Social Pedagogical Family Support (50-80%)

About Meum ###

Meum - Mensch im Zentrum is a young, committed and innovative organization based in Länggasse in Bern. We accompany families, children, adolescents and young adults in challenging phases of life and with parenting issues.

Our work is characterized by openness, empathy and appreciation. We meet people at eye level, work in a resource-oriented, systemic and solution-oriented manner and align our support individually with the life world of the people. We accompany them at home, on the go, online or in our spacious, modern and family-friendly premises centrally in Bern.

Meum is personally managed, works with short paths and places great value on high professional quality. For our committed team, we are looking for a professional who enjoys working independently and responsibly, values professional exchange and contributes their own ideas to the further development of our offers.

Your tasks ###

• Independent social pedagogical family support and process responsibility for families with children and adolescents
• Support in the exercise of visitation rights; planning and implementation of accompanied visitation contacts and handovers (individually and in groups) as well as the design of safe, structured and development-promoting visitation settings.
• Youth and parent coaching
• Systemic counseling as well as joint development, implementation and evaluation of goals and mandates
• Strengthening of parenting, relationship and everyday life skills as well as the self-help capacities of the families
• Support of children, adolescents and parents in developmental, educational and stressful situations
• Perceptual assessment of child welfare as well as professionally appropriate action within the framework of the mandate
• Interdisciplinary cooperation with KESB, social services, legal guardians, schools, therapies and other specialist agencies
• Case documentation and reporting to referring agencies
• Participation in status meetings, helper conferences, case discussions, team meetings, intervision and supervision
• Taking over deputy and tandem mandates
• Participation in the further development of our offers and internal processes

What you bring ###

Professional requirements

• Tertiary degree in Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Pedagogy or Psychology (HF, FH or University)
• At least three years of professional experience in working with family systems, children and adolescents in the field of child protection (at a workload of at least 50 %)
• Experience in the assessment of resources and risks as well as a pronounced awareness of risk in child protection
• Systemic-solution-oriented attitude and way of working
• Ideally experience in family support as well as optionally in dealing with complex family situations, high conflict, neurodivergence, psychological stress or challenging parenting situations
• Confident handling of digital working tools; experience with socialweb or comparable case management software is an advantage
• Proficient German skills in speaking and writing.
• Intercultural competencies and foreign language skills are a plus.
• Motivation for continuous professional and personal development

Personal requirements

• Independent, responsible and reliable way of working
• High degree of empathy and capacity for reflection
• Professional handling of proximity and distance
• Resilience and flexibility
• Enjoyment of independent work and at the same time interest in professional exchange in the (interdisciplinary) team
• Readiness for assignments in the evening and on the weekend, especially within the framework of visitation accompaniment
• Flawless criminal record and special private extract
• Ideally driving license Kat. B and own vehicle

What we offer ###

• Varied, responsible and independent activity
• Flexible working hours, modern forms of work and home office
• Always accessible workplaces as well as work laptop and mobile phone
• Careful and structured induction
• Experienced and committed team, in which professional exchange, mutual support and humor are lived.
• Personal and uncomplicated cooperation with short paths
• Open and constructive working atmosphere
• Regular intervision and supervision
• Coaching and professional support in case work
• Opportunities for professional and personal development
• Progressive employment conditions
• Opportunity to participate in the buildup and further development of (new) offers

Does this sound like you? ###

Then we look forward to receiving your complete application documents at info@meum.ch and to meeting you personally.

Applications will be viewed continuously and the application process takes place on a rolling basis.

Best regards
Davide Pedrazzoli (Co-Management)