Kriegstetten
Psychotherapist (Children and Adolescents), 50 - 80% - focus youth
- 07 July 2026
- 50 – 80%
- Permanent position
- Kriegstetten
Job summary
focus jugend is a modern special education center in Solothurn. Join a supportive team dedicated to youth with special needs.
Tasks
- Provide psychotherapy for children and families in therapy processes.
- Conduct test diagnostics, including evaluations and documentation.
- Collaborate with educators and social workers on cases.
Skills
- Master's in Psychology and advanced training in psychotherapy required.
- Experience in psychotherapy with children and adolescents is essential.
- Empathy and commitment to individual developmental needs are vital.
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About the job
The foundation «focus youth» is a modern centre for special education in the Solothurn area and offers diverse and attractive school and residential options for young people with special care needs. Around 240 professionals are committed at various locations with the central aim of supporting the integration of clients into mainstream school, family, society, and the professional world.
To complement our team in the psychological service, we are looking for a
Psychotherapist (Children and Adolescents), 50 - 80%
starting mid-October 2026 or by arrangement
Actively shape...
- Psychotherapy: Accompanying children, adolescents and their families within psychotherapeutic processes.
- Test diagnostics: Conducting psychometric assessments including evaluation, documentation and case discussions.
- Documentation: Documenting therapeutic work as well as writing expert reports and progress documentation.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration: Working together with social pedagogues, teachers and other internal and external professionals (e.g. guardianships, SPF).
- Professional advice: Case-specific advice for teachers, social pedagogical staff and other professionals, also independently of therapeutic support, and possibly leading case discussions.
Enrich us with...
- Education: Completed Master’s degree in Psychology as well as completed psychotherapeutic training with a federal professional title in psychotherapy or advanced psychotherapeutic training.
- Professional experience: Experience in psychotherapeutic work and diagnostics with children and adolescents.
- Working method: Systemic and solution-oriented attitude as well as independent and structured working style.
- Interdisciplinarity: Enjoyment of interdisciplinary collaboration, networked thinking and teamwork.
- Personal skills: Empathetic interaction with children, adolescents and their families as well as commitment to individual needs and developmental processes.
At «focus youth»
- We offer space for participation and personal development
- We support internal and external training and further education opportunities above average
- Opportunity for intervision and external supervision
- We are open to new ideas and implement them where possible
- We rely on shared values and innovation
- We support part-time work, including in leadership roles
- We enable home office (situationally)
- We appreciate our employees with regular staff events and departmental excursions
- Attractive employment conditions (annual working hours with increased workload during the school term and compensation during school holidays)
- Contemporary working conditions are a matter of course
- We enable flexible work arrangements
- Mothers receive 16 weeks of paid maternity leave
- We offer above-average pension fund and insurance solutions
- We provide generous continued salary payments in case of illness and accident (720 days full salary)
- Long-serving employees receive generous long-service gifts
- We offer discounted (or free in the residential area) catering options
- We grant unpaid leave
- Free parking spaces are available
- Opportunity for intervision and external supervision
Contact
Laura Bearth
Head of Psychological Service and Therapies
T +41 32 674 66 46
