Childcare Worker, Hintsankuja Daycare - Turun kaupunki - Turku, Finland

Employment period: 3 August 2026 - 31 July 2027. Group: In this position, you will work with a group of 5-year-olds. Location: Hintsankuja Daycare. We are looking for an early childhood education childcare worker to join a community that values expertise, collaboration, and open interaction. Everyone has the opportunity to shine with their strengths and utilize them. We are open to change and aim to continuously develop our work. It is important to us that skills are enhanced and supplemented through various training. This position is suitable for you if: Your interaction with children can be described as encouraging, caring, and gentle. You enable children's participation and value their initiatives. You see children’s needs behind their behavior even in challenging situations and find positive, supportive ways to help children in everyday life. You want to learn and understand 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! Qualifications are determined according to the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) § 28; The qualification requirement for the position of early childhood education childcare worker is a basic degree in education and guidance, a basic degree in social and health care, or a comparable relevant degree, which includes or has been supplemented with sufficiently extensive modules in child care, education, and teaching. Applicants must submit a criminal record extract as specified in section 6, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Records Act (504/2002). The employment relationship will be subject to a trial period. Employment benefits offered by the City of Turku include: Various training opportunities, Discounted public transport card for Föli buses, Tummy band for Turku city’s sports and cultural services. To promote equality and non-discrimination, the City of Turku prefers anonymous recruitment. In practice, this means that in the first stage of the recruitment process, personal information such as age, native language, or gender should not be included in the answers to open questions in the job application. Although some of this information is requested in background data, it will not be visible to the direct supervisor in the anonymous applicant report. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus on the applicant’s professional skills and work experience. Workplace address: Hintsankuja 4, 20610 Turku