Childcare Worker

We are looking for an early childhood education childcare worker to join 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 continuously develop in our work. It is important to us that expertise is strengthened and supplemented through various training opportunities. Duration of work: 1.9.2026-31.7.2027 Group: In this position, you will work in a group for children under 3 years old Location: Hintsankuja Daycare 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. Welcome to join us! Eligibility requirements are determined according to Section 28 of the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018); Eligibility for the position of early childhood education childcare worker requires 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 others: - diverse training - Föli commuter card for discounted 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 for 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