Social Worker*
- Employment type
- Part-time
- Location
- Zürich
- First posted
Social Worker*
Solidarity with tradition: Solidara Zürich has been committed to people in difficult life situations in Zürich since 1862. Over 63’000 times per year. Our unbureaucratic contact points are open to everyone – regardless of age, gender, nationality, religion or employment status. Café Yucca is a reliable, low-threshold meeting point with social counseling, catering and emergency beds in the Altstadt.
You do not simply want to manage cases, but rather accompany people on their difficult path? You move confidently between empathy, structure and professional clarity? Then we are looking for exactly you immediately or by arrangement.
Social Worker*, 60 - 70%
Your main areas of work:
Low-threshold social counseling
Counseling in emergency situations
Providing emergency aid
Crisis intervention
Running the daily operations
Assisting at the counter if required
Your profile:
Degree in Social Work / Psychology / Social Sciences / Migration / Psychiatric Nursing or similar
Joy in and experience in dealing with people in difficult life situations, persons without a home, those affected by poverty and people with mental impairments
Experience in and joy in low-threshold counseling and complex issues
Good knowledge of social assistance and/or foreign and integration law
Knowledge of the social services in the Canton of Zürich is an advantage
Willingness to work in the evening and on one weekend/month (Café Yucca is open approximately 360 days per year until 22.00)
Team player, open, uncomplicated and patient
Enjoyment of sometimes hectic operations
High communication competence and ability to manage conflicts professionally
Good oral foreign language skills mandatory (E and preferably Sp or I or F)
We offer:
Challenging and varied work in a low-threshold operation that is indispensable to Zürich
Fulfilling, socially relevant activity
Space for new ideas and room for co-design and participation
Above-average motivated team
Regular team meetings and team supervision
Central workplace in the middle of the Altstadt
5 weeks vacation (from the 60th year of age 6 weeks)
Solidara Zürich is affiliated with the pension fund of the city of Zürich and covers 60 percent of the PK contribution
Further information is gladly provided by: Rentsch, Team Leader Café Yucca: T (from 16. June 2026) or someone from the respective day team of Café Yucca: T.
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Posted 6 weeks ago