Childcare Worker at Sunnanäng Preschool
Description
Welcome to Sunnanäng Preschool in Molkom!
At our facility, children explore, discover, and develop through play, learning, and community. The preschool is located close to nature with proximity to both Molkom Lake and Nyed School, providing excellent opportunities for exploration both indoors and outdoors. We offer inspiring learning environments where children's curiosity, creativity, and independence are at the center. With our vision of a Sustainable Future, we work to awaken children's interest in their world and create a safe, fun, and inclusive preschool where all children have the opportunity to develop according to their own circumstances. We are now seeking a substitute childcare worker for our preschool until August 2027.
Responsibilities
As a childcare worker, you will work together with preschool teachers based on current curriculum guidelines and implement and develop educational activities. You will help plan and carry out activities that promote children's development and learning. You are responsible for providing children with a safe and secure environment at the preschool.
Your main tasks will include:
Helping children develop their social skills such as cooperation, sharing, and conflict resolution.
Participating in documenting children's development and learning by observing and noting children's progress and challenges.
Communication with guardians.
Assisting with meals, rest time, and hygiene.
As a childcare worker, you play an invaluable role in helping and inspiring children in their activities. It is important and varied work where you need to be prepared for no two days being the same.
Qualifications
We are seeking someone who is trained as a childcare worker through upper secondary or post-secondary education equivalent to at least 1300 credits.
To be successful in this role, we see that you take responsibility for your assignment and recognize what needs to be done in the operation. You contribute with ideas, take initiative, and implement them in practice to create good conditions for children's development and learning. You have the ability to independently plan, carry out, and follow up your work while also contributing to the team's shared goals. You feel confident in your professional role and maintain a professional approach even when circumstances change or the pace is high. You see change and development as a natural part of work and are curious about new methods that can help develop the operation. With a positive and solution-focused approach, you contribute to an operation where both children and colleagues can grow and develop.
The position will be filled if required decisions are made.
We look forward to your application!
What We Offer
Read more about our benefits and what it's like to work in Karlstad Municipality at karlstad.se/jobbahososs
Information about salary levels can be found here (select "See Salary Statistics"). This recruitment concerns AID code [403010]
When you apply for a job with us, you will need to provide your CV and answer a number of questions where we ask you to describe your competence in the requested area. This means you should not attach a personal letter as part of your application.
About Karlstad Municipality
The Children and Youth Administration is responsible for preschools and schools for approximately 13,200 children and students and is the municipality's largest administration with over 2,400 employees. We operate preschools, family daycare homes, open preschools, preschool classes, elementary schools, adapted elementary schools, after-school centers, and cultural schools, and we also work with child and student health issues. We equip children for the future.
Do you want to help create the Karlstad of the future? With us in Karlstad Municipality, you can make a real difference. Here, every employee is an important part of the whole, and together we help realize our vision of "A better life in Solstaden." Come and grow with us!
Additional Information
To ensure quality in the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application through our recruitment system and not via email or paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this notice.
If you have protected personal information, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system or send them via email. Instead, contact the municipality's main switchboard at 054-540 00 00 for further handling.
KARLSTADS KOMMUN
Permanent
15. 8. 2026