Social Worker

Ref 2584747 | Date: 12 Oct 2026

Fondation Au Coeur des Grottes

The "Au Cœur des Grottes" Foundation is a Geneva institution specializing in the accommodation and support of women victims of violence or human trafficking, alone or accompanied by their children.

Its multidisciplinary team deploys innovative support on educational, social, and clinical levels, based on a trauma-sensitive approach, taking into account both the effects of violence on physical, psychic, and social health and the resources inherent to each person. Its action aims to promote the securing, stabilization, reconstruction, as well as the development of the empowerment of the women and children welcomed. It accompanies women in all their procedures and offers them support in daily life acts as well as in the realization of their life project.

As part of a maternity leave replacement, the Foundation is looking for its Accompagnement pole

A Social Worker

Activity rate: 80%

Fixed-term contract of 8 to 10 months

From February 2027

Your mission:

Within the Accompagnement pole, you ensure the social and administrative support of the women welcomed, in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and network partners.

Your main activities

Accommodation requests and reception

• Receive and process accommodation requests according to the Foundation's criteria, including urgent requests;
• Coordinate pre-admissions with network partners;
• Upon arrival, evaluate immediate social and administrative needs and ensure the implementation of necessary services.

Social and administrative support

• Ensure support for women in their administrative, social, and financial procedures;
• Explain procedures, facilitate understanding of correspondence, and support the constitution and monitoring of files;
• Ensure the updating of administrative situations and ensure the necessary links with the organizations and partners concerned.

Housing and preparation for exit

• Inform and support women in their housing search procedures;
• Ensure the link with competent partners and the monitoring of ongoing procedures;
• Contribute to preparing the exit from accommodation and ensure the continuity of procedures with the network.

Support towards autonomy

• Support training, employment, and integration procedures;
• Encourage the active participation of women in their procedures and the progressive development of their autonomy;
• Contribute to individual support and collective activities according to needs and the different phases: stabilization, securing, and development of empowerment (SSD model).

Teamwork and networking

• Collaborate closely with the Foundation's professionals to ensure coherent and coordinated support;
• Build and maintain links with external partners around the supported situations;
• Participate in coordination meetings and clinical sessions;
• Contribute to the evaluation and management of complex or crisis situations with the multidisciplinary team.

Monitoring and transmissions

• Ensure the transmission of useful information for the continuity of support, respecting confidentiality;
• Keep individual monitoring data and indicators up to date;
• Write reports and documents necessary for the monitoring of situations.

Your profile and skills:

• Bachelor's in social work HETS, social service orientation, or a title deemed equivalent;
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the social field and network work;
• Good knowledge of the Geneva network for assistance to victims of violence;
• Knowledge of the field of violence and its impacts;
• Good administrative and writing skills;
• Mastery of basic IT tools;
• Ability to quickly find one's bearings in a complex environment and to demonstrate flexibility;
• Autonomy, sense of responsibility, and ability to work in a team;
• Very good interpersonal skills.

We offer:

• Integration within expert, highly motivated, and welcoming teams;
• A multidisciplinary work environment favoring the sharing of expertise and the evolution of practices;
• A Management practicing collaborative management, listening to teams and promoting the evolution of practices and responsibilities;
• An activity of 40 hours per week based on a 100%.

Hours: Generally, hours during working days, from Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm. Possible occasional work on Saturdays.

Location: Geneva

Start date: February 2027

We look forward to receiving your complete application file (cover letter, CV, work certificates, training certificates, ...), via Jobup only.

Only complete files that correspond to the profile will be studied.

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