Social Pedagogue / Educator for the Werdersee Children's Residential Group

In our Werdersee children's residential group at SOS Children's Village Bremen, we offer children aged 6 and up in a 7-person residential group a loving, family-like environment and accompany the young people pedagogically according to their needs through individual support as they grow up and become adults. The round-the-clock care by our pedagogical team is designed so that the important caregivers are continuously available to the children. The care arrangements are short-, medium-, and long-term. Particular importance is attached to close cooperation with parents, who are integrated into the children's daily lives as much as possible. This ideally enables the child's return to the parental home. If reunification is not possible, the children remain in the residential group or move to an age-appropriate group within our facility. We are looking for a committed colleague who is eager to support our multiprofessional team of eight pedagogical specialists in the loving care of the children. Together, you will shape and organize the daily lives of children aged 6 and up with everything that makes a family home.

You participate in the care and support planning and its implementation. Through your pedagogical work, you specifically promote the children's autonomy, e.g., through participation instruments. For the children and adolescents, you are a stable and reliable caregiver. You motivate, comfort, negotiate, support, guide, and maintain an overview even when things get turbulent. For the children, we desire a trusting and reliable relationship and appreciative cooperation with members of the family of origin. You ensure the conscientious implementation of child and client protection.

You have a degree as a state-recognized educator or a university degree as a social pedagogue. Ideally, you have (initial) professional experience in pedagogical work with children and/or in a residential youth welfare setting. Teamwork and commitment characterize you as a person. You have the ability to work independently. You are able and willing to engage in relationships with children and adolescents and are capable of creative and constructive solutions when dealing with conflicts and behavioral issues. You have good self-reflection skills regarding your own behavior and are open to flexible working hours. Willingness to provide round-the-clock care including night standby is required. Your approach to closeness and distance with those in your care is professional.

A secure job with a permanent contract; an attractive salary oriented towards the TVöD SuE; annual bonus and capital-forming benefits; a 100% employer-financed pension scheme amounting to 6.9% of monthly gross salary including disability insurance; up to €500 per year for public transport commuting costs; home allowance and allowances for unfavorable working hours; S-allowance; affordable job bike leasing (including e-bikes); an extensive package of additional benefits such as subsidies for naturopathic treatments, dental prostheses, visual aids, etc.; voluntary social benefits such as subsidies for weddings, births, or adoptions; SOS benefits portal from Corporate Benefits with a wide range of affordable offers from well-known brands across all relevant areas of life – e.g., technology, travel, fashion, living, and more; as a member of the Paritätischer Gesamtverband, SOS Children's Village and its employees have access to special conditions from numerous providers; 31 days of vacation plus days off on December 24 and 31; occasion-based special leave regulations; employee-friendly time compensation for shift duties; team events (e.g., celebrations, excursions, culture); save credit on your personal working time account and realize professional breaks (sabbatical); flexible support for further training through leave and financial support; company fitness with Wellpass: access to a nationwide network of gyms, swimming pools, and online courses; support service with voiio: confidential counseling and support for employees facing professional and private challenges – including coaching, short-term child and elder care, specialist referrals, and health prevention programs; a very extensive event catalog with numerous seminars for professional and personal development; regular supervision; multi-day onboarding conference with opportunities for exchange and networking; benefit from our expertise and high professional standards as a nationwide provider of child and youth welfare.