Occupational Therapist for the Children's Area in Allerød Municipality

Dedicated occupational therapist for the pediatric area desired from December 1, 2026. The position is 20 hours per week.

We are looking for an occupational therapist who is passionate about working with children and who can think creatively and independently in planning and carrying out work. In addition, we seek an employee who values the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, including with physiotherapists and occupational therapists, teachers, pedagogues, assistants and speech therapists.

The position is a combined role, where tasks will be divided between Allerød Municipality's child therapy and the Center Classes, both at Lillevang School.

About the task in child therapy

Here you will primarily work with the municipality's children aged 0-18 and their families within the general area, as well as taking charge of rehabilitation plans that come from the hospital.

We can offer you an exciting and independent job with good opportunity for influence on your tasks. You will become part of a team with both physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

The daily work involves many collaboration surfaces and communication with many people, which requires that you have a good overview and can feel comfortable in this field. You will be responsible for the occupational therapy treatment and guidance regarding the children in close collaboration with the parents and the coordinating therapist.

The position in child therapy includes tasks in

• Rehabilitation plans
• Preparation of CPOP protocols
• Advice and guidance tasks for children with fine motor challenges
• Advice regarding children with sensory-motor challenges
• Oral motor assessment and treatment

About the task in Center Classes

Center Classes is an integrated school and therapeutic offer for normally gifted children with mobility impairments and possibly accompanying specific difficulties. Center Classes has students from ages 0-9. Lillevang School is a district school with two departments, 0-5th grade at the Skovvang department and 6-9th grade at the Lillerød department, with center classes distributed across both sites. You will become part of a therapy group consisting of two physiotherapists and two occupational therapists, with tasks at both sites.

It is a prerequisite for performing the work that you have experience training children and preferably also children with mobility impairments. You will among other things work with the following tasks:

• Fine motor assessment and training
• Oral motor assessment and training
• Sensory profile and sensory-motor training
• Guidance regarding school-related aids, including writing tools, cooking aids, etc.
• Participation in creative subjects, including home economics and visual arts
• Rehabilitation processes, e.g., after Botox treatment
• Work with CPOP (joint measurement and registration in the protocol)

We are looking for you who

• Are a trained occupational therapist with experience or interest in the pediatric area
• Are positive, outgoing, flexible, engaged, and able to make training motivating and fun
• Are good at communicating and collaborating with children and parents
• Are curious about development within your own field and keep yourself up to date
• Have a good clinical eye and are reflective about your own practice
• Thrive with many and varied tasks that require good planning skills
• Have knowledge or experience with oromotor therapy such as FOTT, OPT or CM
• Are able to work independently, have good teamwork skills, and can see the value of interdisciplinary work

We can offer

• An exciting and dynamic daily life with room for development
• Opportunity to shape your own work
• Interdisciplinary learning, development and collaboration
• Good physical facilities
• A working environment with room for fun among children and staff

You will be employed at Lillevang School, where both center classes and child therapy are anchored. We are known for close interdisciplinary collaboration both at the school and in the municipality and thus a positive working environment.

About Lillevang School

At Lillevang School, professionalism, well-being and community go hand in hand. It is in the community that we are inspired and develop and become who we are. We equip students academically for the future and to positively participate in the communities it offers.

In the school day, we emphasize democratic formation and want to contribute to an improvement of the planet's future – which means among other things that we work strategically with the UN’s sustainable development goals and the Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the school's daily life.

Lillevang School is a diverse workplace, and we want to reflect the surrounding society. We therefore encourage all interested applicants regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic origin to apply for the position.

Allerød Municipality is a workplace with a high social capital. We value interdisciplinary cooperation, competence and job development, and not least influence on one's own daily life. The most important for us is our core task – to create value for the citizen.

In Allerød Municipality we work from our Children and Youth Policy with the underlying child and learning view .

Are you interested?

You are welcome to contact Thomas Castøe Jacobsen at 29 72 42 16, [email protected] or Kirsten Gottschalck-Hansen at 23 29 85 03 to hear more about the position. You upload your application together with your CV and proof of education via the link in the advertisement no later than October 27, 2026. We expect to hold recruitment interviews on an ongoing basis in week 44 and will obtain references and criminal record checks prior to final employment. Salary and terms of employment will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The municipality has about 2,000 employees working from a common Leader and Employee framework, where values such as dialogue, cooperation, respect and professionalism are the cornerstones. Here you can read Allerød Municipality’s Leader and Employee Framework .

The organization is based on flat structures, great influence on the work, and good development opportunities. Allerød Municipality is a smoke-free workplace with smoke-free working hours.

We believe that diversity among our employees strengthens our organization and the solving of the common core task. We therefore encourage all interested applicants to apply for the position regardless of sex, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic background or sexual orientation.

Allerød Municipality is located in the heart of North Zealand in a beautiful and varied nature. The municipality has close to 26,000 inhabitants and offers an active club and business life with good sports and leisure opportunities.

There are several good transportation options both to and from the municipality, and the S-train runs every 10 minutes from Allerød Station.