Practical Training Program for Early Childhood Educators

With 16 daycare centers, kindergartens, children’s centers, after-school care centers, and family daycare programs, as well as 15 play and learning rooms, the Erlangen City Youth Welfare Office is one of the leading providers of child care facilities in the city.

Your benefits:

• Meaningful and responsible tasks
• Qualified support through designated on-the-job mentors and the training office
• Opportunities to engage in educational work with various age groups across different facilities
• Integration of theoretical expertise and practical application in everyday educational work with children and their parents
• Reflection on your own professional role
• Competitive pay and discounted bus and train tickets
• Guaranteed permanent employment upon demonstrating suitability
• Good opportunities for professional development and advancement after completing your training

Your responsibilities:

• Working independently and taking personal responsibility for the children and youth in your care
• Creative and professional planning and implementation of educational and developmental activities in accordance with our pedagogical priorities
• Supporting and encouraging children and adolescents according to their individual developmental levels
• Establishing a partnership with parents in the children’s upbringing

Your profile:

• Strong social and communication skills, as well as the ability to work in a team and collaborate
• A respectful and appreciative approach toward children, adolescents, and their parents
• Commitment and motivation to contribute your own ideas and personality to your educational work and to your collaboration with colleagues at the field sites
• Tolerance, respect, and acceptance of the diversity, individuality, and differences of all people
• Willingness to engage in self-reflection
• A high degree of flexibility as well as mental and physical resilience
• Good German language skills (at least C1 CEFR for those with foreign school or vocational training)
• At least a secondary school diploma or an equivalent, recognized foreign educational qualification
• If you also already meet one of the following requirements, you can enroll directly in the three-year practice-integrated training program to become a childcare worker:
  • Completed vocational training as a state-certified childcare worker
  • Completion of an introductory year in social pedagogy (SEJ)
  • Completion of at least two years of vocational training in a different field in accordance with the Vocational Training Act or technical college education
  • a (technical) college entrance qualification

If you do not meet any of the other requirements listed above, you have the option of completing the Introductory Year in Social Pedagogy (SEJ) with us beforehand in order to gain direct admission to the practice-integrated training program.

Application deadline: January 10, 2027
Where: Apply here!
Reference number: *_000636
More info: www.erlangen.de/pia
Contact: Mr. Birner, Tel. 09131 86-1831

We view diversity as an asset and are committed to equal opportunity. In principle, all positions are open to part-time work. People with severe disabilities will be given priority consideration if equally qualified.