intervisions, and supervisions are a matter of course for fulfilling our tasks. We align ourselves with the recommendations of the Conference for Child and Adult Protection regarding the organization of professional guardianships and continue to advance professional and organizational development. You are part of a motivated and well-coordinated team with an exciting mix of experienced and aspiring colleagues. You will be carefully introduced to the area of responsibility by your supervisor and an experienced professional colleague and coached in mandate management during the first months. You have the opportunity to specialize in child or adult protection. Your workplace is located in the center of the city of St.Gallen.

Do you feel addressed? The head of the department Children, Adults, Law, Nina Yokoyama, phone 071 224 44 89, will be happy to provide you with further information.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.

Please submit your complete written application online.