2 maternity-leave substitutes sought for the Packaging Team and the Production Team in CHB

Are you passionate about creating meaningful employment and development opportunities for citizens with special needs? Can you support citizens' personal development and work purposefully with protected employment? Do you dream of combining pedagogy, protected employment and cross-collaboration in an exciting maternity leave replacement?

If you answer 3 x YES and at the same time want to work with and for citizens with mental and physical disabilities - then perhaps you are the maternity leave replacement we are looking for!

About the Center for Brain Injury & Employment

The Center for Brain Injury and Employment (CHB) is part of the Municipality of Aabenraa and addresses young people and adults with acquired or congenital brain injury, psychological vulnerability, as well as citizens with physical or mental disabilities.

We accommodate around 250 citizens and 180 employees spread across seven sites in the Municipality of Aabenraa. The center consists of four departments, each with its own department head, from which we run residential facilities in Tinglev and Kliplev, provide residential support to citizens in their own homes, and offer protected employment at two sites. In addition, we have citizens in activity and social interaction offerings, in the specially arranged youth education (STU) and in adult and special education (VSU).

Our work is based on the municipality's development strategy “The good life together” with a focus on the core task: Health, Mastery and Community Building.

CHB's vision is: We are a “We”! We are: attractive, competent and co-creating.

We are a workplace with room for development, where culture and job satisfaction go hand in hand.

As we say: ”It should be fun to be here – but we are not here for fun.”

We work from a rehabilitative and appreciative approach, where citizens' resources, wishes and potentials are in the center.

About the job

The Employment service is seeking two motivated and professionally strong maternity leave replacements for our employment offers:

• Team Packaging at Kilen – starting 1 January 2027
• Team Production in Hærvejshuset – starting 1 February 2027

Both positions are, in principle, 37 hours per week.

Team Packaging – Kilen (Aabenraa)

In Team Packaging, about 25 citizens work with various packaging and assembly tasks for external partners. Tasks include sorting, counting, quality control, labeling, repackaging, and packing goods for dispatch. The work tasks are planned individually to support each citizen's participation, mastery and sense of contributing to a shared production.

Citizens in Team Packaging are looking for a maternity leave replacement who

• Is good at listening
• Is strong and not afraid to take action and lift boxes
• Has a good sense of humor

Team Production – Hærvejshuset (Rødekro)

Team Production accommodates on average about 30 citizens who handle various tasks for a wide range of companies, including printers, manufacturing companies and shops. The tasks are diverse, from assembly tasks to labeling a product, repackaging, sorting, counting tasks, addressing, etc. The focus is on creating a structured and meaningful everyday life where citizens experience community, success and an opportunity to develop their skills.

Citizens in Team Production are looking for a maternity leave replacement who

• Have a good mood and preferably use humor at work
• Can juggle many tasks but also be able to “sit on their hands” when needed
• Are present and good at listening

For both positions, you will be part of a multidisciplinary collaboration with colleagues, relatives and other partners regarding citizens' development and well-being.

We have a strong focus on developing each citizen's work ability, personal and social skills, and you will be responsible for planning and carrying out individual and group-based tasks and activities for the citizens.

We work with a basis in each citizen's personal and developmental goals.

About you

We expect that you

• Are educated as a pedagogue - preferably with experience in the special education and employment area
• Can create structure, safety and predictability and work systematically to build safe and recognizable frameworks for citizens and can support their everyday life with clear guidance and structure
• Are relation-strong and appreciative in your approach and able to build trustful relationships with citizens with different prerequisites and meet them with respect, clarity and calm.
• Value good colleague relationships and actively contribute to creating a culture characterized by job satisfaction, professional curiosity and mutual respect in our team.
• Want to work in a co-governed team with a high degree of influence and responsibility in your tasks. It is an important part of our culture, where we emphasise collaboration, trust and shared responsibility.

Additionally we dream that you

• Are reflective about your own and colleagues' practice
• Have a professional foundation that can be seen in your practice and documentation
• Look beyond citizens' behavior and meet them with curiosity and understanding
• Are proficient with IT at user level; we work in Nexus and document professional efforts and work systematically with goals and sub-goals.
• Are proficient in Danish in writing and speaking
• Have a driving license, as you will participate in citizen transportation to and from employment.

We offer

• Colleagues who are passionate about working with citizens in the employment framework
• A value-based, healthy and development-oriented workplace
• A workplace that prioritizes the working environment
• An environment where there is room for creative ideas/solutions, and thinking outside the box is welcome
• A good laugh – even on days when things may be difficult to find.

Salary and employment terms

Both maternity leave replacements are, in principle, 37 hours per week, and are to be filled from 01.01.27 at Kilen, Kilen 53, 6200 Aabenraa and 01.02.27 at Hærvejshuset, Vestergade 14, 6230 Rødekro. Working hours in Employment are Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 16:00. There may be occasional evening events during the year. It is a requirement that you have a driving license.

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement between the Association of Municipalities and the negotiating organisation. Before employment, a criminal record check will be requested, and the employment will be conditional on a satisfactory result.

Further information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact department head Mette Svendsen at mobile: 2485 7512.

Application

Send your application and relevant attachments no later than 11 November 2026. Interviews are expected to be held on 18 November 2026. References will be obtained by agreement with the candidate. Expected start date no later than 01 January 2027 and 01 February 2027.

You can read more about the Center for Brain Injury & Employment on our website or by visiting our Facebook page for the Brain Injury department.

You can also watch our video about the center's work or listen to our song.

We look forward to receiving your application!

The municipality's mission is that we together create The Good Life.

If you are a newcomer, we would like you to settle in quickly and well. Therefore, we have a range of offers for you - and for those who may move with you.

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Application deadline

11 November 2026

Start date

1 January 2027

Workplace

CHB Kilen 53

Employment form

Full-time

Hours

37

Contact

Mette Svendsen

Mobile: 2485 7512