SOCIAL EDUCATORS FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT

The Youth & Families Foundation is a key player at the heart of the 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 enables real and concrete change in the lives of families and their supported children. You will participate in the evolution of the education, development and child and youth protection sector by responding with us to the needs of tomorrow.

Our values OPENNESS – TRUST – LOYALTY – CREATIVITY

Your mission

• Take daily care of children aged 0 to 6 years by providing comfort, soothing and gentleness to positively support 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 parental role with a child-centred approach
• Participate in the safety of our reception centres 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.

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

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 young children in residential care, open environment or specialised prevention and in supporting families in difficulty
• Ability to understand and manage complex situations, resolve conflicts and negotiate
• Empathetic approach and sensitivity to child protection
• Collaborative personality appreciating teamwork and fostering entrepreneurial spirit
• Experience with dissociative disorders, risk behaviours, self-harming behaviours, etc.
• Ability to develop reflective practice
• Availability for irregular hours during day, night and weekends
• Driving licence mandatory

Work locations

Cilaos Home, Rte de Rolle 1,1162 St-Prex,martin.guyon@fjfnet.ch

Lully Home Rue du Collège12 1132 Lully catherine.blais@fjfnet.ch

Boussole Home Ch. De Beauregard 2 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains marine.boudvin@fjfnet.ch

Start date Immediately or to be agreed Application deadline 17.08.2026.

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

Cilaos Home 21.08.2026 afternoon and 24.08.2026 morning

Lully Home 31.08.2026 afternoon

Boussole Home 28.08.2026 afternoon

Only applications via Jobup are accepted