Apprenticeship as a Care Specialist EFZ – Start 2026
Key information
- Publication date:10 September 2025
- Workload:100%
Job summary
Join the Stadt St.Gallen as a childcare professional! Make a positive impact on children's development.
Tasks
- Support children’s holistic growth through varied activities.
- Encourage social behavior and individual expression in groups.
- Observe and adapt to children's needs with patience and care.
Skills
- Experience with children, strong observation skills, and resilience.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities needed.
- Practical problem-solving skills and a healthy mindset.
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Your new role
In the field of childcare, the holistic development of children is central. This includes linguistic, intellectual, and motor skills, social behavior, and personality. Care specialists design everyday life age- and situation-appropriately with guided sections and free play, individual and group activities. You enable children to have diverse learning experiences, to develop individually, and at the same time to find their way in the group.
This position is for you if you bring the following
- Patience and sensitivity in dealing with children
- Good powers of observation
- Precise work
- Practical sense
- Resilience and good health
- Networked thinking
Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:
What we offer
With us, you work in one of the municipal daycares and are an important part of the team. This offers you a wide variety of tasks where you can make a meaningful impact for St.Gallen. We offer apprenticeships at the Hebel daycare and at the Hof-Kreuzbühl daycare.
Benefits
- Performance bonus
- Welcome day
- St. Nicholas dinner
- Spring event
- Ostwind subscription
Any questions?
All information about apprenticeships at the City of St.Gallen can be found at stadtsg.ch/lehre.
We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.
City of St.Gallen, Human Resources
, Jeannette Germann, Head of Vocational Training, +41 71 224 59 20, Town Hall, 9001 St.Gallen, www.stadt.sg.ch
