Occupational Therapist

We are now looking for an occupational therapist for a new child welfare residential-care service in Valkeakoski! The new service will comprise one demanding-level residential unit and one special-level residential unit. We are currently building new premises designed specifically for this purpose. The service is planned especially for children with individual support needs related to intellectual disabilities, developmental delays or neurodivergent traits. One unit has room for six children and the other for seven. The grounds also include a school maintained by Valkeakoski’s education services, where the residential-unit children receive special education. The selected occupational therapist will work across both units. The work community is multidisciplinary and includes social services professionals, registered nurses and practical nurses. Our units are based on a regular structure and a consistent, predictable everyday life. Care, rehabilitation and educational work are based on the PACE approach, attachment relationships, seeing the good in each child, meeting each child individually and using methods that support the child’s special needs. To support your work, professional development and well-being, we offer: A work community where individual acceptance and mutual trust are the foundation of everything we do. An organisation that develops boldly and without prejudice, where you can influence your own work and the development of tools. Evidence-based working methods and work-oriented continuing education through tailored training paths at the Sospro Academy, delivered in cooperation with TAMK. The salary corresponds to level G24D under the private social services collective agreement (€2,811.09–€3,071.09). In addition to shift-related supplements, you may receive personal and role-specific salary supplements, for example for applying your further training (€54.65–€163.95/month). A well-being benefit of €400 per year, along with varied efforts to appreciate staff and organise shared events. We also have an incentive scheme that offers an extra reward based on success, to be used for the work group’s well-being and recreation. As an occupational therapist, your duties include: Developing, together with the work group, practical structures that support the children’s everyday life. Assessing rehabilitation needs related to children’s independent activities. Strengthening the implementation of key-worker support by helping children individually. Bringing rehabilitation methods that diversify children’s everyday lives and strengthen their ability to manage independently. Assessing and developing the residential unit’s everyday routines, methods and premises to enable planned rehabilitation work. Guiding other staff and sharing your expertise. The selected candidate must have a university of applied sciences degree in occupational therapy. The role is performed in two shifts and includes both weekday and weekend work. A driving licence and a social and health care professional card are required. The employment is permanent and starts at the beginning of January 2027. The employment contract follows the private social services collective agreement and includes a six-month probationary period. The selected candidate must provide the criminal-record extract required under the Act on Checking the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (505/2002). GET TO KNOW OUR STORY AND APPLY NOW! Apply for the role by 8 November 2026. For further information, contact Managing Director Taru Tamminen (taru.tamminen@sospro.fi or tel. 050 413 1044). Sospro is a Finnish child welfare company that provides high-quality foster care and non-institutional services to wellbeing services counties in South Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta and Southwest Finland. Our work is founded on a belief in the good in every person. Our values are courage, individuality, participation and trust. Sospro was born from entrepreneurs’ dream of creating a setting for services where children and families come first, and professionals have the best tools and opportunities to do important work. In out-of-home care, we promote and maintain the well-being of children in our care and respond to their needs through innovative, rehabilitative and feedback-informed work based on strengths. All our activities are grounded in research and feedback from our work, and we continuously develop our practices. The impact of our services comes from clients feeling heard, seen and valued. Sospro – We believe in the good in every person