Social pedagogue as head of department for family and youth welfare / assisted youth housing (m/f/d)

The SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. The SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. is a renowned aid organisation and a free, non-profit institution of child and youth assistance with 38 facilities throughout the federal territory and around 5,200 employees.

Since the SOS Children's Village Ammersee-Lech was opened in 1956 as the first SOS Children's Village in Germany, it has continuously expanded its offer. Today it is understood as a close networking of different educational fields throughout the Landsberg am Lech district. In the SOS Children's Village of Ammersee-Lech, we support young people in a variety of problems and offer parents the most diverse help: In the children's village families with a specialist service, a children's daycare centre, a health education group, a family counselling centre, an interdisciplinary early school, a family meeting point “MiniMax”, an outpatient help to educate as well as the care of young people, as well as in school care offers, our employees are committed to ensuring that all children and young people entrusted to us are given their own safety, individual attention and individual support.

In the SOS-Kinderdorf-Ammersee-Lech we are looking for a Senior Consultant (m/w/d) in permanent employment, full-time or part-time (30 to 38.5 hours/Where.) Your task: In our field of social-pedagogical family and youth assistance, you take on a responsible management function with high professional and human importance. The area includes outpatient assistance for families as well as the supervised youth housing with currently 5–10 young people. You lead a team of 7 dedicated employees, work closely with youth offices and cooperation partners and represent the field management in the stationary area. Your tasks include: technical and organisational management of the social education and youth assistance sector and of the youth population Support and support for young people on their way to self-employment Own case work Consultation and support of families in special situations of stress and crisis with the aim of detecting over-claims early and countering them preventively Ensuring child protection through consistent compliance with legal requirements and the further development and implementation of protection concepts Leadership, support and further development of employees, including personnel planning, employee development and promotion of an appreciation, open team culture Promoting transparent communication and constructive, professional cooperation in the team and with external partners Responsibility for quality assurance and development as well as the continuous development of professional standards Organisation and accompaniment within the teams close cooperation and networking with youth offices and other regional network partners Perception of public and professional representation tasks conscientious implementation of all measures of protection of children and persons Transfer of representations at sectoral level Development and conception of new offers

Your qualifications and skills: completed university studies of social work or a comparable degree ideally an additional training, for example in systemic advice or therapy Professional and management experience, preferably in the field of stationary or outpatient youth assistance Experience in the conceptual development of pedagogical offers and interest in co-designing the entire institution strong competences in quality assurance and quality development Joy of networking and safe handling in cooperation with youth offices and regional partners an authentic, reflected personality with very good communication skills high level of conflict resolution competence, organisational skills and responsibility Joy in a versatile, demanding work with design space professional, conscious and reflected approach to proximity and distance in work with families, children and youth

Our services as an employer: Your financial advantages a safe workplace with an indefinite contract an attractive salary based on the TVöD SuE Annual special payment and cash benefits a 100% employee-funded pension scheme of 6.9 % of the monthly gross salary incl. Income incapacity insurance up to 500 € per year for public transport costs monthly food allowance Grant S allowance cheap Jobradleasing (including e-bikes) an extensive package of other services such as additions to natural healing treatments, dental prosthesis, visual aids etc. Voluntary social benefits such as grants for wedding, birth or adoption of a child Corporate Benefits' SOS advantages portal with a variety of cost-effective offers of well-known brands from all relevant areas of life – for example technology, travel, fashion, living and much more as a member of the Joint Association, the SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. and its employees have access to special conditions of numerous providers Compatibility of private and professional life 31 days holiday plus free days on 24th and 31st December Regeneration days Special leave schemes Possibility to work mobile after consultation employee-friendly time compensation of the resulting shift services Save credits on your personal time value account and realize professional downtime (sabbatical) Professional and personal development incl. Health care flexible support for continuing and continuing training through exemption and financial support very extensive catalogue of events with numerous seminars on professional and personal development Regular Supervision Courses and courses on health and care multi-day new employee meeting with possibilities of exchange and networking benefit from our expertise and the high level of expertise as a nationwide supporter in child and youth assistance We supported you: if necessary, there is a possibility to temporarily provide an apartment in our employee apartment our mountain hut in Berchtesgaden is also available for leisure activities with children as well as for private use for our employees