Occupational Therapists for our professional teams working with children and adolescents at the secure institution Egely, Nørre Åby

Would you like to help make a difference for some of Denmark's most vulnerable young people?

At Egely we have since the start of the year been engaged in an energetic and exciting process, where we work purposefully to optimize our methods and workflows in shared understandings in order to be able to offer the best provision to children and young people in a secure setting with a basis in the core task:

"Children and young people at Egely experience a safe and content-rich everyday life with reliable adults"

We are therefore now seeking occupational therapists for the professional teams in the citizen-facing work in our living units.

We ensure thorough orientation, a mentorship scheme and accompanying shifts in practice collaboration with experienced colleagues, so everyone is equipped with the same tools, methods and working procedures.

If this sounds like something you would like, then hurry to send an application – we look forward to talking with you.

Egely - in brief

Egely is Region Southern Denmark's secured 24-hour institution for young people aged 12 to 17 who are placed on legal or social grounds. We have a total of 20 beds, of which 5 are in the specially secured department. There are about 60 young people admitted each year. Currently we have 2 open departments with a total of 10 beds.

We are around 80 employees – primarily pedagogical staff in the living units, but also psychologists, health professionals, social workers, teachers and other professional groups.

The young people we work with often have complex challenges with outwardly directed behaviour, criminality, substance abuse or psychiatric issues.

Our most important task is to help the young people find calm and stability, so they can build new life strategies and take steps toward a better future.

All children and young people at Egely are offered education or day activity in our internal teaching house, and have their everyday and leisure life in a living unit with four other children and young people.

The young people are often placed because of complex social, psychiatry-related and behavioural challenges such as outwardly directed or criminal behaviour, substance abuse and other comorbid challenges.

Your tasks

As an occupational therapist at Egely you will have a meaningful and challenging everyday life, where you:

• Plan and conduct occupational therapy assessments and observations in everyday life, including in relation to developmental stages, cognitive and sensorimotor prerequisites for mastery and learning. You make use of occupational therapy methods such as e.g. activity analysis and observation forms.
• Plan activity-based occupational therapy interventions : Support training, development or maintenance of mastery and independence in meaningful activities and social interaction in the lives and everyday lives of children and young people and their ADL.
• Plan holistic interventions: In collaboration with children, young people and actors in their lives, identify the nearest development zone for the desired goal, so that requirements can be gradually adjusted to enable development and experienced success.
• Identify sensory integration measures to support children and young people’s opportunity to engage in meaningful activities and social occasions in their own everyday life.
• Record, document and evaluate for planned interventions and communicate these

We are looking for someone who

• Is a trained occupational therapist.
• in collaboration with children and young people, can uncover and describe the prerequisites for children and young people to meet the demands of everyday life and to participate in cooperation, interaction and activities.
• can uncover sensorimotor and cognitive resources and challenges and initiate/describe interventions, guidelines or measures to support compensation or increased mastery.
• in collaboration with children and young people plans written goals and graduated sub-goals in the nearest development zone, and conducts and evaluates them together with children, young people and other partners.
• is good at writing, documentation and communication of interventions and assessments.
• wants to work in a team with multidisciplinary colleagues on a holistic approach and effort.

What you get with us

• An workplace with high professionalism in cross-disciplinary teams, where you can shape development and culture.
• Thorough introduction and mentorship scheme.
• An educational plan which among other things includes courses within LA2 and SIKK during the first years of employment.
• Supervision by internal and external supervisors as well as sparring with internal specialists, colleagues and management.
• An work environment focused on well-being, professional collaboration and psychological safety.

The practical

The positions are 37 hours per week. In Region Southern Denmark all positions must be advertised as full-time. However, it should be noted that if you choose to apply and you want a part-time position, you must indicate this in your application

Your application must include documentation of education, a comprehensive CV and relevant attachments.

Working hours will be in rotating day/evening shifts, every 2nd weekend as well as on holidays.

The region is obliged to inform you of the starting salary for the position.

You will be told the base salary, centrally fixed allowances and pension in the collective agreement for: Ergo/physio/midwives, collective agreement number 33.21.1

In addition to the starting salary, the position may include possibly negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. There may also be shift allowances.

Starting salary for positions in Region Southern Denmark

The position requires a driving license for a car.

Curious for more?

You can read more about Egely on our website Egely and watch our film about working at Egely Job at Egely

You are also very welcome to contact Department Manager Jeannette Grath Lorentzen on telephone 21 78 63 59 on all weekdays between 08:00 and 09:00:

Application deadline: 16 November 2026.

Interviews: Will be held on an ongoing basis, but no later than 20 November 2026.

Start date: 1 January 2027 or by agreement.

Workplace: Social Center Lillebælt, Egely Department, Søndergaardsvej 9, 5580 Nr. Aaby.

References as well as child and crimi-nal records checks will be obtained. It is a condition of employment that these attestations are deemed satisfactory.

Department: Social Center Lillebælt, Region Southern Denmark

Job title: Occupational Therapist

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Workplace: Nr. Aaby

Application deadline: 16-11-2026

Application deadline: 16 November 2026