Pedagogue for a special school, Svallerup department

Are you passionate about making a noticeable difference for children and young people who need special frameworks to thrive, develop and learn? And would you like a varied everyday life where relationship work, structure and recognition are the focus?

Kathøj Svallerup School is seeking engaged and relationship-building pedagogues. The positions are fixed full-time, and we are looking for colleagues who are flexible and have the desire and ability to work with either early years-lower primary.

About the students and our pedagogical approach

Our students are characterized by diagnoses such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorders and relational disorders. They often carry a number of personal, academic and social difficulties and are marked by prior experiences of defeat.

Kathøj Svallerup School works from a milieu-therapeutic foundation and an appreciative, resource-focused view of people. We place a high emphasis on recognition, dialogue and safety to give each child the best conditions for well-being and learning. Our goal is to create environments characterized by structure, predictability and patience, where we draw on methods such as TEACCH, Cool Kids, KAT-kassen, NADA, riding therapy, among others.

About the job

As a pedagogue with us you will be a central figure in the student's school day and well-being within an ambitious school and day-treatment framework.

Your tasks will include

• Close class-team collaboration: Together with a teacher you form a fixed partnership around a class team, where you support the students' social, personal and academic progression.
• Structure, guidance and calm: Create predictable frameworks, provide safeguards during overstimulation and facilitate many repetitions with a calm, security-creating approach.
• Efforts for students with low school attendance: Part of the target group struggles with school refusal or concerning absenteeism. We seek a pedagogue who is ready for relationship-building and patient work – including meeting students at home to support them in gradually regaining the sense of safety at school.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration and parent dialogue: Close collaboration with teachers, psychologists and external parties, and a trusting dialogue with our positive parent community about the children's lives and development.

Your profile

We are looking for pedagogues who meet the children with presence, professional calm and perseverance:

• Trained pedagogue: Preferably with experience in special or day-treatment settings, but most important is your motivation for the target group and your desire to apply your pedagogy in a milieu-therapeutic context.
• Calm, empathetic and appreciative: You are able to read the children's needs, meet them with mentalizing calm and maintain composure in challenging situations.
• Strong in structure and independence: You can create overview, initiate activities, maintain frameworks and work patiently with repetitions.
• Strong partnership profile: The collaboration between pedagogue and teacher is the school’s backbone. You thrive in a close interdisciplinary pairing, where you exchange ideas openly, take initiative and dare to try new approaches.
• Reflective: You reflect on your own and colleagues' practice and see supervision and professional feedback as a strength.

Why choose us

Kathøj Svallerup School is Kalundborg Municipality's school and day-treatment offering with 190 students. We also function as a competence center, supporting inclusion in the municipality's public schools through courses and guidance in special educational tools.

With us you get

• Close staffing and a sense of security in the task: Each class team typically has a fixed teacher and pedagogue assigned to 6–8 students.
• Professional development: Ongoing supervision by a psychologist, courses in special pedagogical methods and targeted competence development.
• A strong working community: A collegial environment with room to breathe, mutual support, professional pride and room for humor in everyday life.
• Good employee benefits: including a massage scheme, free coffee and a well-functioning lunch scheme.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is a permanent full-time role. Hire is in accordance with the applicable collective agreement including applicable allowances in the special education sector.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, or would like to hear more about the school's pedagogical approach and target group, you are very welcome to contact:

• The school at tel. 59 53 46 70
• Assistant headteacher Thomas Wulff for early years and lower primary via SMS at tel: 20 34 37 74 (then we will call you back for a no-obligation chat).

Application

Applications with CV and relevant educational certificates should be sent via the link no later than Sunday 25 October 2026 at 08:00.

About Kalundborg Municipality as an employer

In Kalundborg Municipality we are committed to ensuring that our citizens, businesses, associations and institutions receive the best possible service. We can only deliver this if we have skilled and motivated employees. Therefore, we are dedicated to supporting employees' personal and professional development and ensuring a dynamic and flexible workplace.

With us, employees help make a difference every day together with about 3,500 colleagues. Kalundborg Municipality is located in some of Denmark's most beautiful nature—and is also home to several of the industries that contribute the most to the Danish economy, with emphasis on biotech- and energy production. There are about 49,000 people living in the municipality, which also hosts more and more education programs that support development in the area.

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We encourage everyone regardless of background, gender, age or religion to apply for the position.