Educator / social pedagogue for a residential group for the independence of young people (m/f/d)

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. The SOS Children's Village Saarbrücken is a children's and youth aid association with stationary and outpatient assistance for education, diverse measures of youth employment assistance and a child protection advisory centre. These are supplemented by the open work at the centre of mothers, in a contact point for homeless young people, two projects of school afternoon care and the project „Frühe Hilfe“. In the SOS Children's Village Saarbrücken we are looking for 01.01.2027 or later Senior Consultant (m/w/d) in permanent employment, full-time (38,5 hours/Where.) The path to an independent life is full of opportunities, new experiences and sometimes challenges. Especially in this important stage of life, young people need reliable references that meet them with openness, understanding and appreciation, to recognize their strengths and to strengthen them in their own way. Here you can do a lot with your educational work! In our group we accompany eight young people and young adults from 16 years on their way to a self-responsible and self-determined life. We create a reliable framework in which young people can try, develop and become more independent step by step. Our team consists of five pedagogical staff and one person in the recognition internship. Together we create a living, resource-oriented and participative educational work. The support takes place around the clock in the three-layer system. We are looking for a dedicated educational team who has the pleasure of accompanying young people individually, shaping trusted relationships and developing future perspectives together with them.

Your task: Designing relationships and promoting development: You accompany young people and young adults with empathy, appreciation and a resource-oriented attitude. As a reference manager, you build trusted relationships, strengthen social skills and promote the personal and emotional development of young people. Self-employment in everyday life allows: You help young people to make their everyday lives increasingly independent. Whether budget management, shopping, cooking or personal organization – you convey life-structural skills, give orientation and create space for your own experiences. Educational paths and future perspectives accompany: You support young people in school challenges, support them in career orientation and in application processes and develop individual goals and perspectives for their future together with them. Designing a community and participation: Together with the young people, You plan varied leisure and group activities, promote respectful cooperation and strengthen the participation, co-determination and self-responsibility of young people. Strengthen cooperation and networking: You work trustfully with schools, training companies, doctors, therapists and other networking partners in order to support young people as best as possible in their development. Designing pedagogical processes responsibly: Planning, controlling and reflecting individual development and aid processes in a targeted and resource-oriented manner. Take into account the personal needs, strengths and possibilities of development of young people. Ensure documentation and quality: you document development processes and educational measures carefully in digital systems and ensure transparent and comprehensible case processing. actively shaping teamwork: You bring your professional perspectives into team and specialist meetings, reflect together educational challenges and contribute to open, value-adding and solution-oriented cooperation.

You have completed training as a state-recognized educator*in or a completed study of social work or Social education or a comparable educational qualification. Ideally, you already have experiences in child and youth assistance or a comparable educational field. You meet young people with respect, empathy and genuine interest in their life stories, needs and development opportunities. You understand professional relationship design as the basis of your pedagogical work and are reflecting and responsibly circumvented with proximity and distance. The rights, participation and self-determination of young people are important to you. You actively involve young people in decisions affecting their everyday lives and their future. You work independently, structured and responsibly and also keep a clear look for individual needs and suitable solutions in challenging situations. You appreciate the professional exchange, communicate openly and respectfully and are happy to join a team. You have intercultural sensitivity and an open, discriminatory attitude towards different lifestyles and realities. You bring strength, flexibility and willingness to work in the three-shift system as well as on weekends and holidays. You have a class B licence.

Our services as an employer: Your financial advantages a safe workplace with an indefinite contract an attractive, at the TVöD SuE-oriented salary 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 Home allowance and allowances for services at unfavourable times 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 Regeneration days Special leave schemes employee-friendly time compensation of the resulting shift services Team events (e.g. celebrations, excursions, culture) 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 Corporate fitness with Wellpass: Access to a nationwide network of gyms, swimming pools and online courses Support service with voiio: Confidential advice and support for employees in professional and private challenges - including coaching, short-term care for children and relatives, specialist placement and health prevention programs very extensive catalogue of events with numerous seminars on professional and personal development SOS' own programme ''Entertainment as a teacher at SOS'' (BEP) for beginners in the stationary area of child and youth assistance Regular Supervision 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