Clinical psychologist for the Red Cross asylum on Langeland

Would you like to work with psychotherapy, psychological screenings and escort assessments in the world's largest humanitarian organization? Then you have the opportunity to apply for this exciting position as a psychologist based at the Holmegaard asylum center on Langeland.

This is a permanent position at 30 hours per week. The positions have a clinical psychology focus, primarily in the form of individual conversations, pathways and screenings of asylum seekers. We are looking for a psychologist who is broadly clinically and theoretically grounded in relation to conversations with children, young people, adults and families.

Short about us

The Danish Red Cross asylum department currently runs six asylum centers across the country, where we offer a range of services to residents, including health and psychology services, social and educational offerings, teaching and activities for both children and adults. We also carry out tasks at Udrejsecenter Sjælsmark in Hørsholm and Udrejsecenter Kærshovedgård in Ikast, which are operated by Denmark's Prisons.

Here you can read more about our tasks and centers.

Our overarching tasks are to give asylum seekers a safe, meaningful and dignified everyday life with a focus on the future while they stay under the Red Cross umbrella.

Our tasks in the Psychology Unit

The Psychology Unit currently consists of twelve psychologists, an administrative coordinator and a psychology professional leader. All psychologists are authorized under the Authorization Scheme as of 1.1.2026, all except two with Practical Training, and we have specialists in clinical child psychology, psychotherapy, supervision and psychotraumatology.

We handle a range of tasks aimed at asylum seekers, including screening, assessment and treatment tasks in relation to children, young people and adults who live with serious consequences after fleeing, torture, war and persecution, loss, broken relationships and waiting-time stress. We work with interpreters when needed. In addition we have staff psychologists who perform tasks relating to employees in the asylum department.

The unit's psychologists have methodological freedom, but will as far as possible be trained in EMDR. We are in the process of implementing NET - Narrative Exposure Therapy.

The psychologists participate in interdisciplinary cooperation meetings where relevant, and can take part in various projects and activities. Some psychologists teach staff in conflict management and psychological first aid.

As our upcoming colleague, your primary place of work will be the Holmegaard asylum center on Langeland - currently the only psychologist at the center. Because we operate nationwide, you can however expect tasks at other centers.

Your qualifications

• You are Cand. Psych. with authorization or close to being authorized
• You have knowledge of and experience from working with crisis and trauma reactions in adults or children/adolescents, PTSD and with people who have been subjected to torture. Experience with refugees/asylum seekers would be an advantage.
• You can work both independently and in teams
• You can engage constructively in multidisciplinary collaboration – and at the same time be able to convey and represent psychological perspectives in collaboration with other professional groups
• You are able to navigate within a sometimes dilemma-filled work area
• You possess good communication skills both orally and in writing
• You can operate in organizational contexts characterized by different political interests and high volatility

We offer

• A job where you can make a real difference for people in a vulnerable position
• An professionally challenging workplace in a lively and inclusive humanitarian organization
• A workplace that continually works on a good working environment, and where there is room for visions for the work and to think big
• A good social environment both internally in the Psychology Unit with various social and professional events as well as across the organization with other professional groups
• A group of engaged and competent colleagues who are happy to share their knowledge and experience, and where you can become part of the continuous development of the unit's tasks
• Possibility for supervision (group and individual) and professional development
• Flexible work planning (flex time)
• Possibility for home working to the extent that tasks can be adapted

Practical information

You will be employed under the applicable agreement for academics in the state.

Working hours: 30 hours per week by agreement

Workplace: Gulstavvej 7, 5935 Bagenkop

Driver's license: Necessary (possibility to use a company car)

Start: 1 December 2026

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Employment interviews: Expected to be held Wednesday 28 October 2026

Certificates: When offering employment we will obtain a child protection certificate, and you must present a private criminal record

For any questions contact head of the Psychology Unit Jan Hein Dybkjær at tel. 2037 5903 and email [email protected] or to psychologist/representative Dorthe Chemnitz at tel. 2073 4651 and email [email protected]

The position can only be applied for via our online recruitment system by clicking the link “Søg jobbet”. For technical issues contact [email protected]

The Danish Red Cross asylum department has been an asylum operator for over 40 years. Watch a film about our history here - perhaps it will inspire you to become part of something bigger.

Submit your application today. We look forward to reading it.