Youth Home Instructor

**Become an Instructor in a permanent and open-ended employment relationship at Nuorisokoti Mäntylinna in Jyväskylä.** **Nuorisokoti Mäntylinna is a 6-place unit for youth aged 13–17 providing demanding institutional care as part of child welfare foster care. Our unit is located in Kukkumäki in the immediate vicinity of Nova Hospital and has excellent transport connections.** **As an Instructor, you will be comprehensively responsible for the multidisciplinary needs and challenges of clients requiring intensive support and professional expertise. The core idea of Mäntylinna is to implement services as an integrated whole in the best interest of the youth. Necessary services, such as meetings with a psychologist and child psychiatrist, are made available to each youth as part of the daily routine at Mäntylinna.** **A multidisciplinary team of 12 people works at Mäntylinna - you would be one of them. You will join a wonderful and professional work community. As an employer and colleagues, we promise to listen to you and help you develop. Instructors at Mäntylinna primarily work in three shifts. Start date September 14, 2026, or by agreement.** **What we expect from you** **· A vocational qualification in social or health care, e.g., practical nurse** **· Experience working in child welfare foster care** **· Experience working with demanding clients** **· We value professional additional and supplementary training** **· We value experience in substance abuse and mental health work and/or psychiatric nursing** **· The person selected for the position must present a criminal record extract before accepting the position (Act on the Supervision of Social and Health Care)** **What we offer you** - **Good orientation, training, and the support of an encouraging team for versatile tasks.** - **Free parking for your own car near Mäntylinna** - **The possibility of flexible agreement on holidays and working hours and coordinating leisure time** - **Good personnel benefits including comprehensive occupational health care and wellbeing, sports, and culture pass benefits.** **Remuneration follows the collective agreement for the private social sector; the salary grade for Special Instructor is G24D, and we consider your work experience and expertise individually.** **Interested? APPLY TO US SOON. Please attach a free-form introduction and your CV to your application, thank you.** **We process applications and invite candidates for interviews during the application period, so apply soon. The application period ends when a suitable candidate is selected.** **Further information about the position can be provided by the Director of Mäntylinna, Petri Oksanen, tel. 040 120 9815, petri.oksanen@linnansuoja.fi. You may also inquire via WhatsApp message if you wish.**