The Play Patrol in Tårnby Municipality is seeking a colleague for a special educational intervention

Would you, together with an engaged team, work with children in disadvantaged positions with a focus on creating experiences of success and new opportunities to become part of the children’s community? Are you also experienced with working with sport, play and movement, and do you thrive being outdoors all year round?

If “yes”, perhaps you are the one we’re looking for!

As an educator in Legepatruljen, you gain a special opportunity to combine professionalism, movement and play in a way that makes a difference. You will be part of a small, strong team that delivers a unique contribution for the children in Tårnby Municipality’s kindergartens and provides inspiration to the pedagogical staff in the municipality’s early childhood institutions.

We offer In Legepatruljen you have the chance to have the framework for the pedagogical work that is often missing in daily life as a pedagogue. In Legepatruljen there is ample time for preparation and evaluation; work is carried out with a high staffing level and there is presence without disruptions in the interaction with the children.

In addition we can offer

• a varied everyday life with golden moments and happy, expectant children
• a close and academically strong working community with engaged colleagues
• a working form where there is room for silly ideas, creativity and professional development
• a cozy office with practical access to cargo bikes, a warming cabinet and a well-stocked material store, including various tools, props, costumes, children's bikes, etc.
• a municipality with wonderful green areas e.g. Kalvebod Fælled, Amager Strand, Ugandaskoven, Travbaneparken and Skolebotanisk Have
• cozy lunch breaks in the town hall’s canteen where we meet our other colleagues.

About Legepatruljen Legepatruljen is a cross-cutting offer to all children in Tårnby Municipality’s day-care centers. We create a playful and safe community that gives children—especially children in vulnerable positions—new opportunities to participate and experiences of success that strengthen wellbeing, courage and a sense of belonging.

Our motto is: “It should be fun to be here – but it’s not for fun that we are here.”

In Legepatruljen we carry out play programs with shifting groups of children. All activities take place outdoors, and daily we cycle out into the municipality’s nature areas by cargo bikes—filled with children, equipment, crazy ideas and enthusiasm. Out on the municipality’s green spaces we conduct targeted activities with sport, play and movement as a means to reach our pedagogical goals.

All programs are thoroughly prepared and take as their starting point the method of pedagogical sport .

It can, for example, be our Paw Patrol -play program (click the link and watch a video clip from Kosmopol), where the children solve “missions” together through running, cooperation exercises and role play. Here children get the opportunity to succeed in the community – and we also show staff how movement can be used pedagogically in everyday life.

We work with different themes in our programs, e.g. Pippi, Superheroes, Flower Fairies and Knights. In addition, we also carry out transitional projects for upcoming school children, cycling programs for older age groups, playground days, inspiration courses and much more.

Read an article about Legepatruljen here.

About us You will become part of a strong Legepatrulje team of four employees, and at the same time part of the Center for Daycare and Pedagogy. The center consists of 34 day-care facilities and 4 supporting teams, which besides Legepatruljen are pedagogical consultants, a pedagogical guidance team and an administrative team.

Tårnby Municipality is a small municipality with short lines of communication, close relationships and close collaboration across the day-care centers.

About you We are looking for someone who is a trained pedagogue – or has a sports-related education and wishes to take merit pedagogue as a career shift. It is an advantage if you have experience from sport and/or club life (instructor, trainer, etc.). It is important to us that in your pedagogical approach you focus on the possibilities of the community and work with a resource-based and an appreciative approach.

In addition, we emphasize that you

• are comfortable with an active daily life where movement and play are in focus
• can use sport activities as a strategy to develop children’s competences and participation opportunities
• can work in a structured and planned way – but also seize opportunities when they arise
• can communicate professional content clearly – both in writing and orally
• are a strong team player who can also work independently
• can guide and inspire pedagogical staff.

Your main tasks Your main task in Legepatruljen is to conduct planned play and movement programs with groups of children from the municipality’s day-care centers. Typically Legepatruljen is out with two groups of children per day – the first group is picked up in the cargo bike in the morning, and the next group is picked up in the afternoon.

In addition, the tasks also include

• holding information meetings and events for staff, children and families.
• planning, documenting and evaluating activities
• developing and testing new movement activities and projects

Apply for the position and tell us about We look forward to receiving your application, where we would very much like to hear what motivates you to work in Legepatruljen. You may also like to address:

• your pedagogical background and experience with sport, play and movement
• your pedagogical strengths, and how you would apply them in Legepatruljen
• how you are as a colleague, and what you value in team collaboration.

Mere om os If you are curious and want to know more about the job, you are welcome to contact Supervisor Line Ertner on telephone 21664017.

We will call for interviews on an ongoing basis and remove the advertisement when the right colleague is found. Start date can be agreed.

Løn- og ansættelsesvilkår Employment is in accordance with the applicable collective agreement with BUPL after negotiations.

The municipality’s recruitment policy entails that references are obtained from previous and current workplaces. If you have been employed by Tårnby Municipality, a reference will always be sought from there. In addition, a criminal record extract and a child background check must be presented upon employment. The employment will be conditional on these being satisfactory.

Tårnby Municipality offers a range of employee benefits. These can be seen here .

If you are curious to know more about working as a pedagogue in Tårnby Municipality, see here .

Tårnby Municipality has a values framework, which you can read here .

Please note that Tårnby Municipality has smoke-free working hours.