Carelink Skærmede Boliger is seeking a Department Head

Would you like to help create good conditions for young people and adults with challenges who need a special residential offer? And would you like to help design and develop Carelink Protected Housing as a department head in a strong team of department heads with high professional expertise? If yes, you are the one we are looking for.

Carelink Protected Housing consists of 3 departments, where the target group is children, youths and adults with a need for a specially arranged residential offer pursuant to the Child Act §43 or the Social Services Act §107 and §108.

The target group for each department is characterized by a number of challenges that require a particular effort, and where the individual receives 1:1 or 2:1 support. The support is provided by social and pedagogical staff with specialized knowledge within the specific area, where you as department head help operate and design each department.

We are seeking a department head for a new department for citizens with challenges within the autism spectrum and developmental disabilities. The department consists of a number of small apartments, where each resident lives alone in a protected environment. There is a stable staff of pedagogical personnel around the individual with a fixed staffing level of either 1:1 or 2:1 support, and where most residents require long-term and extensive support.

Organizationally, you as department head will be part of a group of department heads in an interdisciplinary field, and you will report to the area manager for Carelink Protected Housing.

About the job

As department head you have the daily personnel responsibility for a staff of 20 - 25 skilled and dedicated employees with a high degree of professional knowledge and expertise in the area. Therefore you must be good at and capable of leading and motivating professionals, and ensuring the methodological and pedagogical approach towards the individual resident. Likewise, shift planning, employment terms and accessible leadership are a major part of the task.

Quality – and competence development are given high priority, and your tasks will be to focus on this both individually and within the staff group, as well as ensure that employees work according to fixed approaches, methods and procedures. In addition, the task is to ensure that documentation such as status reports and similar high-quality materials are prepared for authorities according to applicable practices.

As department head your responsibility is both to ensure the operation and quality in the individual department, but also to collaborate with authorities such as the placing municipality, the Social Supervisory Authority and other actors. Therefore the ability to collaborate across disciplines is also highly valued, where good collaboration together with secure operations should be reflected in daily work and in written documentation.

A driver's license and a car are necessary to be able to perform the task.

Your profile

You have practical experience with the target group within autism and developmental disabilities, and with a social or health professional education such as pedagog, teacher, social worker, nurse or social – and health assistant. If you have leadership experience it is a plus, otherwise you should be willing to participate in a development plan as a new leader.

You are used to and eager to engage in close collaboration with the individual advisor in the municipality and other actors around the individual resident, and you have experience with and understanding of working with relatives, which is an important part of daily work.

You are strong in your communication skills both in writing and verbally, with a sense of good systematics and documentation practice.

We offer

• An organization that is continuously developing, placing high importance on professionalism and integrity.
• A workplace with good colleagues at all levels, characterized by a high professional level, strong engagement and ambitions.
• Opportunity to become part of a professional community where there is also professional supervision and competence development.
• A everyday life that is never the same.
• A meaningful job where we daily help ensure the best possible conditions for the citizens we are responsible for.

Carelink Protected Housing

Carelink Protected Housing is part of Carelink Group, which is Denmark’s largest private welfare group and which delivers interventions across health, employment, social services and elderly care. Carelink Protected Housing is a unit within Carelink residences, which have legally approved residential offerings for children, youths and adults.

We work from a view of humanity that all people have value and resources, but that the approach to this is individual. Our value set is:

• We respect each other and the task
• We find solutions
• We do it properly

If you can see yourself in the above, please do not hesitate to send an application.

There are ongoing recruitment conversations and the positions are to be filled as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the position they can be addressed to area manager Jeppe Hassel-Pflugh at email: [email protected] or mobile: 28702383

Application deadline

October 30, 2026