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Nanny jobs in Finland

Nannies provide qualified care services to children on the premises of the employer. They organise play activities and entertain children with games and other cultural and educative activities according to their respective age, prepare meals, give them bathes, transport them from and to school and assist them with homework on a punctual basis.

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Nanny – how much is the pay in Finland?

What the trade paid in 2024

Hourly earnings in Finland 2024 — occupation group 5311 Child care workers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
Median15.12 €/h
Bottom tenth12.15 €/h
Top tenth17.37 €/h
Employees48,802

Pay by sex, 2024

Median hourly earnings by sex in Finland 2024 — occupation group 5311 Child care workers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
SexMedianEmployees
Women15.15 €/h45,845
Men14.69 €/h2,957

Nanny - Which skills are essential?

The importance of a clean, sanitary workspace for example through use of hand disinfectant and sanitizer, in order to minimise infection risk between colleagues or when working with children.

Promote the prevention, early detection, and management of children`s problems, focusing on developmental delays and disorders, behavioural problems, functional disabilities, social stresses, mental disorders including depression, and anxiety disorders.

Help children with school tasks. Assist the child with the interpretation of the assignment and the solutions. Make sure the child studies for tests and exams.

Evaluate the different aspects of development needs of children and young people.

Help children and young people to assess their social, emotional and identity needs and to develop a positive self image, enhance their self esteem and improve their self reliance.

Ensure proper handling, storage and disposal of cleaning chemicals in accordance with regulations.

Promote and respect human rights and diversity in light of the physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs of autonomous individuals, taking into account their opinions, beliefs and values, and the international and national codes of ethics, as well as the ethical implications of healthcare provision, ensuring their right to privacy and honouring for the confidentiality of healthcare information.

Disinfect surfaces in accordance with sanitary standards.

The symptoms, characteristics, and treatment of diseases and disorders that often affect children, such as the measles, chickenpox, asthma, the mumps, and head lice.

Encourage and facilitate the development of children's natural curiosity and social and language abilities through creative and social activities such as storytelling, imaginative play, songs, drawing, and games.

Engage in activities for enjoyment, tailored to children of a certain age. Be creative and improvise to amuse children with activities such as tinkering, sports or board games.

Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others.

Use verbal and non-verbal communication and communicate through writing, electronic means, or drawing. Adapt your communication to children and young people`s age, needs, characteristics, abilities, preferences, and culture.

Tend to children by feeding them, dressing them, and, if necessary, regularly changing their diapers in a sanitary manner.

Inform children`s parents of the activities planned, program`s expectations and children`s individual progress.

Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.

Nanny - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Prepare savoury and sweet pastry products, combining with other products if necessary.

Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.

Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.

The procedures required to take care of children up to the age of 1, such as feeding, bathing, soothing, and diapering the baby.

Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance.

Make sure that pets are given appropriate food and water on time.

Be able to drive vehicles; have the approapriate type of driving license according to the type of motor vehicle used.

Make filled and open sandwiches, paninis and kebabs.

Apply food preparation techniques including the selecting, washing, cooling, peeling, marinating, preparing of dressings and cutting of ingredients.

The specific methods and practices used in providing care to people with physical, intellectual and learning disabilities.

Press and iron in order to shape or flatten textiles giving them their final finishing appearance. Iron by hand or with steam pressers.

Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.

Purchase ingredients, products and tools that are necessary for daily housekeeping activities.

Clean rooms by cleaning glasswork and windows, polishing furniture, vacuuming carpets, scrubing hard floors, and removing garbage.

Use gardening equipment such as clippers, sprayers, mowers, chainsaws, complying to health and safety regulations.

Apply reheating techniques including steaming, boiling or bain marie.

Present to others examples of your experience, skills, and competences that are appropriate to specific learning content to help students in their learning.

Get ready for serving snacks and sandwiches or heat up ready-made bar products if requested.

Provide founded feedback through both criticism and praise in a respectful, clear, and consistent manner. Highlight achievements as well as mistakes and set up methods of formative assessment to evaluate work.

Support and coach students in their work, give learners practical support and encouragement.

Apply cooking techniques including grilling, frying, boiling, braising, poaching, baking or roasting.

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Sources

Wage data: Statistics Finland, wage structure statistics, table 15az, year 2024. Read 2.10.2026. Licence CC BY 4.0.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

How we calculated these figures