Early Childhood Education Assistant - Turun kaupunki - Turku, Finland
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Job Description
Duration of work: 1.9.2026-31.7.2027 Group: In this position, you will work with a group of 5-7 year olds Location: Hintsankuja Daycare We are looking for an early childhood education assistant to complement a work community that values expertise, cooperation, and open interaction. Everyone has the opportunity to shine with their own strengths and utilize them. We approach change with interest and wish to develop continuously in our work. It is important to us that expertise is strengthened and supplemented with various trainings. This position is suitable for you if - your interaction with children can be described as encouraging, caring, and gentle - you enable the child's participation and value children's initiatives - even in challenging situations, you see the child's needs behind the behavior and find positive, supportive ways to support the child in everyday life - you want to learn and gain insights together with the work community - you value teamwork and your thinking is solution-oriented Work shifts are scheduled from Monday to Sunday between 4:50 AM and 10:10 PM. Warmly welcome to join us! Eligibility requirements are determined according to the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) § 28; The eligibility requirement for the position of early childhood education assistant is a vocational qualification in education and guidance, a vocational qualification in social and health care, or another equivalent suitable qualification, which includes or has been supplemented by sufficiently extensive qualification units in childcare, education, and teaching. The person selected for the position must provide the employer with a criminal record extract as referred to in Section 6, subsection 2 of the Criminal Records Act (Act on the Verification of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children 504/2002). A probationary period applies to the employment relationship. As employment benefits, the City of Turku offers, among other things: - diverse training - Föli commuter card for cheaper bus travel - Tyky-bracelet for the City of Turku's sports and cultural services To promote equality and impartiality, the City of Turku prefers anonymous recruitment. In practice, this means that in the first stage of the recruitment process, open questions in the job application should not include information such as age, native language, or gender. Although some of this information is asked in the background data, this information is not visible to the recruiting manager in the anonymous applicant report. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus attention on the applicant's professional expertise and work experience. Workplace address: Hintsankuja 4, 20610 Turku
Company Information
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Responsibilities
- Work with a group of 5-7 year old children
- Provide supportive and positive care in everyday life
- Collaborate with the work community to learn and gain insights
- Promote children's participation and initiatives
Requirements
- Vocational qualification in education and guidance, social and health care, or equivalent suitable qualification
- Qualification must include sufficient units in childcare, education, and teaching
- Criminal record extract as per the Act on the Verification of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children
- Encouraging, caring, and gentle interaction with children
- Ability to support children's participation and initiatives
- Ability to identify needs behind challenging behavior
- Solution-oriented thinking and appreciation for teamwork
Education Level
High schoolBenefits & Perks
Recruitment Process
- 1Anonymous recruitment in the first stage (age, native language, and gender are hidden from the recruiting manager)

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