Social worker

• 29 septembre 2026
• 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Landquart

Together for the Grisons
Switzerland's only trilingual Canton is diversified by its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², the Grisons is the largest Canton in Switzerland and, with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist locations and countless sunny days per year, offers a high quality of life. The Grisons Cantonal Administration is as diverse as our landscape.

Social worker #

Cantonal social services office | 60-80 % | Landquart ##

On behalf of the municipalities, the Cantonal social services office fulfills the task of providing social and addiction-related assistance to people and supports the latter in accessing economic social assistance. To this end, it manages eight regional social services in the regions of the Canton. The Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer social service is responsible for 18 municipalities, with a catchment area of 43 000 people.

Social counseling, addiction assistance and financial support (gr.ch)

For the Landquart location, we are looking for a social worker as a substitute during a maternity leave, to start immediately or on a date to be agreed. The employment is for a fixed term until 30 June 2027.

Tasks

• Solution- and resource-oriented social counseling addressed to individuals and families who find themselves in difficult life situations in relation to issues of various types
• Counseling regarding linguistic, professional and social integration for recognized refugees and provisionally admitted foreigners
• Guaranteeing access to social insurance benefits as well as economic social assistance
• Collaboration with social authorities and specialized services
• Other varied, interesting and responsibility-laden activities

What we expect from you

• Completed training as a social worker BSc/SUP or equivalent training
• Aptitude for working with people of different social background and/or cultural origin
• High counseling skills as well as solid specific knowledge of law in the field of social assistance within the social insurance sector
• Sociability, ability to sustain intense work rhythms, predisposition to teamwork, good communicative, organizational and administrative skills
• Ideally good knowledge of foreign languages
• Autonomous and solution-oriented working method

We look forward to receiving your online application and will be pleased to meet you.

In case of questions, Gion Andri Bundi, head of the Prettigovia/Herrschaft/Fünf Dörfer regional social service, is at your disposal at telephone number 081 257 66 28, or Laura Steinbacher, social worker, at telephone number 081 257 66 32.

Application deadline: 23 October 2026