SEVERAL PERMANENT SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD UNIT FROM 75% TO 90%

About the job

The Youth & Families Foundation is a key player at the heart of the field of education, protection and development of children, adolescents and young adults in the canton of Vaud. Bringing together nearly 350 collaborators and more than 20 different professions, our institution offers attractive working conditions and allows you to evolve in a varied and flexible work environment. By joining our Foundation, you commit yourself to a mission with strong human and social value, which allows a real and concrete change in the lives of families and their supported children. You will participate in the evolution of the sector of education, development and protection of children and youth by responding with us to the needs of tomorrow.

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Our values

OPENNESS – TRUST – LOYALTY – CREATIVITY

The Foundation is looking for

SEVERAL PERMANENT SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD UNIT FROM 75% TO 90%

Your mission

• Take daily care of children aged 0 to 6 years by providing them with comfort, soothing and gentleness to positively promote their emotional development

• Ensure their physical and psychological safety as well as their health by constantly creating a stimulating and age-appropriate atmosphere

• Design, develop and implement, in collaboration with the educational team and the home manager, activities favourable to their cognitive, emotional, social and physical development

• Welcome and support parents in their parenting role with a child-centred approach

• Participate in the safety of our reception areas and offer a warm and welcoming atmosphere for children and teams

• Collaborate intensively with network partners, particularly placement services and courts, and create new partnerships

• Support and supervise the activities of interns and students

Your profile

• Qualification as a HES or ES early childhood educator, psychologist, early childhood nurse or equivalent recognised title

• For foreign qualifications, SEFRI recognition

• Confirmed professional experience of at least 10 years with children aged 0 to 6 years presenting difficulties in their development, learning, emotional or behavioural regulation

• Ability to understand and manage complex situations, resolve conflicts and negotiate

• Empathetic approach and sensitivity to child protection

• Collaborative personality appreciating teamwork and fostering an entrepreneurial spirit

• Knowledge of trauma disorders, management of emotional outbursts, learning and developmental disorders

• Ability to develop reflective practice

• Availability for irregular hours during day, night and weekends

• Driving licence required

We offer you

• A position within a foundation with an innovative spirit conducting its missions with a child-centred approach

• Constant commitment to health & safety promotion and prevention actions at work

• A varied and stimulating work environment

• Clinical supervision

• Encouragement for continuous training

• Attractive working conditions, according to the Vaud social collective labour agreement

Work locations

Cilaos Home
Route de Rolle 1
1162 St-Prex
+41 21 552 44 50

Lully Home
Rue du Collège 12
1132 Lully
+41 21 801 24 80

Boussole Home
Ch. De Beauregard 2
1400 Yverdon-les-Bains
+41 24 426 09 95

Start date
Immediate or to be agreed

Application deadline
25 October 2026

If your application is successful,
the first interview will take place at:

Cilaos Home
5.11.2026 08:00-12:00 and
6.11.2026 09:30-17:00.

Lully Home
10.11.2026 08:30-18:00

Boussole Home
17.11.2026 08:30-18:00

For any additional information, you can contact the home managers at the numbers indicated above.

We look forward to receiving your application only via jobup specifying the home(s).