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Family day care counsellor

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Family day care counsellors are supervisors of family day care providers in municipal employment relationships. Their tasks include guiding the activities of family day care practitioners, organising training for them and working together with parents and other parties. The profession requires early childhood education and care competence, interaction skills, leadership skills, and organisational skills.

Perhepäivähoidon ohjaajana toimiminen edellyttää laaja-alaista kiinnostusta lasten kasvatukseen ja hyvinvointiin liittyviin asioihin. Työ vaatii yhteistyö- ja vuorovaikutustaitoja sekä johtamis- ja organisointikykyä.

Perhepäivähoidon ohjaajalta odotetaan kykyä itsenäiseen työskentelyyn ja päätöksentekoon. Myös paineensietokykyä tarvitaan.

  • business management principles
  • child protection
  • company policies
  • customer service
  • legal requirements in the social sector
  • psychology
  • social justice
Source: ESCO 1.2.1 (esco.ec.europa.eu)⁠

Perhepäivähoidonohjaajalta vaaditaan varhaiskasvatuksen opettajan koulutus. Kasvatustieteen kandidaatin tutkinnon voi suorittaa yliopistoissa.

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Median salary

3,296 €/mo

Private sector

3,337 €/mo

Public sector

3,208 €/mo

The data is based on the median income, meaning the amount of salary which is the middle of the salary amounts arranged in order of magnitude. The salary information for an occupation is based on occupational groups defined by Statistics Finland’s national classification of occupations, which often include other similar occupations.

Source: Statistics Finland's structural statistics on wages and salaries

  • after school day care coordinator
  • before school daycare coordinator
  • childcare centre manager
  • child day care center manager
  • child day care centre administrator
  • child daycare centre coordinator
  • child daycare centre manager
Source: ESCO 1.2.1 (esco.ec.europa.eu)⁠

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