Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne
Lausanne
9 hours ago
Animator - Day Camp for Children with Intellectual Disabilities
- 27 February 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Lausanne
Job summary
Join our team as an Animatrice/teur in Lausanne, Nyon, Yverdon! Enjoy a rewarding opportunity to support children with intellectual disabilities.
Tasks
- Lead leisure activities for children and adolescents with disabilities.
- Transport participants using small buses or cars when needed.
- Collaborate with a dynamic team and engage with kids daily.
Skills
- Experience not required; interest in working with disabled youth appreciated.
- Responsible, patient, and dynamic personality essential.
- Team-oriented with a love for playful interactions.
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About the job
Job type: Animator
Activity rate: 100%
Salary: CHF 160 gross / per day
Region: Lausanne, Nyon, Yverdon
We are looking for animators, persons holding a permit allowing the driving of small buses or cars are welcome, to accompany children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorders during leisure activities. The young people, between 5 and 20 years old, are divided by age into small groups at the sites of:
- Lausanne (from August 3 to 7, 2026 and from August 10 to 14, 2026)
- Nyon (from August 3 to 7, 2026)
- Yverdon (from August 10 to 14, 2026)
Working hours:
About 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday to Friday
Preparation session: Lausanne – Friday, July 31, 2026 (4 p.m. - 8 p.m.) / Nyon - Thursday, July 30, 2026 (4 p.m. - 8 p.m.) / Yverdon - Saturday, August 8, 2026 (half a day)
Required qualities:
- Be responsible, patient, dynamic
- Have an interest in the public with disabilities
- Enjoy contact and playing with children
- Enjoy working in a team
- Know how to swim
Please send your application by email (shm@solidarite-handicap.ch), attaching your full contact details and CV.
Our association hires animators every year who have no prior experience in the field of disability.
Contact person:
Solidarity-Mental Disability
Ms. Lou Delfin
Rue du Maupas 49
1004 Lausanne
021 648 25 82
shm@solidarite-handicap.ch
