Operatore/trice sociale I (opzione: educatore/trice)

Jobup; Ticino; On-site; CHF 68,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month salary

Job summary

Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organisation (OSC) Lugano seeks a social operator/educator to promote educational activities and maintain family contact. The role supports therapeutic plans and team decisions while ensuring educational continuity for children and their families.

You will work in Lugano within a 100% schedule, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team during intake, planning, and ongoing case reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in social work or equivalent recognized by SEFRI.
• Experience in severe childhood psychopathology.
• Fluency in Italian and knowledge of another official language.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and facilitates educational activities in group settings.
• Maintains family contacts to ensure educational continuity.
• Collaborates on therapeutic intervention plans and progress updates.

Skills

Bachelor's in social work

Experience in severe childhood

Education

Bachelor's in social work (SEFRI recognition)

Job description

Join the OSC in Lugano as a social operator/educator! Enjoy a supportive work environment and competitive salary.

Tasks

• Promote and facilitate educational activities in group settings.
• Maintain family contacts to ensure educational continuity.
• Collaborate on therapeutic intervention plans and progress updates.

Skills

• Bachelor's in social work or equivalent recognized by SEFRI.
• Experience in severe childhood psychopathology.
• Fluency in Italian and knowledge of another official language.

156/26 | Social Worker I (option: educator), at the Cantonal Sociopsychiatric Organisation (OSC), Psycho-educational Centre (CPE), Lugano Class

annual salary (including 13th month): 6 68'456.-- / 107'475.--

Duties: promotes and carries out educational activities aimed at implementing the outlined programme, in a small group and/or individual setting maintains contact with families to encourage educational continuity and sharing of the educational project objectives participates in team decisions on new admissions and collaborates, after an initial observation period, on an intake summary and the development of the therapeutic intervention plan for the cases handled prepares periodic summaries to be discussed in team meetings to verify work hypotheses and update the therapeutic plan continuously monitors casework with the team through updates and regular meetings ensures correct completion of services and management of the billing process

Requirements: bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences (UAS) in social work (option: educator) or equivalent qualification if holding a foreign degree recognition by SEFRI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) willingness and motivation for multidisciplinary team work several years of experience and knowledge in the field of severe child psychopathology aptitude for teamwork knowledge of the territory, institutions and social health network of the Canton of Ticino perfect command (spoken and written) of the Italian language and good knowledge (spoken and written) of another official language

Special notes: employment rate: 100% workplace: Lugano candidate’s availability to work irregular shifts candidate’s availability to change workplace according to the CPE strengthening project start date: to be defined

Employment conditions: appointment or contract: those provided by the Law on the Organisation of State Employees and Teachers of 15 March 1995 (LORD) and the related Regulation. Any changes in law concerning salary and organisation are explicitly reserved working hours: 42 hours per week (for a 100% employment rate), flexible or according to service needs

Deadline: 23 November 2026

Further information can be obtained from Mr Marco Maggi, Chief Psychologist of the CPE Lugano team, tel. [phone].