Social Worker - Reference Person in Corrections 80-100%

Start of employment:

immediately or by arrangement

Work location:

Krauchthal

<<Execution according to measure>> is our motto at the Thorberg correctional facility. We execute sanctions for 170 men from over 40 nations in closed execution. Our 140 employees are committed daily to the reintegration of offenders into society and thereby make an important contribution to public safety. In eleven workshops, we lead and promote the admitted persons according to work-agogic principles. Our programs in the areas of work, therapy, education, sport and leisure are consistently oriented towards risk reduction and the social integration of the admitted persons.

Your tasks

• You ensure the socio-pedagogical daily organization and an orderly operation on the residential floor of the admitted persons.
• As a reference person, you are the first point of contact for the admitted persons assigned to you.
• Within the framework of individual execution plans, you work with promotion goals in the area of living.
• You resolve questions and concerns of the admitted persons as directly as possible.
• You mediate in conflicts and look for pragmatic solutions.
• You work in an interdisciplinary team with other reference persons, social workers and the workshop masters and exchange ideas regularly with representatives of other disciplines.
• You work in the early or late shift and take on weekend shifts on a regular basis.

Your profile

• You have completed training in the (social-)pedagogical, social, nursing or a related field or you are an experienced specialist in corrections with a federal diploma.
• If you do not already have the necessary training, you are willing to complete it alongside your job.
• Working with people in difficult life situations interests and motivates you.
• You act professionally in the tension between closeness and distance.
• You are a very resilient, stable and independent personality.
• You remain calm even in hectic situations and know how to assert yourself.
• You enjoy working with people from different cultures.
• You communicate stylistically confident in German, both orally and in writing. In addition, you have good oral French and/or English skills. If you speak other foreign languages, this will be very helpful to you in everyday professional life.
• You master the use of standard ICT programs without problems.

We offer you

A non-everyday, independent activity awaits you in a correctional facility, where you will help shape the future. You will acquire the necessary knowledge of execution at the Swiss Competence Center for Corrections or at the ZHAW. Your workplace is located in a historically significant building in a unique natural landscape.

Contact

Interested? We look forward to meeting you! Send us your application documents online by October 15, 2026, at the latest. Further information will be gladly provided by Mr. Philipp Stucki, Head of Normal Execution; philipp.stucki@be.ch; Tel. +41 31 635 64 11 (absent from 21.09.2026 to 09.10.2026). During the absence, Mr. Michel Kuonen, Deputy Head of Normal Execution; michel.kuonen@be.ch; Tel: +41 31 636 52 90 is available for you.

About the Office of Corrections

The Office of Corrections (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed execution of sentences and measures for adults and youths within the Security Directorate of the Canton of Bern (SID) with around 1000 employees. To fulfill this task, the Office has four concordat correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the detention station at the Inselspital, the detention management center, as well as probation and execution services at its disposal.

https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start.html