Head of Residential Group open department 80% - 100%

Start date: 1. December 2026 or by agreement Place of work: Le Landeron The Massnahmenzentrum St. Johannsen is a correctional facility of the canton of Bern and serves as an open center for the treatment of 80 mentally stressed or addicted offenders. The measure is intended to help the inmates find a self-responsible and crime-free life. Your tasks In consideration of the applicable regulations and the policy issued by the management, you are technically, operationally and personally responsible for a residential group with 18 inmates and a sociotherapeutic team of six to eight employees. The team is responsible for stabilizing and promoting existing resources among the inmates, conducting individual and group discussions, designing leisure activities, planning and accompanying vacations, and confronting deviant behavior. As a leader, you monitor and ensure the implementation of individual execution plans and have a say in the admission and transfer of inmates. Your profile You are a proven leader with several years of experience and have a professional training in psychiatry / psychology, (social) pedagogy or social work. Ideally, you have professional experience in the justice system. You are characterized by high social competence and a sense of people, but also by the ability to set boundaries, assertiveness, and resilience. In addition, you are a team-oriented, steadfast and at the same time flexible personality who appreciates interdisciplinary work. You are a native German speaker, have oral French skills and have very good editorial skills. We require an impeccable reputation (no entries in the central criminal record extract). We offer you A varied, challenging and independent field of activity in a holistically therapeutic oriented operation. You can expect a careful introduction, an open team, opportunities for further education and training, as well as supervision. The employment conditions are based on the cantonal personnel and salary regulations. The Massnahmenzentrum St. Johannsen is located on the Zihl canal in a quiet, natural environment. Contact We look forward to getting to know you personally! Please send us your complete application documents online by 27. July 2026. Questions will be answered by Monika Vitale, Head of Sociotherapy ad interim, Tel. +41 31 635 66 87 until 24.07.2026 or Tabea Sperling, HR consultant, from 20.07.2026, Tel. +41 31 636 68 41. About the Office for Justice Execution The Office for Justice Execution (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed execution of sentences and measures for adults and juveniles within the Security Directorate of the canton of Bern (SID) with around 1000 employees. To fulfill this task, the office has four concordant correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the guard station at the Inselspital, the prison control center, and the probation and execution services at its disposal. https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start.html