SEVERAL PERMANENT SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR OUR CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT AT 80%

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

Your mission

• Take care of and support daily children and young people aged 4 to 16 in a safe, structured and caring environment, taking into account their needs and development

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

• Design, develop and implement, in collaboration with the educational team and the home manager, individualised educational projects promoting their cognitive, emotional, social and physical development

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

• Participate in the analysis of complex situations and the implementation of adapted and evolving educational actions

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

• For foreign qualifications, SEFRI recognition

• Confirmed professional experience of at least 10 years with children and young people 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

• Agile personality with a collaborative spirit, appreciating teamwork and fostering an entrepreneurial spirit

• Solid knowledge of issues encountered during childhood and adolescence, notably traumatic, developmental and learning disorders, difficulties in emotional and behavioural regulation, and risk behaviours

• Ability to develop reflective practice on professional activity

• 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 through a child-centred approach

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

• A varied and stimulating work environment

• Clinical supervision

• Encouragement for continuing education

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

Work locations

Founex Home

Chemin des Canons 8

1297 Founex

+41 22 776 17 57

Romainamôtier Home

Chemin de la Diaz 1

1323 Romainamôtier

+41 24 453 11 19

Start date

Immediate or to be agreed

Application deadline

23 September 2026

For any further information, you can contact the home managers at the phone numbers above.

We look forward to receiving your application exclusively via jobup specifying the position(s)