Competence development therapist sought for our multidisciplinary team in Abildgården/ Bjerggården, Care and Rehabilitation, Aarhus Municipality

Are you motivated to develop people, strengthen professionalism in home care and create quality in citizen journeys through learning close to practice?

In Care and Rehabilitation Abildgården/ Bjerggården we are looking for a competence-developing therapist who can support the staff closely with the concrete task solving in citizen journeys.

You will become an important part of our ongoing improvement work, where together we develop the quality of task execution and work with implementation of new workflows in everyday life.

We want a colleague who actively contributes to a learning work environment characterized by psychological safety, where employees dare to be curious, ask questions and practice together. The position offers great variation and close collaboration with SOSU staff, nurses, therapists, resource coordinators and management – always with the citizen's goals and needs at the center.

Your tasks

Our new colleague shall among other things

• Function as a sparring partner for pathway managers and contact persons in citizen journeys according to the pathway model
• Support the staff group in working according to the pathway model – with special focus on:
• to work from a rehabilitative approach
• to work according to the “escalation ladder” and have a preventive focus on the citizen's condition through early detection of distress and illness
• to work developmentally or maintenance with starting point in the citizen's goals and perspective
• to reduce or terminate interventions or citizen journeys, including involvement of networks and volunteers.
• Coordinating function towards staff in pure cleaning, including ensuring a good start for new journeys as well as regular follow-up conversations
• Have accompaniment with SOSU staff and participate in holistic care on a steady cadence, which you help plan together with your KU colleague in the team
• Participate in weekly multidisciplinary conferences and journey meetings as well as daily coordination and triage meetings
• Facilitate or teach e.g. in journaling or practical execution of tasks in collaboration with KU colleague
• Contribute to implementing new workflows and support professional development in the team
• Support implementation of the Elderly Act and holistic care
• Contribute to creating a safe learning environment with focus on collaboration, reflection and psychological safety
• In collaboration with other health professionals identify and assess whether citizens in long-term pathways should move to single or composite pathways due to changed functional ability, increased treatment needs or need for assessment.

The work offers and presupposes a high degree of planning and independence, where in daily life both interprofessional and monodisciplinary sparring as well as relational coordination across is prioritized.

In Care and Rehabilitation Team Abildgården/ Bjerggården you will have close collaboration with the competence-developing colleague in the team, just as there is established network across areas for nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists focusing on knowledge sharing and competence development.

We imagine that you

• Are educated as a therapist
• Have good pedagogical and communicative skills
• Have experience and strong professional competencies within rehabilitation and preferably municipal home care
• Are professionally reflective and work from an appreciative approach
• Have impact and can work in a structured and targeted way with citizen journeys through others
• Have a good overview and strong organizational skills, as the position involves many simultaneous tasks and collaboration surfaces
• Are flexible and creative in task solving and thrive in a daily life where plans and needs can change
• Can coordinate and create coherence across professional groups and organizational units
• Are curious about communication, learning and relational coordination
• Contribute positively to collaboration, development and a safe working environment

About the department

Care and Rehabilitation Team Abildgården/ Bjerggården is a larger multidisciplinary team divided into two smaller contact teams consisting of social and health care helpers, social and health care assistants, nurses, occupational and physiotherapists as well as students and occupational therapy students.

We meet for daily coordination meetings in the contact teams and common daily triage meetings, because we experience that it strengthens both quality and coherence in citizens' journeys.

We have a safe and nice work environment with a management close to everyday life. At the same time we work according to the principles of relational coordination and believe that openness, trust and good dialogue create the best framework – both for employees and citizens.

We work from a rehabilitative approach with focus on holistic care, health promotion, prevention, citizen education and citizen safety. We work with the starting point in the systematics of Health and Care's Forløbsmodel, which supports quality, coherence and a holistic effort for the citizens.

Currently we have a strong focus on implementing the Elder Reform, where we work purposefully with holistic care, establishment of fixed multidisciplinary self-managing teams and increased self-determination for the individual citizen. Based on the Elder Law's core values we hope you want to develop with us – and be willing to practice with us when new solutions need to be found together.

Practical information

Workplace is in Kernehuset, Skovvangsvej 159, 8200 Aarhus N.

We note that the position lies within the 24-hour coverage area. Currently, the service is expected to be primarily day shifts on weekdays with occasional evening shifts by agreement, where accompaniment is needed for evening shifts.

Salary and employment terms

The position is expected to start on 01.02.2027 or as soon as possible.

Salary and employment terms according to applicable collective agreement and after concrete negotiation with the negotiating organization.

If you want to know more

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting deputy manager Sarah Larsen-Ledet on phone: 41856076 or email: [email protected] . You are also very welcome for a coffee and an informal chat at Abildgården/ Bjerggården in Kernehuset.

Application

Click on “search for the job” below to fill out and send your application. All fields with * must be filled. Only when you have received a confirmation by email will we have received your application.

The application deadline is 13.12.2026.

We expect to conduct job interviews on 16.12.2026, time: 8-12.

In the Department of Health and Care we have a general policy that references and possibly a criminal record check are obtained during recruitment. You should therefore expect to be asked about this if we offer you the position.

We would like to point out that in connection with the recruitment process there will be postings in our reference register. The reference register comprises former employees in the Department of Health and Care who have been dismissed due to significant misconduct of the employment relationship.

About Health and Care and City of Aarhus

Health and Care (MSO) in Aarhus Municipality works with care for the elderly and health for all citizens.

Aarhus Municipality regards diversity as a resource and therefore encourages all – regardless of age, gender, disability, lifestyle, religion or ethnic origin – to apply for the position.