Head of Department School Social Work 70 – 80%

Do you want to actively help shape school social work in an urban environment? In the role of Head of Department, you will take on responsibility together with a large team and develop it further. You provide support to the employees and ensure clear orientation in everyday life. You ensure a high-quality central counseling and support service and continuously develop it in the context of current professional and social requirements. In the area of child protection, you take on shared responsibility and support specialists in challenging situations safely and professionally. Your tasks <br /> • Operative management of the School Social Work department in technical, personnel, financial, and organizational aspects • Ensuring and further developing a high-quality and contemporary counseling service at the Volksschule with the available resources • Shaping the service mandate of the department • Specifications for work organization and the use of work instruments • Management and coordination of the deployment of school social workers (resource distribution) • Performance of controlling and quality management at the department level • Participation in the Department Management Conference of the Schulunterstützung • Networking of the department with specialist agencies for child and youth welfare <br /> Your profile <br /> • University or university of applied sciences degree in Social Work • Several years of professional and leadership experience as well as in-depth practical knowledge in the field of school social work • Additional training in systemic-solution-oriented working methods • Specialist knowledge in the area of child and youth welfare, child welfare and child protection, educational and family issues • Ability to understand complex systems and moderate processes in a goal-oriented manner • Experience in participating in and conducting projects (project management) • Strong social and communication skills as well as negotiation certainty in exchange with school managements • Strong, integral as well as flexible and resilient personality <br /> Further information about us can be found at <https://www.stadtluzern.ch/dienstleistungeninformation/586> The school social work of the Stadt Luzern is a department of the Schulunterstützung. We offer: • a very diverse, meaningful, and wide-ranging task in the environment of children and adolescents with their families and their school • a responsible leadership function with scope for design in a socially relevant field of work • support from a professional, motivated 16-member team • contemporary employment conditions according to cantonal and city specifications <br /> With around 1500 employees and around 6800 learners, the Volksschule of the Stadt Luzern is the largest Volksschule in the canton. Whether in kindergarten or in the Basisstufe, in the Primar- and Sekundarschule, in the Schulunterstützung and in need-based care services: The Volksschule of the Stadt Luzern offers exciting and versatile activities in the education sector. Here you will find an overview of various job offers of the Volksschule.