Are you our new night watchman at Demenscenter Skovgården?

Are you our new night shift caregiver? - We are looking for someone who is an SSA, SSH or a pedagogue - and who is passionate about making a professional difference within a rewarding and exciting specialty.

Dementia Center Skovgården in Hadsund currently wishes to hire a social- and health care assistant, social- and health care helper or pedagogue. So are you trained as SSA, SSH, pedagogue or perhaps you will become one soon? Then we would very much like to see and hear from you.

Permanent employment from 1/1-2027 or as soon as possible in the night shift.

About Demenscenter Skovgården

The Dementia Center in Hadsund houses 66 dementia residences spread across seven living-environment communities.

At Skovgården we work from a person-centered care approach based on Tom Kitwood's theories. We prioritise systematic professional development in all teams through training and resident conferences.

We offer an attractive workplace with a focus on continuous development, strong professional and interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as good physical facilities and a healthy working environment with opportunities for professional sparring. The residents' well-being is our top priority, and we believe that “Collaboration is a professional duty.”

Our work has received several recognitions. In 2022 we were nominated for “Denmark's Best Nursing Home” , and we have won awards for “The Most Innovative Residential Interior for People with Dementia”, “The Best Dementia Initiative” through a singing and music project (2019) and “The Best Dementia Initiative” (2024) for our innovative Bagedyst .

We expect that you

• Wish to contribute with your professional competencies
• Have good communication skills with residents and partners
• Are a team player and contribute to a positive work environment where differences are seen as a strength
• Can build relations
• Have a sense for creative and imaginative initiatives for the target group
• Can reflect on your own practice and share good experiences
• Are keen on professional and personal development

We can offer you

• A workplace where we value a strong collegial community, presence and quality in care
• A broad cross-disciplinary collaboration as our staff includes: center nurse, dementia consultants, physiotherapist, dietitian, pedagogues, SSH, SSA and 2 professional team leaders. There are also kitchen staff as well as cleaning technicians and laundry workers.
• Flexible working hours.

We look forward to meeting you.

The application, including documentation of education and previous employment, is submitted electronically via Emply.

The application must be received by us no later than Sunday 15 November 2026.

We hold interviews on an ongoing basis or at the latest Monday 23 November 2026.

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

To be employed in Mariagerfjord Municipality you must have MitID.

Criminal record checks will be obtained and the employment is conditional on their approval.

For more information about the position, please contact the care center manager Dorthe Lynge at tel. 3058 0772.

Mariagerfjord Municipality is one of Denmark's most beautiful municipalities, with unique and varied nature by forest, coast and fjord. We are located centrally between Aalborg and Aarhus, acting as a link between Northern Jutland and the rest of the country. Our goal is clear: We want more, and there is room for more. Therefore, we focus on creating the best conditions for our approximately 42,000 citizens, for our businesses and for the development of the municipality.

In Mariagerfjord Municipality we want all of our 3,400 employees to feel like an important part of the community. We have the freedom to bring our competences and ideas into play, so we solve the core task in the best possible way and make a difference for our citizens. We focus on psychological safety and show respect for each other’s differences. Everyone takes shared responsibility for the community and the task, and therefore we also place great emphasis on a well-functioning collaboration in the MED-organization.