Educateur ou Educatrice sociale en psychiatrie - 80%

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Join the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève as a social educator in psychiatry. A chance to impact patient recovery and community engagement! Tasks Support patient integration into social frameworks outside of care. Coordinate activities promoting personal interests and social involvement. Collaborate with cultural units and external partners for successful events. Skills Bachelor's in Social Education or equivalent, with psychiatric experience. Strong mental health knowledge and self-awareness skills. Familiarity with Geneva's socio-cultural network. About the job Social Educator in Psychiatry - 80% Part-time HUG contract type: Permanent contract Department: Department of Psychiatry Company Description With more than 13,000 employees representing 160 professions, the Geneva University Hospitals are a nationally and internationally recognised institution. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here. With nearly 1,300 employees, the Department of Psychiatry fulfils a triple mission concerning the treatment of mental disorders, training, and research. The department's mission is to detect and effectively treat increasingly frequent and diverse pathologies while respecting patients and their relatives. The Nicolas Bouvier Centre (CNB) is a drop-in space of the Department of Psychiatry located at Belle-Idée. It encourages exchanges and meetings in a non-clinical setting. Open to cultural life and creativity, it serves as a bridge between psychiatric care and the community. It offers activities throughout the year led by the team or external facilitators. Job Description Proactive and eager to contribute to the projects of a major institution such as the HUG, do you identify with our institutional values? As a social educator in psychiatry, you support the recovery process by integrating patients into a social fabric outside of care through spaces provided that stimulate autonomy, initiative, personal interest, and interpersonal respect. You collaborate with hospital units, cultural affairs, the Health Sport Inclusion Network (RSSI), and the social network. You coordinate, support, and organise activities using various mediations that allow patients to (re)discover a balance between personal interest and social activity during hospitalisation. While ensuring the smooth running of the CNB, preserving the integrity of users and the premises, and promoting integration. You work closely with the Bistro’ association and support its reintegration activities in partnership. You participate in the planning, organisation, and execution of events in partnership with hospital and outpatient care units and/or other internal and external organisations. Your role involves participating in interdisciplinary projects within your department and sharing your practice with the professional network of social educators at the HUG. Qualifications You hold a Bachelor of Science in Social Education or an equivalent diploma recognised and registered by SEFRI. You have good knowledge of mental health and psychiatry. Experience in psychiatry is essential. You have good self-awareness and understand your own limits. You have a sense of responsibility and a solid knowledge of the Geneva socio-cultural network. Additional Information Start date: 01.09.2026 Number of positions: 1 Work rate: 80% Job grade: 15 Contract: Permanent contract Application deadline: 01.07.2026 Contact for information: Mr J. Favre, Deputy Head of Care, tel 079 553 11, jeremy.favre@hug.ch Your application must include a cover letter demonstrating your motivation, your CV, copies of diplomas and certificates required for the position, and the last two work certificates. This advertisement is addressed equally to women and men. Wishing to engage in the fight against unemployment, the HUG encourage applications from the Cantonal Employment Office. Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed. By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy apply