Childcare Worker

You work well as a team player alongside two early childhood education teachers. As a child caregiver you promote the holistic wellbeing, growth and development of the children in collaboration with your workplace community and families. You are responsible for administering medications to your group when needed. We value your expertise, experience, and interest in developing pedagogy for young children and small-group activities, as well as good teamwork and interpersonal skills. We offer a diverse role where you can affect the daycare’s operations with your own personality, a agile and continuously evolving culture, a good team and a capable supervisor, extensive training opportunities for developing your own skills, occupational healthcare services, affordable and varied staff meals, a competitive salary of 2,557.41 EUR plus allowances, a 200 EUR per person annual wellness and culture stipend (EPASSI), and free swimming at Kirkkonummi swimming hall against a staff card. Eligibility for the child caregiver role requires either a foundational qualification in education and instruction for early childhood education (e.g. day care worker), a basic qualification in social and health care (nurse's aide), or another equivalent suitable qualification with sufficiently broad studies in child care, upbringing, and teaching, including transitional provisions for personnel as per the Early Childhood Education Act. Candidates must present a criminal background extract and health verification regarding tuberculosis as required by health laws. Interviews will be scheduled within the application period. Applications must be submitted by 1 September 2026 at 12:00 noon electronically via www.kuntarekry.fi (job key KIR-03-286-26).