Educator /
Original title: Erzieherin /
This job is at SOS-Kinderdorf e.V.. You apply to them, not to GoAusbildung.
Start Date
On request
Sector
Social work
Salary
Competitive salary
Listing data as of November 13, 2026
About this Apprenticeship
SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. is a non-profit provider of child and youth welfare services. At SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz, we are looking, as soon as possible, for an educator / social pedagogue for the newly established residential mother/father-child group in Forst (Lausitz), part-time (30 hrs/week). The group offers 10 places for parents who need support with caring for and raising their children and with their personal development. A multi-professional team guides the young families toward an independent life. The position is initially fixed-term until 31.12.2027.
What You'll Learn
- Strengthening the parental role and promoting the personal development of mothers and fathers
- Supporting young parents on their way to an independent life
- Advice on parenting questions and support with individual and family challenges
- Promoting a secure parent-child bond and the positive development of the children
- Cooperation with pediatricians, daycare centers, schools, authorities and other partners
- Planning and running educational group and leisure activities
- Promoting social integration and the building of lasting social networks
- Documenting the educational work and contributing to support and development planning
- Contributing to the conceptual development of the new service
- Conscientious implementation of child and client protection
Requirements
- Qualification as an educator or a university degree as a social pedagogue
- Ideally experience in residential child and youth welfare or comparable educational fields
- Empathy for individual needs and the ability to build trusting, lasting relationships
- Patience, reliability and an appreciative manner, even in challenging situations
- Willingness to work shifts and night standby
- Regular reflection on your own educational practice
- Constructive and respectful cooperation in the team and with network partners
- Your own ideas and enjoyment of a lively, varied and participatory daily routine
- Professional handling of closeness and distance
What SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. offers
- An attractive salary based on TVöD SuE
- Annual special payment and capital-forming benefits
- A 100% employer-funded retirement plan of 6.9% of monthly gross salary, including disability protection
- Up to €500 per year for public transport costs
- Residential home allowance and allowances for work at unfavorable times
- S-allowance granted
- Affordable job bike leasing (incl. e-bikes)
- A comprehensive package of further benefits such as co-payments for naturopathic treatments, dental prosthetics, vision aids, etc.
- Voluntary social benefits such as grants for marriage, birth or adoption of a child
- SOS benefits portal by Corporate Benefits with many low-cost offers from well-known brands in all relevant areas of life, for example technology, travel, fashion, housing and much more
- As a member of the Paritätischer Gesamtverband, SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. and its employees have access to special conditions from numerous providers
- 31 days of vacation
- Regeneration days
- Special leave arrangements for specific occasions
- Team events (e.g. celebrations, trips, culture)
- Save credit in your personal time account and take career breaks (sabbatical)
- Flexible support for further training through time off and financial assistance
- 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 with professional and personal challenges, including coaching, short-term child and family care, specialist referral and health prevention programs
- Very extensive event catalog with numerous seminars for professional and personal development
- SOS's own program "Career Entry as an Educator at SOS" (BEP) for newcomers in residential child and youth welfare
- Regular supervision
- Multi-day orientation conference for new hires with opportunities for exchange and networking
- Benefit from our expertise and high professionalism as a nationwide provider of child and youth welfare
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