Social Worker at kjz Dietikon 80%

Social Worker at kjz Dietikon 80% # The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Canton of Zurich, office for the districts of Affoltern, Dietikon, Horgen, is a cantonal competence center that offers professional support in the areas of family/youth and career counseling. The Child and Youth Welfare Center (kjz) is an advisory center for families, parents, adolescents, children, and toddlers, and operates on the basis of the Child and Youth Welfare Act of the Canton of Zurich. For our kjz team in Dietikon, we are looking for a social worker as of 1 November 2026 or by arrangement. Belonging, meaningfulness and competence We are a well-coordinated team with a lot of professional expertise, humor, and creativity. We support each other, enjoy working interdisciplinary, and are committed to child protection. Tasks ### You advise and accompany children, adolescents, and parents within the framework of child protection measures in mandate management as well as on a voluntary basis. In addition, you carry out assessments in cases of suspected child welfare endangerment on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authorities (KESB). You fulfill your tasks in cooperation with family systems, authorities, schools, as well as other institutions and specialist centers. Profile ### You have a degree in Social Work (FH) and bring experience in youth and family welfare. We are looking for you as a solution-oriented and resilient personality with high social skills, an appreciative basic attitude, and enjoyment of teamwork. Administrative activities as well as the creation of reports and file notes are easy for you. Benefits ### We offer you a meaningful, versatile, and demanding activity in an exciting and interdisciplinary field of work. We will introduce you carefully, because child protection means teamwork and support from management. Internal continuing education offers are available and of course, we also participate in external continuing education. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines. We look forward to your application. For further information, Urs Brändli, Head of Social Work and Mandates, Tel. 043 259 93 19, is at your disposal. Please capture your complete application documents via the application tool. Applications via email will not be considered.