Social Pedagogue (female) / Social Pedagogue (male)

The youth residential home is an offering of the Institution Obstgarten and belongs to the Stiftung Zürcher Kinder- und Jugendheime. Eight adolescents and young adults between the ages of 16 and 20 live in the youth residential home. The main goal in this semi-supervised offering is the development of age-appropriate competencies in the area of managing everyday life. Vocational training or other daily structures are completed externally. The adolescents and young adults are accompanied both individually and as a group.

For the pedagogical team, we are looking for, effective immediately or by arrangement

a Social Pedagogue (female) or Social Pedagogue (male) 50 % ##

Your tasks ###

• Accompanying and supporting eight adolescents and young adults in everyday life
• Goal- and process-oriented case responsibility for two adolescents and young adults
• Individual promotion of the competencies, resources, and abilities of the young people
• Accompanying in household management and in the administrative area
• Assistance with training-specific topics
• Co-design and collaboration within the social pedagogical team

Your profile ###

• Education in Social Pedagogy/Social Work HF or FH
• Professional experience in semi-residential youth work is an advantage
• Participatory, solution-oriented, and humorous basic attitude as well as enjoyment of working independently
• Willingness for flexible working hours, however without night presence
• Competent and trustworthy appearance as well as clear way of expressing oneself

Our offer ###

• An exciting and versatile task with a lot of freedom of action and design
• The opportunity to actively accompany young people on their way to independence and to help shape important developmental steps
• An active, supportive, and humorous team
• Pedagogically interesting work in a professional environment and at an attractive location
• Opportunities for professional development and further training
• Regular supervision
• Remuneration based on the cantonal salary ordinance
• Five weeks of vacation
• Clear and predictable working hours
• No night presence or on-call services
• Monday afternoon team meeting (13:00-16:00)
• Thursday as a fixed main responsibility day (07:00-10:00 and 17:00-22:15)
• One additional evening shift per week (Wednesday, 16:00-20:30)
• Occasional weekend assignments (approx. 1 x monthly)
• Vacation cover by arrangement
• The duty rosters are created well in advance to ensure good predictability

Please send your application documents via e-mail to: personal.obstgarten@zkj.ch

For further information, Mr. Florian Schicker, Co-offering management semi-supervision, is happy to assist you, Tel. 044 368 50 71.

Further information can be found at www.obstgarten.org