Occupational Therapist sought for maternity leave cover in the child and adolescent area.

About the job

Do you want to help strengthen children and young people’s participation in everyday life and in communities? And are you keen to engage in an interdisciplinary collaboration where different professional backgrounds work together to create the best opportunities for children and young people with special needs?

Then this may be you, we are seeking for a maternity cover as an occupational therapist at the Pedagogical Development Center (PUC) in Rødovre Municipality.

We are looking for an occupational therapist who starts on 1 February 2027 to handle occupational therapy tasks in the special needs area for children and young people aged 0-18 years. The position is between 33—37 hours per week.

About the position

You will primarily be attached to Helhedstilbuddet Skovmoseskolen, which is a special school for children with general learning difficulties. Here your task will be to support and strengthen students’ participation in communities and their opportunities to participate in everyday activities.

You will engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with teachers, pedagogues and therapists, where you together work to create good conditions for students’ development, well-being and participation.

At PUC you will become part of a special team with 15 skilled colleagues and a leader, of which the therapy group consists of 4 occupational therapists and 5 physiotherapists. It provides good opportunities for professional sparring, knowledge sharing and daily collaboration.

The Helhedstilbuddet Skovmoseskolen will be your primary area of work, but you will also have to take on other cross-disciplinary tasks in PUC. These can include consultative assistance and training of children elsewhere in Rødovre Municipality.

Your profile

• You are a trained occupational therapist with an interest in and experience with children and young people with special needs
• You have professional knowledge of occupational therapy for children and young people, preferably with specific knowledge about oral motor function and sensory processing.
• You have an eye for the special educational work and can use it in both the consultancy work and in the training task.
• You have strong relational competencies, are good at collaborating and have experience with interdisciplinary collaboration
• Your abilities to organize, prioritize and work independently are essential. You actively contribute to the development and qualification of the task solving

Why choose us

PUC is an exciting workplace with a busy, dynamic and innovative collaborative environment and a culture characterized by openness and curiosity. In daily work we challenge and inspire each other both cross-disciplinary and mono-disciplinary, and we make space for humor and social community.

We are proud to focus on developing cross-professional communities of practice, a trust-based leadership, and we always strive for a high professional level in our task solving.

Who are we?

At PUC you will become part of a multidisciplinary staff group of just over 60 professionally sharp and curious colleagues, of which 12 are physiotherapists or occupational therapists.

Organisationally, PUC (including PPR) is anchored in the school area under the Department of Children and Culture, and in daily life we collaborate with a number of actors across the municipality, where especially schools, day care, the children’s family department and the municipality’s rehabilitation efforts are central.

Our shared starting point

In PUC we have a common starting point in

• Rødovre Municipality’s shared view of children, recognizing that:
• All children should have equal opportunities to be part of positive communities
• Children are competent and do their best.
• Systemic thinking and approach
• A strong ambition to strengthen children's participation opportunities and create strong communities for all
• Interdisciplinary task solving

With this starting point we shall shape and further develop a strong culture of collaboration with a focus on how we create the most value for the municipality's children and young people.

If you want to know more

See more about Rødovre at www.rk.dk

You are also welcome to contact occupational therapist Matilde Skogstad-Mogensen 30769065 or occupational therapist Katrine Lodahl: 30769061

Application

Send your application online with relevant attachments and references so we have it no later than 1.12.2026

We will hold interviews on 7.12.26 and a possible second interview on 10.12.26.

Rødovre Municipality is a geographically small and centrally located municipality with a high level of ambition for its citizens and the city. Also for this reason we are an attractive and exciting workplace, and we see diversity as a strength. Therefore we encourage everyone regardless of age, gender, disability, lifestyle, religion or ethnic background to apply for the job.

We offer our employees a wellbeing and health program including physiotherapy and group training. Note that Rødovre Municipality has smoke- and nicotine-free working hours, which means that we may not smoke or use similar products such as vapes or snus during working hours.

Our positions are advertised as full-time unless otherwise stated in the job advertisement.