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Imagine a workday where you witness children taking their first steps towards new insights. Where you share laughter, questions, and discoveries together with them. As a childcare worker in Skellefteå municipality, you are an important part of the children's everyday life and development. Here, you work closely with both children and colleagues in an environment filled with play, safety, and learning.

YOUR ROLE

As a childcare worker in Skellefteå municipality, you help make everyday life meaningful for the children. You actively participate in their play, learning, and development, contributing to creating a safe environment where every child feels seen and included. Your task is to work together with preschool teachers and colleagues to implement the planning in practice – in activities, excursions, and everyday situations that enhance the children's language, imagination, social skills, and understanding of the world around them.

In this role, you are a present adult who meets the children where they are, both in small moments and in longer processes. You help shape an operation where joy, safety, and learning always go hand in hand, and where children have the best conditions to grow and develop.

YOUR COMPETENCE AND EXPERIENCE

We are looking for someone with a childcare education, either from the child and leisure program with a social or pedagogical focus or through vocational training in adult education. Previous experience working in preschool is a significant advantage. Since you will be working closely with children, it is a requirement to submit a current extract from the criminal record.

This is a role where your personal qualities matter a lot. To thrive and succeed, you need to enjoy working with children, value play as an important part of learning, and be a safe role model. You are considerate in your interactions with children, colleagues, and guardians, and contribute selflessly to the common goal – the children's safety, development, and learning.

In this role, you also need to be structured and able to plan, organize, and follow up on your work, while being flexible when everyday life presents changes. As a present adult, you take responsibility for the children's safety by keeping an eye on them, being aware of risks, and acting quickly when necessary.

Since the work involves documentation and communication with digital tools, it is important that you have basic IT skills. It is also a requirement that you have good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, and can adapt your language to different situations and target groups. In some areas, a B driver's license is also required.

It is an advantage if you can speak Finnish or Sami, as Skellefteå is a Finnish and Sami administrative municipality. Knowledge of sign language is also seen as a resource.

YOUR NEW WORKPLACE

Being a childcare worker in Skellefteå municipality means you become part of an organization in constant development. We have around 40 preschools that together create a safe, equitable, and educational start for all children in the municipality. Here, we work across boundaries and support each other to continuously improve quality and meet the children's needs.

With us, collegial cooperation and participation are important parts of everyday life. You can expect to work closely with both preschool teachers and other childcare workers in teams where you plan, follow up, and develop the operations together. There are good opportunities for you to grow in your professional role through further education, experience exchange, and internal development initiatives.

We offer secure employment conditions, wellness benefits, and vacation terms that provide a balance between work and leisure. Above all, you will have a meaningful job where you make a difference every day – for the children, for our organization, and for the future.

We are currently looking for childcare workers in the following areas:

• Bergsbyn/Skelleftehamn
• Bureå/Lövånger
• Burträsk

Do you want to be an important part of giving children the best possible start in life? Welcome with your application to Skellefteå municipality.

Here you can read more about our preschools: https://skelleftea.se/forskola-a-o (https://skelleftea.se/forskola-a-o)

GOOD TO KNOW

We recruit based on competence and focus on your experience, knowledge, and potential. Instead of a personal letter, you will answer some selection questions and attach an updated CV.

Do you want to know more about what it is like to live and work in our municipality? Read more about Skellefteå (http://skelleftea.se/ (http://skelleftea.se/)) as a place to live and work.

You can also read about our benefits (http://skelleftea.se/formaner) and see salary statistics (http://skelleftea.se/lonestatistik) for different job roles in the municipality.