Occupational Therapist for the Children's Area in Allerød Municipality

Committed occupational therapist for the pediatric field requested from December 1, 2026. The position is 20 hours per week.

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

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

About the task in pediatric therapy

Here you will mainly work with the municipality's children aged 0-18 years and their families within the general area as well as carry out rehabilitation plans that come from the hospital.

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

Daily life offers many collaboration interfaces and communication with many people, which requires that you have a good overview and can feel comfortable in the field. You will be responsible for the occupational therapy treatment and guidance regarding the children in close cooperation with the parents and coordinating therapist.

The pediatric therapy role includes tasks within

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

About the task in Center Classes

Center Classes is an integrated school and therapeutic offering for normally intelligent children with mobility impairments and possible accompanying specific difficulties. Center Classes has students from 0-9th grade. Lillevang School is a district school with two departments, 0-5th grade in the Skovvang department and 6-9th grade in 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 requirement for performing the work that you have experience with 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 sensorimotor training
• Guidance concerning school-related aids, including writing tools, aids for cooking etc.
• Participation in creative subjects, including home economics and art
• Rehabilitation pathways, e.g., after Botox treatment
• Work with CPOP (joint measurement and registration in the protocol)

We are looking for you who

• Is a educated occupational therapist with experience or interest in the pediatric field
• Is positive, outgoing, flexible, engaged and capable of making training motivating and fun
• Is good at communicating and collaborating with children and parents
• Is curious about development within your own profession and keeps up to date
• Has a good clinical eye and is reflective about your own practice
• Thrives with many and varying tasks that require good planning skills
• Has knowledge or experience with oral motor, e.g. FOTT, OPT or CM
• Is good at working independently, has good collaboration skills and can see the value in multidisciplinary work

We can offer

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

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

About Lillevang School

At Lillevang School, academic excellence, 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 participate positively in the communities it offers.

In the school's daily life we value democratic formation, and we wish to contribute to an improvement of the planet's future – which includes, among other things, strategically working with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the school's daily life.

Lillevang School is a diverse workplace, and we would like to reflect the surrounding society. Therefore we 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 prioritize multidisciplinary collaboration, 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 based on our Children and Youth Policy with the underlying child and learning perspective.

Are you interested?

You are welcome to contact Thomas Castøe Jacobsen on 29 72 42 16, [email protected] or Kirsten Gottschalck-Hansen on 23 29 85 03 to hear more about the position. You upload your application together with your CV and educational certificate via the link in the advertisement no later than October 27, 2026. We expect to hold recruitment interviews continuously in week 44 and will obtain references and police clearance before final employment. Salary and terms of employment will be set according to 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 basis, where values such as dialogue, collaboration, respect and professionalism are cornerstones. Here you can read Allerød Municipality's Leader and Employee Basis .

The organization is based on flat structures, great influence 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 solution to the common core task. We therefore encourage all interested applicants to apply for the position regardless of gender, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic background or sexual orientation.

Allerød Municipality lies in the heart of North Zealand in a beautiful and varied nature. The municipality has nearly 26,000 inhabitants and offers an active association and business life with good sports and leisure opportunities.

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

Department: Lillevang School

Application deadline: 27 October 2026

Location: 3450, Allerød