Special Needs Teacher in Early Childhood Education - Kemijärven kaupunki - Kemijärvi, Finland

Kemijärvi has two municipal daycares and one service voucher daycare. The service voucher unit utilizes the services provided by the special needs teacher according to the voucher regulation. In pre-kindergarten groups, there is a shared special needs teacher responsible for supporting learning and participation in pre-kindergarten. The special needs teacher (VEO) acts as an expert and developer of special pedagogical activities in the daycares. The goal is to support the staff of the daycare groups and families in matters related to the child's growth and learning, and to identify the child's support needs early enough. The teacher participates in planning, implementing, and evaluating support measures necessary for the child's early childhood education in collaboration with early childhood staff, guidance support staff, and research and rehabilitative parties. The role also includes acting as an expert in various working groups and collaboration meetings. For this position, knowledge of legislation, independent work approach, judgment, planning skills, good interaction and teamwork skills, and a desire to develop early childhood education and special early childhood education are required. Salary and employment conditions are determined according to OVTES. A six (6) month trial period applies. Kemijärvi is a smoke-free employer. The qualification requirement for the special needs teacher position is based on the Early Childhood Education Act (540/2018) section 30: qualification as an early childhood education teacher, supplemented with professional studies in special education, as specified by government regulation or a master's degree in education with a major in special pedagogy (early special needs teacher training). The selected candidate must submit a satisfactory medical certificate of health and a criminal record extract related to working with children within 30 days of selection. Applications will not be returned. Applications should be submitted by 29.5.2026 at 15:00 via Kuntarekry (job ID 725986) or to the Kemijärvi city hall address: Kemijärvi city hall, PL 5, 98101 Kemijärvi, or by email to kirjaamo@kemijarvi.fi. Mark the envelope or email subject with VAKA ERITYISOPETTAJA. Preferably, applications are submitted through Kuntarekry, www.kuntarekry.fi. We use anonymous recruitment according to the city council decision 22.2.2021 § 63. This means that in the first phase of the recruitment process, information such as age, native language, or gender should not be included in the open questions of the job application. Although some of this information is asked in background data, it will not be visible to the recruiting manager in the anonymous applicant report. The goal of anonymous recruitment is to focus on the applicant's professional skills.