Maternity leave cover for physiotherapist, 37 hours per week from 1 December at Landsbyen Sølund

Landsbyen Sølund seeks a maternity leave replacement for a physiotherapist for 37 hours per week starting 01.12.26

Are you passionate about creating good lives for people with physical and/or mental developmental disabilities? At Landsbyen Sølund we have 214 wonderful residents spread across 13 units. We are a village with our own activity offerings, a swimming pool, riding opportunities, beautiful nature in the middle of Skanderborg with a deer park and goats. We have our own health staff and a psychiatrist affiliated.

You can see an example of how we work together to create good lives for the village’s residents here.

About the job

Do you want to work with adults with physical and/or mental developmental disabilities and see the person before their disability? Then you are the person we are looking for for a maternity leave position in the physiotherapy department at Landsbyen Sølund.

Your main tasks involve training/treatment of residents with free-of-charge physiotherapy and the granting of APV aids. In addition, we provide guidance on personal aids and handle rehabilitation under the Health Act §140 and training for citizens according to the Social Services Act §86. In daily practice, training and guidance take place with residents at their homes or in our facilities around the village.

You will join a dynamic professional team consisting of 5 physiotherapists and 1 occupational therapist who work closely together, just as we collaborate with our internal assistive devices depot.

We are part of a health department, which also includes doctors, a psychiatrist, nurses and a secretary. In addition, the pedagogical staff in Landsbyen will be your close collaborators.

The therapy department has an office in one of Landsbyen Sølund’s beautiful old pavilions.

The position is a maternity leave replacement for 37 hours per week and is available from 1 December 2026.

We are looking for you if you

• Can establish good contact with residents, relatives and other collaborators
• Have an interest in training and treatment of people with mental and physical developmental disabilities.
• If you can participate in pool therapy, as the position includes training where you are in the water
• Have an interest or experience in assistive devices and mobility
• You may have experience in the neurological field
• Have a health-education approach and good communication skills
• Have a good overview and be good at planning
• Can work independently and cross-professionally
• Contribute to the team’s well-being with openness and engagement
• Have initiative, flexibility, creativity and a playful approach to residents – and humor

We offer

• An workplace with a good community, helpful colleagues and an environment where the normal has wide margins
• Opportunity for internal training and participation in a course package for new employees at Sølund
• Cross-professional collaboration where professionalism is highly valued
• A good working environment with the possibility to shape your own daily life
• Openness with room for diversity, new ideas and initiatives
• An exciting job in an area still under development
• Health scheme in Skanderborg Municipality

About Landsbyen Sølund

Landsbyen Sølund is Denmark’s largest residence and activity offering for 214 residents with permanent and extensive support needs. We have one purpose: to create good and meaningful lives for the village’s residents with significant and lasting support needs.

In Landsbyen Sølund, in recent years we have worked to rethink the organization for the benefit of the village’s residents and all colleagues who work every day to create good lives. This means, among other things, that we practice moving decision-making power out into the work community close to the residents.

You will have an exciting and varied daily life with the opportunity to make a real difference for both residents and your 900 colleagues in the village.

When we in Landsbyen Sølund say that we work purposefully, it means that our actions and decisions should benefit our shared purpose. We take responsibility and commit to, based on our city and road signs, being together to create good lives for the residents. We have a trial and learning approach. This means that we must have the courage to try what is the next best step when we need to create the best lives for the people who live in the village.

Salary and employment

Salary is agreed upon based on the applicable collective agreement.

The position reports to the Head of the Activity Centre and Therapy, Mariane Fjendbo.

Your working hours will primarily fall on weekdays between 8:00 and 16:00.

The position is essentially 37 hours per week and is desired to be filled by 1 December 2026.

Application process

Application deadline is 18 October 2026.

Selection for interview on 19 October 2026; you will be notified by email or text message.

Employment interviews will be held on 22 October 2026 from 12:30, at Kursusgangen PAV 3, Dyrehaven 10 C 8660 Skanderborg.

Start date 1 December 2026.

If you can see yourself in the position, please send your application with CV and educational certificates via the link 'Søg stillingen'.

We look forward to reading your application.

If you want to know more

If you would like additional information about the position, you can contact Team Coordinator Physiotherapist Lene Birk Nielsen, phone 24 52 91 18 - between 9-15.

You can read more about our village here , and also get an insight into our shared framework and direction, which we call our City and Road Signs here .

About Skanderborg Municipality

In Skanderborg Municipality you see more strollers, trees and lakes than elsewhere in the country. Here there is a view. Not only to Denmark’s most beautiful nature, but also to active local communities, growth companies and an exceptional club life. As a workplace, Skanderborg Municipality is known for a flat structure and a high ceiling in terms of openness. Welcome to natural surplus.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are set according to the applicable collective agreement, including the provisions regarding local pay formation. You can find information about the salary level in Skanderborg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base pay and pension. In addition to base pay, the salary may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

In Skanderborg Municipality you see more strollers, trees and lakes than elsewhere in the country. Here there is a view. Not only to Denmark’s most beautiful nature, but also to active local communities, growth companies and an exceptional club life. As a workplace, Skanderborg Municipality is known for a flat structure and a high ceiling in terms of openness. Welcome to natural surplus.