Care assistants to our professional teams in the residential units for children and young people at the secure institution Egely, Nørre Aaby

Would you like to help make a difference for some of Denmark's most vulnerable young people about our core task:

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

We are now seeking colleagues - ideally with experience in the children's field and working with de-escalating and mentalising methods in our secure and highly secure unit.

We ensure thorough introduction, mentor scheme and on-call shifts in practical collaboration with experienced colleagues in the daily operations of the departments, so you are equipped with tools, methods and workflows before you take on the tasks.

If this sounds like something you would like, hurry to send an application – we look forward to talking with you, and we invite applications to interviews on an ongoing basis.

Egely – in brief

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

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

The young people we work with often have complex challenges with externalising behaviour, crime, substance misuse or psychiatric issues.

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

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

The young people are often placed on the basis of complex social, psychiatry-related and behavioural challenges such as externalising or criminal behaviour, substance misuse and other comorbid challenges.

Your tasks

As a care assistant at Egely you will have a meaningful and challenging everyday life, where you:

• Identify and translate pedagogical goals from internship and learning placements and motivate to initiate and support the pedagogical activities and agreed interventions.
• Contribute with your own professional competencies to the holistic offering and team collaboration about and with children and young people.
• Carry out targeted communication and reflect on the importance of communication in relation to the prerequisites of children and young people and the agreed strategies and interventions.
• Document pedagogical work and cross-disciplinary agreed interventions with and about the child and the young person.
• Plan activities and social interactions with regard to the overall young group’s prerequisites and needs – including considering the need for differentiated frameworks and support.

We are looking for someone who can

• Test, build experience and work according to the professionally prepared approaches and interventions from the professional team and the regulatory framework in the offering.
• Establish positive collaborative relationships with children, young people and actors in their lives and their offerings.
• Work loyally with the implementation of the professional tools and methods that have been brought from courses and educational programs and agreed within the team.
• Document, share knowledge and act on experiences and arising needs and tasks in the offerings and lives of children and young people.
• Bring reflections, experiential learning and knowledge into the professional team.
• Bring competencies and professional knowledge from one’s own education and experience into play in the team’s and everyday collaboration, collegially and in the offering to children and young people.

What you get with us

• A workplace with high professionalism in cross-disciplinary teams, where you can leave your mark on development and culture.
• Thorough introduction and mentor scheme.
• An education plan which among other things includes courses within LA2 and SIKK during the first years of employment.
• Supervision and sparring with internal specialists, colleagues and management.
• An working environment focusing on well-being, professional collaboration and psychological safety.

The practical

The positions are 37 hours per week.

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

In Region of Southern Denmark all positions are advertised as full-time. However, it should be noted that if you choose to apply for the position and you want a part-time position you should state this in your application

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

You must have a driving licence for a passenger car.

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

You will be told the base salary, centrally set allowances and pension in the agreement for: Care and Pedagogical Assistants and Pedagogical Assistants, collective agreement number 34.06.1

In addition to the starting salary, the position may include any negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications. On top of that, there may be shift allowances.

Starting salary for positions in the Region of Southern Denmark

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 the Department Head Jeannette Grath Lorentzen on tel. 21786359 on weekdays between 08 – 09.

Application deadline: October 22, 2026.

Interviews: Interviews are held on an ongoing basis, but no later than October 26, 2026.

Start date: December 1, 2026 or by agreement.

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

References and child and criminal records checks will be requested. It is a condition of employment that the certificates are deemed satisfactory.