Are you an occupational therapist, and would you like to work with young people with multiple disabilities at Uddannelsescenter UiU?

Be part of shaping a meaningful youth life in Spor D at UiU Horsebakken.

UiU Education Centre, Horsebakken department, is seeking as of December 1, 2026 an engaged and professionally grounded occupational therapist for a permanent full-time position in Spor D.

About UiU and daily life in Spor D

UiU is Copenhagen Municipality's STU and 10th-grade offering to young people with special needs and extensive general learning difficulties. The young people are aged 15-25 and stay at UiU for up to four years.

Spor D is UiU’s offering to young people who typically have multiple functional impairments – e.g., cerebral palsy, epilepsy, visual impairment, blindness or autism. Many have little or no spoken language and use specialist aids and personal devices such as a walking frame and a wheelchair. Our students need support for almost all daily activities such as eating, undressing and dressing, personal hygiene and toilet visits.

Our approach is appreciative and tailored to each young person’s potential. The goal is to support the young people in becoming as independent and socially competent as possible, so they have the most influence on their own lives. We achieve this by organizing a daily life with both structure, repetition and visual aids, where the young people learn to navigate, make choices and relate to their everyday life in a community.

We work with communication and different alternative communication forms such as PODD, sign language, pictures, board maker, iPads and smartboards. The bodily is also of great importance, and therefore movement, sensory stimulation, music, cooking and creative activities are also part of everyday life.

Your role and tasks

As an occupational therapist in Spor D you will be part of a multidisciplinary team, where we help each other solve daily tasks – both in teaching, activities and with practical tasks around the students, such as eating, changing and toilet visits. You will also be responsible for documenting each student’s development and for being a contact person for some of the young people, which entails close parent cooperation and good collaboration with the club’s staff.

An important part of the position is also the role of equipment manager at UiU, where you will advise colleagues on and adapt and follow up on the students’ special tools and personal devices. You will also have the opportunity to influence the development of pedagogical and occupational-therapy interventions in the team.

You should thrive working across disciplines and contribute with your own professional expertise to the team. It is expected that you participate in the group's daily life on equal terms with other staff and participate in all relevant tasks.

We expect that you

• are a trained occupational therapist
• have the desire and courage to work with young people with multiple disabilities at an early development stage
• have interest in or experience with alternative communication forms
• have knowledge of sensory stimulation and sensory integration as well as experience with special tools and ADL training
• are motivated to create structure and predictability for the young
• can document and convey students’ progression in writing and orally
• can take on the responsibility as UiU’s equipment manager
• thrive with close collaboration with colleagues, parents and other professionals
• ideally have familiarity with autism or visual impairment, but this is not a requirement

We offer

• an exciting position in a multidisciplinary environment with high professionalism
• a workplace focused on collaboration, well-being and sparring
• engaged colleagues who are passionate about making a difference for the young

About the employment

The working hours are generally between 08:00 and 16:00. The annual full-time norm applies from 1 August to 31 July. This means that you primarily work within 40 school weeks plus a number of preparation, pedagogical and meeting days, agreed in connection with the school year planning. The students are present between 08:20 and 13:30 on 200 school days per year.

The activities are arranged so that the occupational therapist daily handles teaching- and educational-related tasks primarily in the period 08:00-14:00 on 200 school days. In addition, there will be a limited number of student/parent events in the afternoons and evenings during a school year. In the team there will be meeting activities as well as meetings at the school level. There will be a number of hours reserved for preparation.

About UiU Horsebakken

UiU Education Centre is a single organization under Copenhagen Municipality, and our daily life is spread over two sites: Horsebakken and Bystævneparken, where we both offer STU and 10th grade. This position is at Horsebakken. For us the focus is on creating safe frameworks in which each young person can develop academically, personally and socially in an environment characterized by respect, cross-disciplinary collaboration and high special-educational expertise. The school is located in green surroundings close to Utterslev Mose and offers good facilities that invite learning, movement and community.

Employment terms

The position is full-time. Salary and terms follow the applicable collective agreement. There is a local agreement between UiU and Danish Occupational Therapists. There is a three-month probationary period for employees in Copenhagen Municipality.

Employment location is Educational Centre UiU, Horsebakken 19, 2400 Copenhagen NV

Further information

Send your application, diploma and CV with references.

For further information about the position please contact the principal or department head at 33 66 89 00.

Apply via the link no later than Sunday 18 October 2026

Interviews will be held on 22 October 2026 between 13:00-17:00. Before the interview we invite you to a tour of UiU Horsebakken on 20 October 2026 and information about the time will follow with the invitation to the interview.

About the Employment, Integration and Labour Administration

In the Employment, Integration and Labour Administration we help unemployed Copenhagen residents to find work, and we support both older unemployed people and young people in finding their way to education. We create good conditions for Copenhagen-based companies and match them with workers. We work to ensure Copenhagen is a city where there is room for everyone, and support refugees and immigrants in finding a place in the community. We are about 2,000 employees in the administration.

Our work includes both close contact with citizens and businesses, and political work and administration. We work with a focus on our wellbeing, and we have a culture of high professionalism, where there is room for your ideas and input.