Förder-Nanny & Family Manager (50-80%) - Child with special needs in Zürich-Hottingen

We are a health-conscious, sporty, and structured family with our daughter Katharina (18 months old in September). We parents are highly engaged in our careers and partially work from home. Katharina has a very rare degenerative nerve disease with global developmental delay and the risk of developing epilepsy during her lifetime. We place great importance on a well-kept, tidy home and a conscious lifestyle - in our daily routine, we completely avoid sugar, cigarettes, and alcohol and are enthusiastic about healthy nutrition and a healthy lifestyle (Longevity). In January 2027, we are expecting our second child, which we are very much looking forward to as a family. For holistic support in our daily life, we are looking for a long-term, loving, proactive, and structured personality who will support us with joy, energy, and interest in promoting our daughter, will co-care for the sibling from spring, and, if interested, will also support us with household chores in a partnership. Förder-Nanny & Family Manager (50-80%) - Child with special needs in Zürich-Hottingen Tasks • Structured daily accompaniment & routine: Reliable adherence to and implementation of our fixed daily rhythm regarding meal, training, and rest times. These clear structures give Katharina important orientation and neurological security in everyday life. Within this framework, you design the day lovingly, prepare age-appropriate meals, and accompany her through her phases in a dedicated manner. • Therapy integration: Accompaniment to therapy sessions by external specialists at our home or outside, as well as the playful implementation of therapy exercises in everyday life, which enables our daughter to develop optimally towards the greatest possible independence. • Promotion: Proactive co-design of daily routines and promotional activities at home, in the playground, or during outings. • Cooperation: Interdisciplinary exchange with us parents, the kindergarten, and external therapists (heilpädagogin, physiotherapist, and logopädin). • Family expansion: Over time, expansion of the scope of care to the sibling (born in January 2027) - initially in close consultation and with the support of the mother during maternity leave. • Household (optional): Expansion of the scope of work during Katharina's kindergarten time with tasks such as healthy pre-cooking, laundry management, and light tidying up. • Possible alternative for Thu/Fri: Also designable as 1:1 integration accompaniment directly in Katharina's kindergarten (combination of individual promotion and kindergarten environment). Start: 21. September 2026 Location: Zürich, Hottingerplatz Scope of work: • Flexibly designable between 50% and 80% (by agreement). Fixed core days are Thursday and Friday. • Exciting model alternative for Thu/Fri: For specialists from (heil-)pädagogik, we offer the alternative possibility of accompanying Katharina on the two full-day days (Thu/Fri) as 1:1 inclusion assistance directly in her accustomed kindergarten environment. You will support her there in the group's daily routine and work hand in hand with the kindergarten team. Exemplary weekly structure with a 69% scope of work (29 hours): • Monday: 13:00 - 18:00 (5 hours) | *Focus: Kindergarten pickup, accompaniment to physiotherapy & care* • Tuesday: 14:00 - 18:00 (4 hours) | *Focus: Kindergarten pickup & care* • Wednesday: free • Thursday: 7:30 - 18:00 (10.5 hours) | *Focus: Full-day care at home* • Friday: 07:30 - 17:00 (9.5 hours) | *Focus: Logopädie appointment & full-day care at home* Your profile • Completed training in social pedagogy, early childhood / nursing staff or corresponding work experience • Current first aid course for infants/babies • Experience in accompanying children with cognitive/motor impairment or very high motivation to acquire this specialist knowledge. • Native language level in German or English. You have a clear, melodious way of speaking, use short sentences, and have a pronounced facial expression to support the imitation of mouth movements. Openness to playfully using simple gestures (baby signs) or picture cards (supported communication). • Humorous, structured personality with emotional maturity to adjust to Katharina's health needs and react calmly, sensibly, and competently in an emergency (epilepsy) according to the emergency plan. Medical prior knowledge is a plus. • Health-conscious attitude towards life. During working hours, we consider a smoke-, sugar-, and alcohol-free environment for our children to be important. • Optional: Willingness to also take on household tasks (cooking, laundry, tidying up). We offer • A working environment with a lot of independence and personal responsibility (despite partial home office of the parents) • A wonderful daughter with special needs who has a lot of fun laughing and learning • A highly appreciative, sporty, and well-kept family environment • Exciting learning opportunities and exchange through direct cooperation with external therapists • A perfectly accessible workplace in the center of Zürich (6 tram minutes from the main station) • A fair, qualification-based remuneration Our application process Since we consider transparent and mutually harmonious cooperation to be important, we follow a structured getting-to-know process: 1. Short online questionnaire: If interested, we ask you to answer a few short questions about your preferences in advance (link to the form: https://forms.gle/xPHBG4Cv5aVnMz6J6) and send us your CV by email to julia.marcel.zrh@gmail.com. 2. Getting to know each other via video call: A short initial conversation for mutual getting-to-know.