Unit Manager

The Fondation Enfance Emma Couvreu has been actively committed since 1829 to the reception, protection, and support of minors in danger in their development. Our services are addressed to children as well as to their parents. We implement our actions in accordance with values that we embody on a daily basis. Our activities are fully aligned with the child protection policy enacted by the State of Vaud. Driven by its commitment, the Foundation manages 5 boarding schools and 6 outpatient units, mobilizing more than 250 employees for this purpose.

The Pôle de compétences éducatives en milieu scolaire (PEMS) is a body designated by the DGEJ to manage and coordinate socio-educational services for a school region, notably the social educators in school settings (ESS) and the temporary and alternative activity modules to schooling (MATAS).
As part of its missions within the PEMS of the Lavaux-Riviera region, the Fondation Enfance Emma Couvreu is advertising a position as:

Unit Manager at 80%

Our PEMS services

The PEMS coordinates two complementary systems: the ESS, which intervene in the 12 school establishments of the Lavaux-Riviera region with students encountering difficulties in their school career, in collaboration with their families, the school establishments, and network partners; and the MATAS, which combine school management and educational support for ten students enrolled in ordinary education and presenting a risk of school dropout.

Job description

The unit manager (RU) is, by delegation from the Sector Management, the daily guarantor of the institutional line and the educational concept. They ensure the management and coordination of the ESS educational teams and the MATAS pedagogo-educational teams, ensure the quality of the services delivered, and support professionals in the analysis and follow-up of situations. They accompany teams in complex situations, promote the coherence of interventions, and ensure the application of clinical decisions and institutional directives.

The RU also ensures the link between the teams and the Sector Management. They represent the needs of the teams, participate in coordination with the management of the school establishments, and ensure the proper organizational, administrative, and logistical functioning of the units. Their function implies a regular presence with the teams, availability for professional support, as well as active participation in the evolution of the systems.

Your profile

• Hold a HES or ES diploma as a social educator or a title deemed equivalent
• Several years of institutional clinical experience with minors
• Extensive curriculum of continuing education directly related to clinical work with minors and families
• Good knowledge of socio-educational intervention in an outpatient setting
• Good knowledge of the Vaud school environment and the local psychosocial network
• Experience in a position of responsibility with personnel management would be a plus
• Natural leadership, with a diplomatic and open-minded character
• Very good analytical, organizational, coordination, and management skills as well as great writing skills
• Driver's license and private vehicle indispensable

We offer you

A pleasant working environment, a dynamic team in an organization ready to value creative talents, as well as to take on important challenges.

Working conditions according to the CCT Social.

Place of work: 1800 Vevey

Start date: on or to be agreed

Duration: indefinite

Application: your complete file (motivation letter, CV, CFC, diplomas, etc.) must be sent no later than

Only applications received via Jobup will be taken into account.

Only matching profiles will be responded to.

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