Social Worker ID 36882

The mobile participation support service in the city of Cottbus offers assisted individual living with educational and therapeutic support. A social worker / social pedagogue (m/f/d) is wanted as soon as possible, 20-30 hours per week, initially fixed-term for 2 years (possible permanent take-over).

• Advisory and guiding assistance for people entitled to participation support in everyday life
• Advice and support in shaping a living environment suited to the needs of the person supported
• Advice and support in building the social environment, fulfilling leisure activities and social contacts
• Advice and guiding assistance in carrying out relevant therapeutic measures according to medical/therapeutic orders
• Coordination and networking between contact persons and healthcare institutions (e.g. in cases of physical or mental crises, needs)
• Empowerment-oriented support and intervention, crisis intervention and systematic, structured follow-up/reflection of crisis situations based on applied scientific knowledge
• In case of imminent danger to others or self, active, socially scientifically grounded and structured contribution to assessing potential risks to the people supported and third parties (e.g. providers, offices, authorities, health institutions)
• Advice and assistance for the people supported in representing their own interests

• A completed degree as a social worker or social pedagogue (m/f/d) or completed training in the social field (m/f/d)
• Awareness of participation in the sense of the BTHG and a fitting mindset
• Experience in psychiatry / trauma pedagogy / therapeutic experience / knowing diagnoses, or interest in a professionally sound approach to people with mental and cognitive impairments
• Curiosity about the life stories of the people we support
• Acceptance of and professional handling of danger to others and self
• Your interest in personal development, including through supervision, training and further education