Social Educator, UPSA, 90%, 9-month CDM

• Integrate the people concerned into city life by highlighting their skills and resources, while respecting their rights and duties.
• Ensure personalized socio-educational support, consistent with the institutional policy "Integration and Support".
• Maintain positive contacts with the people concerned that meet the socio-educational values of the EPI.
• Accompany people in their daily lives and provide support adapted to their needs and resources
• Participate in the implementation and evaluation, within a multidisciplinary educational team, of socio-educational activities.
• Facilitate socialization, cultural, leisure and/or work activities.
• Know how to react appropriately to difficult and/or complex situations.
• Ensure direct functional contacts and relations with all sectors and various external partners.
• Accomplish the administrative tasks inherent to the position.
• A Swiss diploma in Social Work (HES level), in Educational Sciences specializing in Special Education or judged equivalent, SEFRI recognition mandatory
• A strong interest in the fields of disability and/or intellectual deficiency as well as the desire to develop knowledge in these fields.
• Previous experience in a similar position and with this type of population is an asset.
• To demonstrate a spirit of service towards populations in situations of vulnerability.
• To demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility and open-mindedness.
• To possess developed interpersonal skills, ease in communication and a pronounced taste for teamwork.
• To have scheduling flexibility.
• To master standard office tools (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) and specific professional tools available within the Establishments.
• To master the French language.

The EPI offer:

• A varied function involving responsibilities within a social purpose Establishment pursuing ambitious and innovative objectives.
• A motivating and dynamic working environment allowing for initiative and professional development.
• A diversified continuous training process
• Public service working conditions.

Application deadline: 10.11.2026

Start date: 1.12.2026

Job class: 15

The usual application documents will be requested: CV, cover letter, diplomas and all work certificates. Only files containing all the requested elements will be taken into consideration.

OCE Candidate / External:

A clean criminal record extract, as well as a special criminal record extract, will be systematically required in case of recruitment.

By virtue of the cross-cutting directive "Recruitment procedure within public law institutions and subsidized entities - collaboration with the Office cantonal de l'emploi", priority will be given to candidates residing in the canton of Geneva.

In case of engagement, your assignment and place of work are subject to change during the contract for organizational needs.

You can consult our site www.epi.ge.ch (http://www.epi.ge.ch)

The Etablissements publics pour l’intégration (EPI) have the mission to contribute to the well-being and the social and/or professional integration of people in situations of disability or difficulty of professional and/or social integration. More than 900 people are accompanied, in very varied contexts.

Within the EPI, the Socio-educational Services are responsible for accompanying people in situations of disability with intellectual developmental disorders and/or autism spectrum disorders and/or psychic disorders by offering them individualized occupational and development activities or home support.

The UPSA apartment primarily welcomes people presenting a moderate to severe intellectual deficiency and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), requiring sustained support.