Social Worker / Social Pedagogue / Bachelor of Arts Social Work

The Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at University Hospital Bonn is looking to fill a permanent full-time position (38.5 hours/week) as soon as possible.

• Handling the social service matters on the psychiatric wards and the outpatient institute
• Collecting social histories as well as professional statements and documentation
• Organising post-inpatient care (discharge management according to § 39 SGB V)
• Contributing to therapy planning and the overall treatment plan
• Social law counselling for patients and relatives
• Coordinating intervention processes inside and outside the clinic
• Clarifying financial and social problems
• Ensuring coverage of treatment costs

• Completed degree in social work, social pedagogy or curative education
• Confident use of social work methods
• Counselling skills
• Sound knowledge of social law
• Flexible, needs-based work within an interdisciplinary team under medical leadership
• High social competence, commitment and a respectful attitude towards people with mental illness, as well as interest in quality assurance and a structured way of working
• Prior knowledge in the field of mental illness is desirable