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Educators climb on playground equipment

Our 26 WABE daycare centers, two parent-child centers and five school partnerships are as diverse as the people who design them. From the small house with a few dozen children and a small family team to the large house with 200 children, many colleagues, attached production kitchen and EKiZ. From a spacious location in the countryside to a residential area or a central city location. From the deputy management position with educational and administrative tasks to the 100% management position.

Find out more: Career profile management / coordination

Whether crèche or elementary school, all-day school care or parent advice,
whether full-time or part-time,
whether a small daycare center with just under thirty or large ones with up to 200 children,
whether as an employee in one house or as a stand-in in several day-care centers
– In our around 30 facilities in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein (Pinneberg, Lauenburg, Ahrensburg), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Ludwigslust) and Hesse (Usingen), educators will find a wide range of opportunities.

Find out more: Career profile educator

Remedial educators and remedial educators (“HEPs” for short) enrich the daycare and all-day school teams in our WABE facilities. Through their subject-specific, inclusion-oriented perspectives and approaches, they contribute to implementing inclusion and living differences with self-confidence.

Find out more: HEP job profile

The socio pedagogical assistants (“SPAs” for short) in our daycare centers accompany the children in the crèche or elementary area throughout the day. They support the educators in their daily work. As second workers, they are right in the middle of the lively events with the children and take on all the tasks associated with raising and caring for the children. They help with meals, paint, do handicrafts, sing, play with the children, guide them in projects and accompany them on excursions.

Find out more: Job description SPA

Existing specialist knowledge can be an additional plus for working with the children. Because through individual additional qualifications or professional training (such as carpenter, musician, art teacher, etc.), (lateral) entrants are also experts in their respective pedagogical focus. They can contribute their specialist skills and interests in the numerous areas of education such as exercise, art, music, nutrition and language. As experts in their field, they put their passion and knowledge into the children’s areas specifically for the respective function.

Find out more: Career profile for lateral entrants

WABE eV supports Hamburg’s qualification campaign for social education. At various WABE day-care centers and at our school cooperation locations, we offer apprenticeships for part-time training to become an educator. The three-year, paid form of training enables the trainees to gain direct practical experience in the facility in addition to their school training.

Find out more: Apprentice job profile

Our housekeeping and cleaning staff keep an eye on hygiene and cleanliness in the day-care centers and all-day school locations. In this way, they free up the educational staff to concentrate on working with the children. They lend a hand and lend a hand to the educational staff and, of course, to the children, for example in providing food. At the same time, as part of the Kita community, they are also in contact with the children and are happy to answer their questions.

Find out more: Career profile for housekeeping/cleaning/kitchen workers

The departments of Education, Accounting, Human Resources/Personnel, IT, Construction/Real Estate Management, Public Relations/Events, General Administration and the Executive Board incl. Assistants are in close contact with the institutions. They support the pedagogical and housekeeping staff and managers in their daily tasks and are available to the children and their families as contact persons for questions.

Find out more: Administrative employee

Are you interested in a voluntary social year at WABE eV?

Then welcome to us! In cooperation with the association for voluntary services in Hamburg (based in the Elsa Brandström Haus – EBH) in the DRK eV, we offer the opportunity to complete a voluntary social year in our WABE day-care centres.

Find out more: FSJ job profile

Are you a pupil, a student or are you interested in lateral entry into the educational field?

Then you can find the daycare center you want in your region under the menu item “Day care center”.

Find out more: Job profile for an intern