Head of Work Externship and External Residential Group 80 to 100 %

Head of Work Externship and External Residential Group 80 to 100 % Start date: Work location: Gampelen The Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil executes sentences and measures for 184 adult men in open prison execution as well as in administrative detention under foreign law. The inmates are guided and promoted in various professions in agriculture, trade, and supply according to work-agogic principles. In the prison execution, around 140 employees work consistently towards the goal of socialization and reduction of recidivism of the prisoners. Production goals and execution goals do not compete, but rather complement each other. Your tasks You are responsible for the leadership, care, and social work of up to 10 inmates. You supervise and promote the admitted persons according to the principles of social work and work-agogics. You are responsible for the law-compliant implementation of the work externship and the execution of sentences in open execution. Demanding organizational and administrative tasks are as much a part of your versatile area of responsibility as the creation of execution plans, social service tasks, and the responsibility for an orderly and structured residential group operation. You value interdisciplinary cooperation and actively contribute to efficient and humanly respectful cooperation. You fulfill your tasks to a high degree of independence; for quality assurance of the execution level work externship, you orient yourself according to the guidelines of the Interessensgemeinschaft Aussenorientierter Vollzug (IGAplus). You accompany and lead the admitted persons in an efficient transition management. You are in direct contact with external employers, among others. You act according to the guiding principles of the JVA Witzwil. The management of the work externship requires day, late, and weekend shifts. Your profile You have completed training as a social worker (FH/HFS/HSA) or a higher education in the pedagogical, social, or related field at tertiary level and ideally bring professional experience in prison execution. Working with inmates, also from other cultural backgrounds, is both a challenge and an incentive for you. As a resilient, stable, and capable of criticism personality, you keep a cool head even in delicate situations. You enjoy working independently and are interested and open to new things. You are able to write reports in German and regularly apply your good oral skills. We offer you A challenging and exciting task awaits you in one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Switzerland. As a "bridge to freedom," you make an essential contribution to the reintegration of the inmates into society with your work. You will acquire the necessary execution knowledge during an in-service education or further training at the Schweizerisches Kompetenzzentrum für den Justizvollzug. Your workplace is located in a unique natural landscape. Contact We look forward to your application. Send us your application documents online by . Further information will be gladly provided by , Head of Special Execution, Tel. . About the Amt für Justizvollzug The Amt für Justizvollzug (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed execution of sentences and measures for adults and juveniles with around 1000 employees within the Sicherheitsdirektion of the Canton of Bern (SID). To fulfill this task, the office has four concordat correctional institutions, four regional prisons, the guard station at the Inselspital, the detention management center, as well as probation and execution services at its disposal. jpid1aa3ba8jm jit0729jm jiy26jm