Social Assistant – Youth Protection, Social Investigations (m/f/d) (Ref. G26000708)

About the role

The Administration judiciaire is recruiting a Social Assistant for the Central Social Assistance Service (SCAS), Youth Protection section, Social Investigations section, in Luxembourg. Where the educational assistance colleagues accompany families over time, your role is to investigate: when a court or youth judge needs a clear, objective picture of a child's situation, you will be the professional who builds it. As an agent of the Social Investigations section, you will carry out social investigations, meeting the child, the parents and the other people involved, gathering the information that matters, and analysing it with rigour and impartiality. Your reports will inform judicial decisions that shape children's lives, so they must be thorough, balanced and clearly written, setting out the facts, the analysis and the conclusions that follow from them. You will need strong analysis and synthesis skills, excellent writing, and the ability to organise and coordinate consultations and meetings, as well as sound knowledge of social work intervention methods and interview and communication techniques. Decision-making ability and professional judgement are central: your conclusions carry real weight. This is a full-time post in group A2, under a civil servant, change-of-administration or trainee appointment. Applications are made online via MyGuichet, and the deadline is 20 November 2026.

Responsibilities

Carry out social investigations as an agent of the Social Investigations section of the Youth Protection service; meet the child, the parents and other persons involved and gather the information needed; analyse situations with rigour and impartiality; organise and coordinate consultations and meetings; draft clear, thorough and balanced investigation reports to inform judicial decisions; apply social work intervention methods and interview and communication techniques; and exercise professional judgement and decision-making in complex family situations.

Requirements

Luxembourg nationality; bachelor's degree at least level 6 or an equivalent qualification; authorisation to practise the profession of social assistant; perfect mastery of the three administrative languages (Luxembourgish, French, German); category B driving licence; mastery of common IT tools; analysis, synthesis and writing skills; ability to organise and coordinate consultations and meetings; knowledge of social work intervention methods; knowledge of interview and communication techniques; and decision-making ability.

Preferred qualifications

Knowledge of the Luxembourg judicial system; and experience in social investigations or youth protection.

Skills