Personal assistant

Your support helps children succeed—come and help us create a happy childhood! We are looking for a personal assistant at Touhula Tirilä in Lappeenranta. For us at Touhula, children and families are at the heart of everything. Together with them, we create happy childhoods and a good working life—the most loved daycare centre, shared by all of us. We believe early childhood education is one of the most important professional fields in our society. We want to meet every child, guardian and colleague who walks through the door of our daycare warmly, respectfully and professionally. We are looking for someone who champions childhood and play and wants to build high-quality early childhood education together with the team. At Touhula, every child has the right to participate and shine from their own starting point. As an assistant, you have a key role in this: you enable children to experience success, enjoy a safe everyday life and participate in the group. We value an employee who confidently takes on everyday situations, develops activities with an open mind and understands the great importance of small encounters. Touhula Tirilä—what is the daycare like? At Touhula Tirilä, we believe good early childhood education is built on skilled staff, effective cooperation and a good team spirit. Our work community is especially known for its good-humoured, helpful and mutually supportive atmosphere, where everyone can be themselves and working together is strongly present in everyday life. Feedback from families also reflects the quality of our activities and smooth, warm cooperation with our staff. “We have a great spirit at work, help one another in everyday life and laugh together a lot,” say Touhula Tirilä employees. We are looking for an assistant who works independently and takes initiative, supporting the success of the whole team through their contribution. We particularly value knowledge of supporting children and a desire to develop professional skills in supporting children’s individual needs. Your duties as an assistant: - Supporting participation: You support a child or children in the group and enable their full participation in activities, taking the child’s support needs into account. - Guidance and care in everyday life: You take part in daily routines such as meals, dressing and transitions, guiding the child towards independence. - Member of the education team: You plan, carry out and evaluate activities together with the rest of the team. You apply specific practices related to supporting the child. - Cooperation: You work closely with families and, when needed, professionals providing rehabilitation for the child. - Sensitive presence: You build individual interactions and maintain a positive atmosphere where the child can grow and develop. We take care of you: In return, we offer a work community where you can grow as a professional, learn new things, use your strengths and influence your own work. Whether you are at the beginning of your career or already experienced, we work to make Touhula the best place for you to do meaningful work for children’s future. - Occupational health services through Pihlajalinna - Epassi benefit (€200/year) - Wellbeing fund for shared recreation and wellbeing days (€80/year) - Comprehensive induction - Varied training opportunities - An encouraging and experimental culture where your contribution is valued We offer the assistant a salary of €2,101.48–€2,411.81 per month for a full-time employee. The final salary depends on years of work experience and any possible role-specific or personal salary supplement. What we expect from you - Suitable education (for example, school assistant, practical nurse or other education in the education sector) or previous experience working with children. - A sensitive and responsible approach to work and the ability to meet each child as an individual. - Flexibility and good cooperation skills in changing everyday situations. - A criminal records extract required by law and a statement required under the Communicable Diseases Act. Would you like to know more? Please get in touch! Touhula Tirilä Email: josefiina.immonen@touhula.fi

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