
SuPer’s student membership is free!
You can become a student member if you are studying for at least an upper secondary qualification in social and health care, or education and guidance.
Help & support
SuPer’s experts and lawyers will help you with employment, salary, and professional matters.
Insurance
Union provides legal protection and liability insurances, and student members are also covered by leisure accident insurance.
Discounts
SuPer membership comes with a wide range of valuable discounts and other membership benefits.
About to graduate?
Join SuPer as a regular member!
Unemployment Fund
Apply for membership in the Super Unemployment Fund when you join as a student member.
Once you start working, report your employment details in the Oma SuPer member service.
Fund membership for SuPer’s student members is free.
Student events
SuPer’s annual spring event offers students in both the education and guidance, as well as social and health care fields diverse lectures on professional expertise, job opportunities and working life. In Finnish.
SuPer’s Lähihoitaja online event is held every autumn. It focuses on the diverse work that practical nurses do as well as offering insights into working life. The event is open to everyone and completely free of charge. In Finnish.
Each autumn, SuPer visits social and health care colleges across Finland. The tour offers e.g. lectures on professional ethics and the rules of working life, prize draws and super‑cool SuPer giveaways.
SuPer has been involved in developing the Practical Nurse category of the Taitaja competition since its beginning in 2002, and SuPer members participate every year as judges. Spot SuPer’s stand in the event area and come say hello!

Questions about working life?
You’ll find information and answers in SuPer’s Working Life Guide.
Member, join SuPer at Helsinki Pride parade and pre-party on 27 June
Existence of trade union movement strengthens democracy
SuPer considers labour-based immigration in the social and healthcare sector necessary – adequate professional language skills must be ensured
Collaboration with vocational colleges
SuPer’s student ambassadors (SuPer-Opo) visit vocational colleges to talk about their work and SuPer as a union.
They also organise events for students and present the SuPer’s scholarships at graduation ceremonies.

Recommend SuPer to student members!
As a member, you will receive a gift card for every new member, with a value of 30 euros for a regular member and 15 euros for a student.