Head of Department for the social-psychiatric residential facility Stubberupgård located in scenic surroundings near Borup on Central Zealand

Are you a health professional by training?

Do you want to be the department head at a residential facility for adults with mental health issues of varying complexity and with a high degree of user influence and involvement?

So take a look here.

The Stubberupgård residential facility is a specialized § 108 residential facility for adults with mental illness. Stubberupgård is housed in a manor on a picturesque estate. The facility comprises 44 homes for residents aged 28 and up, all in need of long-term support, care and help for personal and social development.

Our residential facility is divided into four living units, and we have an employment/occupational department where we offer residents a workshop, animal care and green care focusing on what the interaction with nature does for us. In addition, Stubberupgård has undergone a thorough extension and now appears fully modernized.

The facility is located at Borup in Midtsjælland and belongs to the Center for Long-Term Housing in the Social Administration of Copenhagen Municipality.

About the position

You will be the head of a multidisciplinary staff comprising pedagogues, occupational therapists, social- and health care assistants and nurses. All act as contact persons, and the staff consists of 34 professionally skilled and engaged employees as well as temporary staff, SOSU students and pedagogy students.

You will become part of a unified leadership team in the Center for Long-Term Housing, where there is a focus on leadership development and the development of professional initiatives as well as on the implementation of evidence-based methods, including LA2 as a basic professional competence.

You report as department head to the residential facility manager. You share responsibility for ensuring the residential facility’s budgets are adhered to, that the municipality’s quality standards are complied with, and that the political goals for the area are translated into action. You will have broad contact with both internal and external partners.

Professional profile

You have a strong health-professional profile with a focus on the pedagogical. Experience with staff management and practical experience in the field. Preferably further education in leadership.

The Leadership Compass in the Social Administration describes the following expectations for a department head: You are responsible for ensuring that employees have the right prerequisites to perform their tasks, so the right help is provided to the residents. This means you define clear goals and frameworks for daily tasks. You are good at planning and delegating tasks and always seek the best possible way to solve the task.

You contribute to assembling the team of skilled employees and provide clear professional guidance for discussion on task-solving. You ensure always to strive for high professionalism and high well-being among the staff.

Expected competencies as department head

• has a flair for professional systems including documentation and municipal IT systems
• is innovative – proactive regarding new approaches and initiatives
• has experience with development work including implementation and anchoring processes and can follow processes and deadlines through to the end
• can qualify and ensure high professionalism in medication management, health-professional- and social-professional documentation.
• can quality assure that citizen-oriented services and their documentation reflect current standards and guidelines in the field
• can convey the frameworks, requirements and expectations for employees so they make sense and can be translated into concrete actions
• can introduce and convey the frameworks, requirements and expectations for new employees, trainees and students
• can support mentors academically regarding trainees and students
• can facilitate and hold meetings
• has understanding of dynamics in a staff group and can act accordingly
• has knowledge of safety and the working environment.

We offer

• employment at a truly special residential facility in fantastic surroundings
• a residential facility that often goes to the forefront of new development initiatives
• an exciting work environment with many professional and managerial tasks
• a wide range of administrative tasks
• a daily routine with varied tasks and collaboration with relevant authorities, internal and external partners and relatives
• opportunity for personal, professional and leadership development
• leadership supervision.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is 37 hours per week. The working hours are daytime. Salary according to the applicable collective agreement and within the framework of local salary formation. We wish to fill the position by 1 December 2026. Please note that we will obtain an extended criminal record check in connection with the employment.

More information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact residential facility manager Søs Sabransky at 26 86 10 01. See more here as well.

Together with your application, please attach documentation of completed education.

Application deadline: Apply via the link no later than Tuesday 20 October 2026

We will hold 1st interviews on Friday 23 and 2nd interviews on Wednesday 28 October. A personality test and case will be included if you advance to the 2nd interview.

Application deadline: 20 October 2026

Department: Stubberupvej 4A 4140 Borup

Location: Social Administration