Social Worker

Uster, the third largest city in the Canton of Zürich, is a dynamically growing city in the Greater Zürich area with around 37,000 inhabitants and is known as an innovative regional center.

KESB Uster is looking for an initiative, motivated, and team-oriented person as of 1 September 2026 or by arrangement as a

Social Worker

Your main tasks

• Fact-finding investigations including interviews, hearings, and consultations with clients as well as with third parties involved in the proceedings
• interdisciplinary collaboration within the team
• collaboration with external work partners and specialist agencies
• physical and electronic management of own dossiers and editorial preparation of decisions
• instruction and consultation of the legal representatives and third parties
• representation of the social work way of thinking and acting within the team and towards the outside

What you bring with you

• completed studies in Social Work (Diploma/Bachelor or Master)
• experience, if applicable training in child hearings or conversations with children
• knowledge in dealing with coercive contexts, broad general knowledge
• ability to reach consensus, decisiveness, and efficiency
• several years of experience and sound knowledge in child protection, preferably also knowledge in
• adult protection
• several years of experience in systemic work with families

We offer you

• a meaningful, responsible, and varied activity in the investigation service of KESB
• collaboration in an interdisciplinary team
• an extremely collegial and humorous team
• flexible working hours, possibility of home office
• opportunities for further training

You or Sie?
With us, the case is clear. We live a "Du" culture. Therefore, we communicate in this manner during the application process and in the job interviews.

Your contact person

Manuela Abdelhadi-Raviscioni
Authority member KESB Uster, Department of Social Work

Interested?
Then we look forward to your online application.