Social Pedagogue as Department Head for Residential Educational Support

Project overview

Social Pedagogue as Department Head (m/f/d) for Residential Educational Support

SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. is a renowned aid organization and an independent, non-profit provider of child and youth welfare services with 38 facilities throughout Germany and around 5,200 employees.

The SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz - Counseling, Youth, and Family Center in southern Brandenburg is a network of differentiated youth welfare services with preventive and outpatient support as well as daycare facilities.

At SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz, we are looking for a

Full-time (38.5 hrs./week)

Responsibilities

As Department Head (m/f/d), you will assume professional, personnel, and organizational responsibility for our residential educational support services and significantly contribute to their further development. Initially, you will be responsible for our mother/father-child facility with five places. Subsequently, you will oversee the establishment of a family-based child and youth residential group with eight places and the development of further outpatient support services for families.

In the long term, you will lead approximately 16 employees and work closely with the facility management, youth welfare offices, cooperation partners, and regional network partners. You will shape the professional direction of the department and help provide reliable development and protection spaces for children, adolescents, and families.

• Professional and organizational leadership of our residential services and social pedagogical support for families, including responsibility for the strategic and conceptual further development of your department.
• Leading, supporting, and developing your employees through clear, appreciative, and reflective leadership. You will foster a trusting team culture, guide change processes, conduct employee discussions, and ensure transparent communication and forward-looking personnel planning.
• Ensuring and further developing pedagogical quality by continuously reviewing professional standards, managing quality development processes, and promoting a professional, resource-oriented approach within the teams.
• Ensuring child and client protection in close cooperation with the child and client protection team. You will continuously develop existing protection concepts and ensure their conscientious implementation in daily work.
• Counseling and supporting families, as well as accompanying children and adolescents in challenging life situations.
• Conceptual further development of existing services and the development of new residential and outpatient support within SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz. This includes, in particular, the establishment of a family-based child and youth residential group and the co-design of further needs-based services.
• Responsibility for the organization and management of your area of work. You will design efficient processes, coordinate on-call duties within the teams, and support facility management in overarching organizational and strategic issues.
• Trusting collaboration with youth welfare offices, cooperation partners, and regional network partners. You will represent your department externally, maintain existing cooperations, and continuously expand them in the interest of successful networking.
• Undertaking public relations and professional representation tasks to make the services of SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz visible and actively develop them further.
• Participating in the strategic further development of the entire facility by contributing your professional expertise, actively shaping change processes, and further developing the future of educational support services together with the management team.

Requirements

Our Benefits as an Employer: Your Financial Advantages

Work-Life Balance

Professional and Personal Development including Health Care

Your Application:

The position is initially limited to one year. If the collaboration is successful on both sides, permanent employment is expressly intended. To enable us to process your application in compliance with data protection regulations, we kindly ask you to use exclusively our online application form. You can access this via the "Apply Now!" button. Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications sent by email.

Should you have any questions about the position in advance, please feel free to call us. We will answer your questions and look forward to your application via our online portal!

Your contact person:

Ms. Anika Hasulyo (Assistant to the Facility Management)

Phone: 87-0

SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz Berliner Strasse Forst (Lausitz)

• Completed degree in Social Work or Social Pedagogy, or a comparable university degree.
• Sound professional experience in residential child and youth welfare, as well as initial or multi-year experience in a leadership position.
• An appreciative, clear, and reflective leadership approach with which you motivate, support, and strengthen employees in their professional development.
• A structured and forward-looking way of working, combined with organizational skills and the ability to maintain an overview even in demanding situations.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills, as well as a confident and responsible demeanor in dealing with employees, families, youth welfare offices, and cooperation partners.
• A professional approach to closeness and distance, as well as a clear stance on child and client protection.
• Enjoyment in further developing pedagogical concepts, ensuring quality, and actively shaping change processes.
• Interest in trusting collaboration with youth welfare offices, regional network partners, and within the SOS-Kinderdorf Lausitz facility as a whole.
• An additional qualification, for example in systemic counseling or systemic therapy, is desirable.
• an attractive salary oriented towards TVoD SuE
• annual special payment and capital-forming benefits
• 100% employer-financed pension plan at 6.9% of the monthly gross salary, including disability insurance
• up to €500 per year for public transport travel costs
• home allowance and supplements for working at unfavorable times
• monthly meal allowance
• favorable job bike leasing (including e-bikes)
• a comprehensive package of further benefits such as co-payments for naturopathic treatments, dental prostheses, visual aids, etc.
• voluntary social benefits such as subsidies for weddings, births, or adoptions
• SOS benefits portal from Corporate Benefits with a variety of cost-effective offers from well-known brands in all relevant life areas
• such as technology, travel, fashion, housing, and much more
• as a member of the Paritätischer Gesamtverband, SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. and its employees have access to special conditions from numerous providers
• 31 days of vacation plus days off on December 24th and 31st
• regeneration days
• special leave arrangements for specific occasions
• employee-friendly time off for accrued shift work
• team events (e.g., parties, outings, cultural events)
• accumulate credit on your personal time value account and realize professional breaks (sabbatical)
• flexible support for further training and professional development through leave of absence and financial support
• company fitness with Wellpass: access to a nationwide network of gyms, swimming pools, and online courses
• support service with voiio: confidential advice and support for employees with professional and private challenges
• including coaching, short-term childcare and care for dependents, specialist physician referrals, and health prevention programs
• very extensive event catalog with numerous seminars for professional and personal development
• regular supervision
• multi-day new employee conference with opportunities for exchange and networking
• benefit from our expertise and high professional standards as a nationwide provider in child and youth welfare

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Forst (Lausitz), Brandenburg, Germany, DE
• Languages: German