School Social Worker 50 %

The district capital Dietikon is a lively regional center and an important economic location in the rapidly growing Limmattal. The fifth largest city in the Canton of Zürich has around 28,000 inhabitants. In six school units, around 3,000 students from kindergarten to secondary level attend classes.

Immediately or by arrangement (temporary substitution also possible), we are looking for, to complement our team for the kindergarten and primary level in the Wolfsmatt school unit, a

School Social Worker 50 % ##

Your Tasks

Student Counseling

• Counseling of students in individual, family, and group settings
• Triage and cooperation with external specialist agencies (kjz, SPD, KJPP etc.)
• Socio-pedagogical support during time-outs and reintegrations

Interventions in crises and conflicts

• Interventions in acute crisis and conflict situations in groups and classes
• Networking with external specialist agencies in complex crisis situations

Internal school services

• Short counseling (no coaching) of teachers, school management, after-school care management
• Involvement and participation for a positive school culture
• Identification of problem and development areas in exchange with the school management

Prevention

• Development and implementation of prevention offers in cooperation with the school team and the school social work team

Your Profile

• Diploma from a higher vocational college/university of applied sciences in Social Work
• Professional experience in working with children, adolescents, and adults, preferably in school social work
• Further training or additional training in the field of school social work
• Competencies in the areas of counseling, class and crisis intervention, project and prevention work
• Communicative personality with the ability to position oneself within the school building
• Independent and interdisciplinary way of working

We offer

• An interesting field of work with scope for creativity
• Regular professional exchange within the team
• Professional and personnel management by specialist management, further training, supervision
• Annual working time, increased workload during the school term - compensation during the school holidays

Application and Information

Christian Heider, Head of School Social Work, Tel. 079 681 43 99, will be happy to assist you with further information from 19.10.2026. Learn more about the Schule Dietikon at www.schule-dietikon.ch and www.dietikon.ch .