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 Sauerland supports as a combination of stationary youth aids with a variety of offers in the area of SGB VIII. With around 140 employees, we improve the living situation of many children, young people and families every day. The offer portfolio includes children's village families, differentiated care offers of various housing groups, cared for housing, outpatient flexible assistance, animal-assisted pedagogy, three public daycare centres, two of them with connected family center and Childcare projects.

At the SOS Children's Village Sauerland we are looking for a Senior Consultant (m/w/d) in parttime to full time (min. 19 hours/Where. - max. 38.5 hours/Where.)

In our three daycare centers in Lüdenscheid we accompany and care for children aged two to six years in different forms of care. The two-group Kita Children's Villa offers space for a total of 40 children. In the three-group Kita Pfützenhüpfer, 20 full-day places are available. The single-group Kita Rappelkiste, which is connected to a family centre, also offers 20 full-day places. Our educational work focuses on children with their individual needs, interests and skills. Through professionally sound pedagogical action and a loving, value-assurance accompaniment, our employees create a protected space in which children can discover themselves, their fellow human beings and their environment and unfold their personality. A trusting and partnership with parents is particularly important to us. Our daycare centers therefore not only understand themselves as places of care and education, but also as habitats and places of encounter for children and their families. Together we want to help children and parents feel welcome, accepted and well accompanied. Your tasks include: As an educational specialist, you will accompany and promote children with expertise, empathy and appreciation in their individual development. The strengths, resources, needs and interests of each individual child are at the heart of your educational work. You embrace the natural curiosity and joy of discovery of the children and create varied, educationally valuable experience and testing rooms. By building reliable and stable relationships, you will provide children with safety, orientation and security, creating an important basis for their personal development. As part of regular discussions, parents will inform you about the development of their child. In the case of questions and uncertainties, you can help them in partnership and support in their education task. A close and trusting cooperation in the team is of course for you. You regularly exchange with other professionals and work together on pedagogy. You are responsible and conscientious about the protection of children and responsibilities and thus contribute to a safe and protected environment for children.

You have a degree as an educator or a curative nurse*in or a comparable educational qualification as a specialist in accordance with § 28 KiBiz. Ideally, you already bring professional experience as an integration force. You meet children and their families with appreciation, openness and empathy and look at their individual strengths, resources and needs. You bring together commitment and joy in pedagogical work and want to actively shape the further development of our educational offers. You are happy to work in the team, take responsibility and are also characterised by an independent, reliable and flexible way of working. In everyday pedagogy, you create relationships professionally and have a secure and reflected understanding of proximity and distance. A respectful, responsible and reliable handling of the children entrusted to you is of course a matter of course for you.

Your financial advantages 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 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 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 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