Support for individuals with challenging behaviors

Competent. Innovative. Responsible.

Quality of life for people with disabilities.

The Schürmatt Foundation is a competence center for unique special educational services in the canton of Aargau. We employ around 440 employees at 13 locations. Most of them work in the education, support, and care of people with disabilities.

Not everyday. But exceptionally fulfilling.

Are you looking for an exciting and unusual challenge? You will accompany people with challenging behaviors and make a valuable contribution to their quality of life and development.

We are looking for a specialist for the

Care of people with challenging behaviors
Workload 40-80%, location Zetzwil

Your main tasks

• You will care for and accompany 5 – 6 women and men with cognitive, psychological, and physical disabilities with challenging behaviors.

• You will ensure individual care for clients and support them with daily structuring activities in their personal development.

• You will enable clients, together with other team members, to participate in social life within their capabilities.

• You will take responsibility for the socio-pedagogical process design and for interdisciplinary exchange with internal and external specialists, relatives, and legal representatives.

• You will work towards achieving departmental and operational goals as well as the further development of the Schürmatt Foundation.

You bring the following

• Completed training (FABE/FAGE/Social Pedagogy/Psychiatric Nursing or similar) and/or several years of experience in accompanying and caring for people with disabilities and challenging behaviors.

• Professionalism and knowledge in pedagogical action.

• Patience, respect, empathy, and high assertiveness.

• Strong psychological and physical resilience.

• Service and customer orientation.

• Conscientious working style and high sense of responsibility.

• Conflict and reflection skills.

• Willingness to work irregular hours (shift work, no on-call sleeping).

• Good IT user skills (Office 365, easyDOK).

• Driving license B (ideally).

Your benefits

With dedicated and collegial team members, you will engage in a meaningful and challenging task. With us, you will have space for your personal development. The Schürmatt Foundation offers career opportunities - also thanks to generous support for training and further education. Our progressive working conditions and clear structures are characterized by short decision-making paths. We care about the compatibility of private life and work. We pay market-appropriate salaries, and you benefit from above-average social and additional benefits as well as generous perks. With Leisure Plus, for example, you can earn additional vacation days, and for paternity or adoption, you receive fifteen paid days off.
Are you looking for a respectful culture with a voice and humor? We value responsibility, innovation, and competence.

Interested?

For more information, please contact Claudia Ris, Head of Adult Living 1.

Direct phone: 062 767 07 14