Instructor of persons with intellectual disabilities

Operating units of wellbeing services counties, private service providers, disability organisations and foundations such as housing units, work and activity centres, sheltered housing, family homes, day care, schools, care institutions and the Social Services Agency.

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Instructors of persons with intellectual disabilities must be able to support and guide clients with intellectual disabilities. Genuine encounters with the customer and listening to them are prerequisites for this customer-oriented work. Knowledge of social services legislation, security systems and services is important in the profession.

Instructors of persons with intellectual disabilities requires interaction skills. Flexibility, responsibility, patience and consistency are advantages in the work. The profession also requires teamwork skills. Making decisions and responding to them requires the consideration of ethical perspectives as well as leadership skills, initiative and sense of responsibility.

Ammatillisessa koulutuksessa voi suorittaa sosiaali- ja terveysalan perustutkinnon vammaistyön osaamisalalla (lähihoitaja) ja kehitysvamma-alan ammattitutkinnon. Lisäksi on olemassa kuntoutus-, tuki- ja ohjauspalvelujen erikoisammattitutkinto.

You can train for the profession of a social counsellor by completing a suitable university of applied sciences degree in social services and health care, such as the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Sociology (AMK), Elderly Care, Bachelor’s degree (AMK) and Rehabilitation Supervisor, Bachelor’s degree (AMK).

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The eligibility criteria for social services are specified in the Act on Social Welfare Professionals.

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.

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