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**Come do meaningful work in the field of child welfare with us!** We are currently looking for a social and health care professional to work as an instructor at the Sospro Naavamäki complex in **Tureng, Janakkala**, which provides 24-hour child welfare foster care. **Kanerva** is a seven-place special-level child welfare foster care residential unit for children aged 10–17 with neuropsychiatric symptoms who require significant support in their daily lives. Our staffing ratio is 1.3. Kanerva provides a safe and home-like growth environment in modern and functional facilities designed for the needs of a special children's home in the center of Tureng. Kanerva is part of the Naavamäki children's home complex, which also includes the special-level residential unit Kaarna and the basic-level residential unit Aavankivi. Read more about us here: https://sospro.fi/toimipisteet/naavamaki/kanerva/ We are now looking for a proactive instructor for **Kanerva** who has a basic degree in social and health care or education. The position is permanent and full-time, starting as soon as possible by agreement. **Your tasks as a child welfare foster care instructor are:** - To act as a reliable personal instructor and educationally responsible adult for the youth - To bring your expertise to the entire work group from the perspective of your educational background - To collaborate with the youth's parents, school, and other networks - To participate actively in the reporting, evaluation, and development work of your team's care quality **To support your work, professional development, and well-being, we offer:** - A work community where individual acceptance and mutual trust are the foundation of operations. - Support from an appreciative and enabling supervisor, reflected for example in shift planning that considers requests. - Research-based work methods and work-life-oriented continuing education through the tailored training paths of the Sospro Academy, implemented in cooperation with TAMK (e.g., we offer the possibility of Nepsy coach training). - Comprehensive occupational health care and leisure accident insurance. - Sports and culture benefit (€400/year). Salary for the position is based on the G21 salary level (€2441.78 - 2756.82) of the private social sector collective agreement, depending on education and the task. In addition to shift premiums, you have the possibility of personal and task-specific salary supplements, for example, for utilizing your continuing education (€50-150/month). **Bring your professional expertise to our meaningful mission** On offer is a meaningful role as an enabler for the future of young people. We hope you have a professional and independent work style and the ability to guide and motivate youth. We are looking for an instructor with a genuine interest in impactful child welfare work, supportive and enabling educational work, and the courage to do their work with knowledge, skill, and emotion. **We expect from you:** We are looking for a social and health care professional with a suitable basic degree or a UAS degree (e.g., practical nurse, social worker, registered nurse). The position is full-time and the employment is permanent with a six-month probationary period, including evening, night, and weekend work. The selected person must have a driver's license, and the position requires a hygiene passport, first aid training, and a social and health care professional card. The employment contract follows the Private Social Services Sector collective agreement. The person selected for the position must present a criminal record extract as required by the Act on the Checking of the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (505/2002). **Come do meaningful work in a well-being work community** The foundation of high-quality and impactful work is a healthy work community. We believe that good and fair supervision and an open and encouraging atmosphere create the best conditions for a workplace where everyone feels good. Submit your application by **Sunday, August 23, 2026**. Interviews will be conducted between September 1 and 3, 2026. Further information about the position can be provided as needed by the unit manager Fanni Rauhaniemi, tel. 050 500 4107.