Social Educator 80%
- 15 September 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Pompaples
Job summary
La Fondation Enfance Emma Couvreu protects vulnerable minors since 1829. Join a supportive team that values creativity and challenges.
Tasks
- Support daily activities for 61 Ukrainian orphans aged 4-12.
- Organize developmentally appropriate activities for children.
- Manage daily administrative and nursing tasks effectively.
Skills
- Hold a relevant degree in social education or early childhood.
- Experience with children having behavioral issues required.
- Team collaboration and solo working abilities essential.
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About the job
The Emma Couvreu Childhood Foundation, since 1829, has been actively committed to the reception, protection, and support of minors at risk in their development. Our services are aimed at children and also their parents. We implement our actions in accordance with values that we embody daily. Our activities are fully aligned with the minor protection policy established by the State of Vaud. Strong in its commitment, the Foundation manages 5 boarding schools and 6 outpatient units, mobilising more than 250 collaborators for this purpose.
As part of an exceptional humanitarian project, the Pompaples Children’s Home was urgently opened in 2022 to accommodate 61 Ukrainian orphans aged 4 to 12 and their carers.
To ensure optimal support until the end of the humanitarian mission, we are looking for a social educator at 80%, for fixed-term contracts.
Job Description
- Ensure, in collaboration with colleagues, the daily support of the group of children aged 4 to 12 benefiting from minor protection measures, in accordance with the defined educational project
- Propose and organise activities conducive to the children’s healthy development
- Provide nursing and educational care
- Manage daily and administrative tasks
Your Profile
- Holder of one of the following diplomas, or an equivalent qualification:
- HES or ES Social Educator
- Early Childhood Educator
- Federal VET Diploma as Socio-Educational Assistant
- Ideally, experience and continuing education in the field of childhood
- Proven ability to manage, animate and contain groups of children with behavioural disorders
- Ability to work both independently with a group of children and collaboratively in a team
- Driving licence essential
Workplace
1318 Pompaples
We Offer You
A pleasant working environment, a dynamic team in an organisation ready to value creative talents and to take on significant challenges.
Working conditions according to the Social CCT.
Start date: as soon as possible or to be agreed.
Duration: until 31.08.2027
Application: your complete file (cover letter, CV, Federal VET Diploma, diplomas, etc.) must be sent no later than 30.09.2026 via Jobup.
Only applications received via Jobup will be considered.
Only candidates matching the profile will be contacted.
