Educator / Social Worker / Childhood Educator (m/f/d) for Residential Groups

SOS Children's Villages Federation e.V.

SOS Children's Villages Federation e.V. is a renowned aid organization and an independent, non-profit provider of child and youth welfare services with 38 facilities throughout Germany and around 5,200 employees.

SOS Children's Village Dortmund is a growing network of residential and outpatient youth welfare services. In addition to a children's village family, the differentiated support services include two residential groups for children, outpatient educational support, two public daycare centers, one of which has an integrated family center, and a neighborhood community center.

For our SOS Children's Village Dortmund, we are looking to hire an
Educator / Social Worker / Childhood Educator (m/f/d) for Residential Groups
as soon as possible, in permanent employment, part-time (19.25 hours/week).

Your Responsibilities:

At SOS Children's Village Dortmund, there are two residential groups: one regular residential group for eight children between 8 and 13 years old, and a family-like residential group for six children between 4 and 10 years old. We work in interdisciplinary teams to create a safe home for the children, where they can develop individually in a trusting atmosphere. We are looking for proactive and empathetic specialists who are eager to contribute to our services. We accompany the children in their daily lives, support and encourage them with personal and academic challenges, and guide them on their path to an independent life. Help us create a safe place for children. We look forward to receiving your application!

• As a pedagogical specialist, you will, together with your team colleagues, be responsible for the care and support of up to 8 children.
• Through the combination of your professional knowledge and empathy, you will foster the individual development of the children.
• You will actively participate in the educational and support planning for the children, adhering to the quality guidelines of the SOS Children's Villages Federation.
• You will organize a structured daily routine and contribute to the creation of an active group life.
• You will maintain good cooperation with youth welfare offices, schools, and other specialist services, as well as intensive, cooperative, and resource-oriented parental work.
• You will perform general household tasks related to the pedagogical mandate.
• You will responsibly dedicate yourself to the implementation of child and ward protection.
• Your working hours will be in the form of shift work (including 24-hour shifts).
• This includes day and night shifts on weekends and public holidays.

Your Qualifications and Competencies:

• You have a degree as an Educator, Social Worker, Childhood Educator, or a comparable pedagogical qualification and possess professional experience.
• You are a committed and team-oriented individual with a willingness to take responsibility.
• You approach our wards and their parents with appreciative interest, an understanding attitude, and tolerance.
• You are flexible and open to the necessary household tasks within a residential group.
• You are willing to work night and weekend shifts as well as 24-hour shifts.
• Your handling of proximity and distance to the wards is professional.
• You possess a driver's license class B.

Our Benefits as an Employer:

Your Financial Advantages

• a secure job with a permanent employment contract
• an attractive salary based on TVöD SuE (German Public Sector Collective Agreement for Social and Educational Professions)
• annual special payment and capital-forming benefits
• a 100% employer-funded pension plan at 6.9% of the monthly gross salary, including coverage for occupational disability
• up to €500 per year for public transport travel expenses
• home allowance and supplements for working unsocial hours
• granting of S-allowance
• attractive job bike leasing (including e-bikes)
• a comprehensive package of further benefits such as co-payments for naturopathic treatments, dental prostheses, vision aids, etc.
• voluntary social benefits such as subsidies for weddings, births, or adoptions of a child
• SOS benefits portal from Corporate Benefits with a wide range of affordable offers from well-known brands in all relevant areas of life – such as technology, travel, fashion, housing, and much more
• as a member of the Paritätischer Gesamtverband (German Association for Public and Private Welfare), SOS Children's Villages Federation e.V. and its employees have access to special conditions from numerous providers

Compatibility of Private and Professional Life

• 31 days of vacation
• regeneration days
• special leave arrangements for specific occasions
• employee-friendly time off for accrued shift work
• team events (e.g., celebrations, excursions, cultural activities)
• save credit on your personal time value account and realize professional breaks (sabbatical)

Professional and Personal Development Including Health Care

• flexible support for training and further education through time off and financial assistance
• company fitness with Wellpass: access to a nationwide network of gyms, swimming pools, and online courses
• support service with voiio: confidential consultation and support for employees facing professional and private challenges – including coaching, short-term childcare and eldercare, specialist doctor referrals, and health prevention programs
• very extensive event catalog with numerous seminars for professional and personal development
• regular supervision
• multi-day new hire conference with opportunities for exchange and networking
• benefit from our expertise and high professional standards as a nationwide provider in child and youth welfare