Dementia Coordinator for our dementia team in Skanderborg Municipality

Our colleague is retiring, so if you know a lot about dementia and dream of putting your knowledge to use in Skanderborg Municipality.

We look forward to reading your application for the position below.

In Skanderborg Municipality we are two dementia coordinators who are part of the dementia team of 5 people.

We collaborate closely with our development consultant in the Dementia area and work to ensure citizens with dementia and their relatives the best possible life with dementia.

We base our work on the National Board of Health’s recommendations, professional guidelines and tools in the dementia area and continuously develop our dementia expertise based on the latest knowledge in the field.

We are looking for a colleague who can both work independently and participate in collaborative teamwork with colleagues. In addition, contribute to interdisciplinary cooperation with, among others, assessors, sensory therapists, staff in Activity and Training, home care and home nursing regarding the citizens who show signs of or have been diagnosed with dementia.

You contribute to creating coherence and relevant action at the right time and place. You facilitate learning and inspire colleagues with the aim of supporting and re-skilling the dementia-related efforts around citizens.

You will have a role as a care pathway coordinator for the individual citizen and their relatives.

Through coordination of an interdisciplinary collaboration, you must be able to identify what help citizens with dementia and/or relatives may need.

Your area of responsibility will include

• Advice and guidance to citizens, relatives and partners.
• Coordination of citizen pathways across sectors and professional groups (care pathway coordinator function).
• Professional sparring for colleagues internally and externally.
• Collaboration with colleagues in care districts, in nursing homes and residential facilities as well as with general practitioners, hospitals, etc.
• Dissemination of knowledge about dementia.
• Contact with citizens with dementia and their relatives.
• Planning and conducting relative groups.
• Teaching and presenting about dementia to citizens, relatives, civil society and professionals.

We imagine you

• Have a social or health care education, preferably at bachelor level.
• Have experience from working with people with dementia – preferably in early, moderate and late stages.
• Work from a rehabilitative and health-promoting approach and communicate clearly, affirming and respectfully.
• Are able to combine high professionalism with humor, curiosity and humility.
• Are eager to join a strong team where professional development, collaboration and community are valued highly.
• Can work independently and structured.
• Meet citizens, relatives and colleagues with curiosity and recognition.
• Have an interest in and preferably experience with relative cooperation.
• Master relational coordination in collaboration with both internal and external partners in the dementia field.
• Reflect on one’s own and others’ practice and actively contribute to shared learning and professional development.
• Have experience with or interest in teaching and dissemination.
• Have experience with e.g. Marte Meo, Person-Centered Care, Eden Alternative, sensory integration and legislation on the use of coercion.
• Are a skilled communicator who expresses themselves clearly and precisely both orally and in writing.
• Thrive in difficult conversations and have a conflict-deescalation approach.

We offer

You will become part of a well-functioning dementia team, where high professionalism goes hand in hand with presence, humor and a strong collegial community. We offer an independent position with great influence on your own task solving and good opportunities to contribute to the development of the dementia area. At the same time you will have close collaborative relationships across the municipality and the opportunity to make a noticeable difference for people with dementia and their relatives every single day.

Your affiliation in the organization

You will have your daily base in Fællesskabets Hus at Kildevej 10 in Skanderborg. You will become part of Health, Care and Handicap, where you organizationally belong to Activity and Training, in a full-time position of 37 hours per week.

Start date 1 January 2027.

Application deadline and interviews

There is an application deadline of 19 November 2026

Employment interviews are expected to take place on 24/11 2026

If you want to hear more about the position you can contact

Dementia Coordinator Rita Nørgaard [email protected] mobile 20 28 13 86 or head Jytte Wendelboe [email protected] mobile 21 32 62 01

We encourage you to learn more about Skanderborg Municipality at the municipality's website .

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are determined according to the applicable collective agreement, including the established provisions regarding local salary formation. You can find information about the salary level in Skanderborg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. In addition to base salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

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