CONTACT PERSON FOR AN ELDERLY WOMAN WITH VISION AND HEARING LOSS – HEDENSTED

Are you looking for a smaller, but meaningful job, where your effort has a big impact in another person's daily life? Then this position may be something for you.

On behalf of Hedensted Municipality, CFD Rådgivning is seeking a contact person for an elderly woman with combined vision and hearing impairment. You communicate with her using loud, direct, and clear speech.

The woman uses a wheelchair and lives in a care home, where she appreciates daily life and the activities the place offers. She also enjoys going on short trips, for example small shopping trips to the shops in Juelsminde. The woman is friendly and approachable and is grateful for the help a contact person can provide.

The working time is two hours once a week. The hours can be scheduled either in the morning or in the afternoon by arrangement.

In addition, 50 extra hours per year have been allocated for companionship/escorted activities in connection with, for example, medical appointments, excursions, social events, and similar.

Responsibilities

Your tasks will include accompanying and describing the surroundings where you move about, as well as supporting communication as needed.

This can include, for example, in connection with

• outings in the local area (in the wheelchair)
• small shopping in the local area
• bingo at the care home
• social events, e.g. at the care home.

There may also be escorted outings outside the house under other agreements.

In addition there may be a need for help to start audiobooks on a NOTA player and occasionally help with painting nails.

We imagine that you

• are a calm and positive person with capacity in your own life
• speak clear and articulate Danish
• are physically able to push a wheelchair
• have a desire to make a difference for another person.

Training and support

Before you start, you must complete an e-learning course of about 2.5 hours, which provides an introduction to the work as a contact person. The teaching is carried out at your home on your own computer, and you will be paid for your time.

The training also takes place in interaction with the citizen themselves, as well as through instruction and teaching from CFD’s deaf-blind consultants. As a contact person you will be continually invited to course days and supervision together with other contact persons – this is also paid.

More information and application

You can read more about deafblindness and the contact person scheme on CFD’s website.

This is hourly paid work. The final terms of employment will be agreed with Hedensted Municipality, which is the employing authority.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the deafblind consultant Jeanette Bille at [email protected] or 5133 6501.

Send your application and CV to Jeanette no later than October 19, 2026 . Interviews will be held on October 26. If you have not heard from us by this date, you may assume the position has been filled.

Note: We have a ongoing need for contact persons. Please include in your application whether we may store your information if you do not get this position. Then we can contact you if we obtain a vacant position in the area at a later time. Your application will be stored for two years, and you can at any time ask us to delete it.