Occupational Therapist Wanted for Tilbuddet for Særforanstaltninger, OVUS

Do you want to apply your occupational therapy expertise and make a difference for people with complex support needs?

Would you like a daily life where professionalism develops and where you have the opportunity to think creatively and develop yourself?

The organization is constantly changing and we see an exciting future, where we develop our offerings and where we challenge our professional skills and competences.

We have got new, exciting tasks and therefore we are looking for another competent occupational therapist , who wants to become part of an ambitious and strong professional community, across professions.

With us, structure and recognizability are crucial to create security for citizens. At the same time daily life is often unpredictable and places demands on your professionalism, flexibility and ability to adapt your approach to the individual.

It is an advantage if you have experience with the target group or from work in a care home, but not a requirement. The most important is that you want to bring your professional knowledge into play and help create a safe and meaningful everyday life for the citizens.

About the Offer for Special Arrangements

The Offer for Special Arrangements in OVUS consists of the departments Tårnly, Tårnbo, Løvhøj and Kuben. Additionally, a new building is planned with two more departments.

The offer contains an individual shielding/guarding initiative focusing on creating a daily life with structure, recognizability and continuity.

Together we solve one of the most specialized tasks in the social sector, for citizens with substantial and complex support needs.

All citizens have permanently reduced mental function, and several have a good language function. In addition, citizens may have issues such as personality disorders and deviant traits, substance abuse problems as well as outwardly acting, self-harming or boundary-crossing behavior. Some citizens may also have a treatment order or order for placement in an institution.

We focus on safety in our work and are currently in a process in collaboration with SIKK, where we sharpen safety and use risk assessments as a concrete tool in everyday life.

We offer a combined housing and activity offer, where good staffing coverage and an individually tailored pedagogical approach form the basis for our work.

Your task – occupational therapy focused on the individual resident

You will become part of a multidisciplinary staff group, where we have clear professional expectations of each other and work from methods such as Gentle Teaching Nordic, Low Arousal 2 and neuro-pedagogy .

In daily life you work closely with your colleagues to create a safe and developing everyday life for the residents. We take the individual resident's functional level as our starting point and have particular focus on the sensory challenges, which we work specifically to support through relevant professional approaches.

You will have the opportunity to bring your occupational therapy knowledge into play in the multidisciplinary collaboration and contribute to solutions based on the individual resident's needs and possibilities.

We are looking for you who …

We are looking for someone who is professionally well-founded, curious and motivated to develop your professionalism in collaboration with others.

We expect that you

• Are professionally grounded and want to develop yourself further through interdisciplinary collaboration with the other disciplines in the department.
• Have knowledge of LA2U or are keen to get it
• Have knowledge of the target group
• Work structured and see the value in creating clear frameworks for the individual resident.
• Are appreciative and resource-oriented.
• Can help residents find relevant activities in daily life and create motivation to participate in them.
• Insist on creating positive relationships – even when it's difficult and takes time.
• Focus on collaboration and relational coordination across professions
• Have written competencies, as we work with professional documentation
• Are open to sparring and active participation in supervision.

We offer you

With us you become part of a professional community, where we help each other, share knowledge and together work to create the best possibilities for the citizens.

We offer

• A thorough introduction and mentoring scheme.
• Ongoing professional development with courses and continuing education.
• A strong professional community where we support each other.
• A working environment where everyone takes responsibility
• Colleagues who have humor, show care and take time for each other.
• A dynamic working environment with fixed team and staff meetings, where we reflect on and develop our work together
• Flexibility in working hours, with the option to plan long weekends and workdays according to wish

A practical tip: It's an advantage if you have a car, as we are located in a scenic area on the outskirts of Mariager.

Working hours and terms of employment

The position is a 37 hours per week with full-time and rotating working hours, including day, evening and weekend.

There is the possibility for flexibility and planning of the working hours. You can also choose to work every other or every third weekend if you wish.

Salary and collective agreement

Salary and terms of employment follow the applicable collective agreement for non-leading occupational therapists, etc., entered into with the Danish Association of Occupational Therapists.

Application deadline: November 25, 2026

Start date: As soon as possible after agreement

Would you like to become part of our team?

Then send your application today – or call to arrange a visit. We are happy to show our workplace, tell more about the tasks and answer your questions.

We always have coffee on the pot!

We look forward to hearing from you and hope you will become part of our team, where together we make a difference in daily life for the residents.

Feel free to contact us

Department Head Camilla Henriette Brok Nielsen

Phone: 20 63 33 21

Email: [email protected]

Department Head Janne Martinussen

Phone: 41 46 75 15

Email: [email protected]

How to apply for the position

Send your application via www.rn.dk , where you can also find more information about the position and Sødisbakke.

We currently also have open positions as pedagogical staff, care assistants and pedagogical assistants, so please also view our other job postings.

You can read more about The Area for Adults with Developmental Disabilities (OVUS), Sødisbakke, Højbo department and Gentle Teaching at www.sodisbakke.rn.dk .

About Sødisbakke

Sødisbakke consists of five residential homes and an activity and socializing offer, which forms the North Jutland Region's special unit for adults with developmental disabilities.

We work from a systemic view of humanity and use the method Gentle Teaching Nordic , which focuses on presence and prevention of absence. Music and culture are central elements in our work.

Read more about Sødisbakke and our approach at www.sodisbakke.rn.dk .