Sozjobs.ch Scraper - Swiss Social & Healthcare Jobs

Scrape job listings from sozjobs.ch, the leading Swiss portal for social work, healthcare, education, and care professions in German-speaking Switzerland. Returns 33 structured fields per listing including contact person, full description, workload range, apply URL, and company benefits. No login required. Pay-per-result.

What you get

Field	Example value
id	J989546
title	Sozialarbeiterin / Sozialarbeiter
company	Rehaklinik Bellikon
location	5454 Bellikon (AG), Schweiz
canton	AG
employment_type	full-time
workload_min / workload_max	70 / 100
posted_at	2026-08-10
source_url	https://www.sozjobs.ch/job/...
apply_url	Direct application link
contact_firstname / contact_lastname	Anna / Meier
contact_email	anna.meier@klinik.ch
contact_phone	+41 41 205 11 11
description_full	Full plain-text job description
company_benefits	Array of benefit labels
search_query	Keyword that found this listing
scraped_at	UTC timestamp

Full field reference: see the Output tab in the Apify Console.

Three scraping modes

Mode	Input	Best for
SERP + Details (default)	includeContactExtraction: true	Full contact and description data in one run
SERP only	includeContactExtraction: false	Fast bulk collection for deduplication
Direct URLs	directUrls: [...]	Still-alive checks, re-scraping specific listings

Use with AI Agents (MCP)

Connect this actor to any MCP-compatible AI client: Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom agents.

Apify MCP server URL:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/sozjobs-ch-scraper

Example prompt once connected:

"Use sozjobs-ch-scraper to scrape Pflegefachperson listings in Zurich and Bern with contact details. Return results as a table."

Clients that support dynamic tool discovery (Claude.ai, VS Code) will receive the full input schema automatically via add-actor.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	["Pflegefachfrau"]	One or more German-language keywords. Each runs as a separate search; results are deduplicated.
searchQuery	string	""	Single keyword (legacy, backward-compatible). Use searchQueries for new integrations.
directUrls	string[]	[]	Sozjobs.ch listing URLs to scrape directly. Skips the search phase.
regions	string[]	All 7 regions	Region slugs to filter by. Leave empty for all of German-speaking Switzerland.
contractTypes	string[]	["permanent"]	permanent or temporary.
sortBy	string	"date"	date (newest-first, recommended for scheduled runs) or score (relevance-first).
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	100	Per-keyword cap. Total possible = maxResultsPerQuery x number of queries (deduplicated).
maxResults	integer	0 (unlimited)	Hard total cap across all queries.
includeContactExtraction	boolean	true	Visit detail pages to extract contact person, full description, benefits, and apply URL.

Available regions

Slug	Coverage
zurich	Zurich and surroundings
berne	Bern and Mittelland
east	Ostschweiz (SG, TG, AI, AR)
northwest	Basel, Aargau, Solothurn
mittelland	Bern, Fribourg, Solothurn
central	Zentralschweiz (LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG)
graubunden	Graubunden

Example inputs

Collect all Sozialarbeiter listings in Zurich (fast mode)

{
  "searchQueries": ["Sozialarbeiter"],
  "regions": ["zurich"],
  "contractTypes": ["permanent"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 200,
  "includeContactExtraction": false
}

Returns basic fields (title, company, location, posted_at, source_url) quickly. Use for deduplication against an existing database.

Full contact extraction across multiple keywords

{
  "searchQueries": ["Pflegefachfrau", "Sozialarbeiter", "Erzieher"],
  "regions": ["zurich", "berne", "central"],
  "contractTypes": ["permanent"],
  "sortBy": "date",
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 100,
  "includeContactExtraction": true
}

Scrapes SERP then visits each detail page. Returns 33 fields including contact person, full description, and company benefits.

Still-alive check on known listings

{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.sozjobs.ch/job/pflegefachperson-kantonsspital-luzern/J900123",
    "https://www.sozjobs.ch/job/sozialarbeiter-stadt-zuerich/J900456"
  ],
  "includeContactExtraction": true
}

Returns job_status: online | offline | expired for each URL plus full detail-page data.

Pricing

Pay-per-result. Each scraped job listing costs $0.003. Actor start costs $0.00005 (one-time per run).

A run of 1,000 listings costs approximately $3.00 plus compute time (typically under $0.01 at 128 MB).

Related scrapers for Swiss and German-speaking markets

• jobs-ch-scraper - jobs.ch, the largest Swiss general job board
• jobup-ch-scraper - Jobup.ch, French-speaking Switzerland
• arbeit-swiss-scraper - arbeit.swiss, the federal job market monitor
• jobscout24-ch-scraper - Jobscout24.ch
• swissdevjobs-ch-scraper - SwissDevJobs.ch, Swiss tech jobs
• ictjobs-ch-scraper - ICTjobs.ch, Swiss ICT and digital jobs
• myjob-ch-scraper - MyJob.ch
• zentraljob-ch-scraper - Zentraljob.ch, central Switzerland
• ostjob-ch-scraper - Ostjob.ch, eastern Switzerland
• jobbasel-ch-scraper - Jobbasel.ch, Basel region
• jobbern-ch-scraper - Jobbern.ch, Bern region
• jobmittelland-ch-scraper - Jobmittelland.ch, Mittelland region
• jobzueri-ch-scraper - Jobzueri.ch, Zurich region
• schaffu-ch-scraper - Schaffu.ch
• nicejob-de-scraper - Nicejob.de, German social and care sector jobs
• carriera-ch-scraper - Carriera.ch, Italian-speaking Switzerland

Issues and support

Report bugs or request features: https://console.apify.com/actors/d6HkYa3lsxMFg5hWs/issues