Pilke Playschool Kalasatama

At the heart of Pilke's early childhood education, childcare and after-school activities are the company's good day makers - more than 2,500 ECEC and childcare professionals. Their goal is to ensure that children have a good day, every day.

We value our competent early childhood educators and strive for being an excellent employer. In addition to our values, the activities of our work community are driven by a strong sense of quality, togetherness and encouragement.

We are looking for a practical nurse in early childhood education to join our team in Pilke Playschool Kalasatama, Helsinki.

Our daycare centre is fully English speaking and has places for 40 children. The position requires a willingness to utilise your competence, to develop and innovate new ideas and to provide the children and colleagues with a good day through personal engagement. Playschool Kalasatama is a small daycare with just 3 groups and we value our warm community athmosphere that can be felt the moment you step in. We are now looking for a practical nurse (lastenhoitaja) to join the 0-3-year-olds' group.

Due to our excellent location, we go on trips to the nearby parks and also travel to local libraries, museums and other cultural events on a regular basis. Our emphasis is on social and emotional development as well as strong interaction skills - these are focused on throughout the day as a lot of the learning also happens during those important day to day routines. Our work community is warm and welcoming and we want to encourage each other to be an active member of the team.

We expect you to apply working methods based firmly on pedagogic principles, to have a positive and active attitude, good interaction skills and the ability to encounter children genuinely. We apply solution-based working practices and encourage our employees to try new things. At Pilke, the daycare centre tasks are assigned among childcare professionals so that everyone has time to focus on their duties to the be