Part-time UAP social worker(70%) at the Office for Aid and Protection, Locarno Regional Office — Amministrazione Cantonale Ticino

Role overview

• provide advice to families, third parties, entities, proposing direct intervention or directing towards external services, to ensure an answer to all requests

• examine the needs of minors and their families to define the project of intervention

• to provide social assistance, by activating, where appropriate, the resources necessary to ensure adequate support for minors and their families

• carry out the socio-family evaluations required by the protection and judicial authorities, to deepen situations of potential risk or danger for minors

• take protection warrants pursuant to Article 307 cpv. 3 of the CCS, to monitor uncomfortable situations, prevent the emergence of more important issues and provide support to families

• to prepare, execute and verify the custody of minors with entrusting families and educational centers, to ensure their protection, examining the possibility of reconstructing the conditions of welcome of their families

• to cooperate with the other sectors of the Office to offer coordinated and synergistic interventions

• bachelor SUP in social work or equivalent title, or, if combined with experience in individual social responsibility, university degree in related disciplines such as sociology, psychology, education science, pedagogy

• proven experience gained in the protection of minors

• availability, reliability, cooperative and welcoming attitude, communication and mediation skills