Care Specialist 80-90% for a Maternity Cover I KiTa Bethanien Altstetten
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:20 August 2025
- Workload:80 – 90%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join Diakonie Bethanien as a Fachperson Betreuung in Zürich! Exciting opportunity for a maternity cover role.
Tasks
- Support children aged 3 months to 2 years in a nurturing environment.
- Collaborate with parents on educational matters and group activities.
- Contribute to the continuous development of pedagogical topics.
Skills
- Completed training as a Fachperson Betreuung EFZ required.
- Empathetic and authentic interaction with children is essential.
- Flexibility to work across different groups is a must.
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Care Specialist 80-90% for a Maternity Cover
Ref. No. 68999
The KiTas Bethanien are located in Zurich-Altstetten, Fluntern, Kalkbreite, Oerlikon and Seefeld.
All five KiTas are easily accessible by public transport. Children aged from three months to kindergarten entry are cared for in three to four age-separated standard groups. Our educational concept is based on the principles: "Help me do it myself – and let me grasp to understand"
80-90%
From November 1, 2025, limited until the end of March 2026
Buckhauserstrasse 34, 8048 Zurich
What you can look forward to:
- Temporary pool for shortages
- Appreciative and positive working atmosphere
- Internal KiTa curriculum with specialist cards for onboarding and quality assurance
- Annual team events
- Discounts for employees (lunch, Placid Hotel)
- 5 weeks of vacation plus company holidays between Christmas and New Year
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional vacation days per year
- Attractive social benefits (Bethanien staff pension fund)
- Accident supplementary insurance - worldwide private ward
We are looking for a care specialist for a maternity cover from November 2025 to the end of March 2026 for an infant-oriented group with children aged from three months to about 2 years.
What you can achieve:
- Your positive attitude is crucial for the care and significantly contributes to the well-being of the children entrusted to us
- With your friendly and professional demeanor, you are a conversational partner on equal footing for the parents and support them in educational matters
- With your expertise and creative ideas, you help provide the children with a varied and flexible daily group routine
- Your independent working style combined with your high sense of responsibility allows you to contribute to the overall team success
- By actively contributing ideas, you can help continuously develop educational specialist topics and team development, thus shaping the KiTa everyday life
- Possibility to continue working afterwards in a reduced workload of 20-30%
What you bring with you:
- Completed training as a care specialist EFZ
- Loving, empathetic and authentic interaction with the children
- High commitment to working closely with the group leader
- Flexibility to work in all four group assignments
Do you feel addressed? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application.
If you have any questions, I am happy to assist you.
Head of KiTa Bethanien Altstetten
Diakonie Bethanien is a social and health company based in Zurich. Our approximately 350 employees work in the areas of elderly care and housing, gastronomy, hotel, day care centers, protection for children and parents, as well as social therapeutic housing for women with eating disorders.
