Educator with an interest in young people and adults with autism sought for a project position in a day care service in Fredericia.

Would you be the professional and coordinating anchor at Skovhuset, where we put citizens' wishes and motivation first? Do you have a strong special pedagogical toolbox, and are you passionate about setting the framework for a good day care offering? Then read on here.

At Nymarksvej we are looking for a professionally grounded and structured pedagogical worker for a one-year project position from January 1, 2027. The position is initially 37 hours per week.

Who are we?

Nymarksvej is part of Autism Center Southern Denmark and lies in nature-rich surroundings next to a football field and a forest area. In nature we find calm and well-being. And when we know that an autism diagnosis often brings an elevated stress level, colors and materials are carefully chosen with inspiration exactly from nature. Other notable initiatives include niches and transition zones, which give time for adjustment, and the opportunity to be on the edge of the community on days when participation in the communal life becomes too overwhelming.

Nymarksvej is a highly specialized 24/7 facility with 21 apartments and a corresponding day care service “Skovhuset”. It is to this that we are seeking you. We work based on the core task defined by the Autism Center: “ With a basis in each citizen's resources, dreams and hopes we strengthen self-determination and promote independence, to support the citizen's own experience of quality of life and a meaningful life.”

Your primary task will be to

• create a coherent thread in the work around the individual citizen and the efforts around them
• coordinate and structure the citizens' everyday life and activities in Skovhuset
• be a facilitator in the good collaboration between day and residential care
• prepare daily and weekly overviews for the citizens in collaboration with citizens, the professional leader and colleagues
• plan activities and tasks, as well as content in everyday life that creates meaning and motivation for the citizens
• enter into collaboration with relatives and caseworkers
• be jointly responsible for the social-educational development together with colleagues and management
• translate action plans into sub-goals
• work systematically with good documentation

Your competencies

We are looking for a trained pedagogue who has experience within autism and who wants to take on a coordinating responsibility. The pedagogical task requires that you have a professional approach and can be present in contact with the individual citizen to create a good relationship.

We expect that you

• have knowledge of and experience with e.g. KRAP, TEACCH, ADL, visual support (pictograms, Boardmaker) and alternative communication forms.
• are solidly grounded in Low Arousal and master conflict-reducing strategies when meeting overloaded nervous systems.
• possess strong relationship skills and manage to maintain calm and overview in an unpredictable daily life.
• have good communication skills and thrive in the role as facilitator for your colleagues.
• are systematic and strong in written work with pedagogical documentation, citizen descriptions and action plans.

We work purposefully with developing the citizens' potential, with the aim of creating the best framework for the citizens' opportunity to live a good life on their own terms. We work to deescalate conflicts and the work requires you to have an overview and to be able to handle situations with high emotional demands where citizens may exhibit challenging behavior.

Your profile

• can and dare to reflect on your own and others' practice.
• can receive and give constructive feedback aimed at common goals and development around the core task.
• can set up and document health- and professional SMART sub-goals for the citizen and work both structurally and intuitively when the task calls for it
• are clear and articulate in your communication, both in writing and verbally
• work in an appreciative and conflict-reducing manner.
• can and will work for a good working environment, with openness and recognition.
• are physically and mentally robust
• perceive personal care as a natural part of the job.
• possess a valid driver's license.
• flexible, good at organizing, planning and improvising when things do not go as planned.
• are responsible, take on tasks and are a team player
• have a desire to create development for the citizens with an inclusive focus on self- and shared decision-making

What can we offer you?

• An exciting position with influence on the professional development in Skovhuset.
• allocated time in the work plan for coordinating and administrative tasks.
• a strong interdisciplinary environment with a high degree of specialization
• competence development opportunities through the employment
• a center focused on professional competence development and opportunities for supervision, professional theme days, meetings, sparring and supervision
• a good working environment with engaged colleagues where everyone is equal
• working hours primarily daytime from Monday to Friday – occasional evening events may occur
• Salary and employment according to collective agreement

Further information can be obtained from department head Pia Annette Staugaard on mobile 2113 1080.

You can read more about us on our website: https://autismecentersyddanmark.dk/media/k0xdnmlv/pr%C3%A6sentationspjece-om-nymarksvej-ved-autismecenter-syddanmark.pdf

The application must include documentation of education, a complete CV and relevant attachments. The application deadline is November 22, 2026, and interviews are expected to be held on November 26, 2026.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position. You will be informed of the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in 32.38.1 . In addition to the starting salary, the pay may include possibly negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. See starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark

”The Region of Southern Denmark has adopted a strategy that all positions in the region should be advertised as full-time positions. At the same time, the Region of Southern Denmark has a life-phase policy that means there should also be room for employees who, at certain times in life, need a more flexible employment, for example to be employed part-time.

If you choose to apply for the position, and you assess that you are in a life phase where you need a part-time position, you must indicate this in your application. The assessment of whether you can be employed in the part-time position will be made individually and concretely.