Part-time substitute for an 11-year-old boy

Are you up for giving an 11-year-old boy one-to-one adult contact, support and joyful moments for 6 hours a week? Then you might be our new relief worker?

It is both rewarding and demanding to be a relief worker. It requires patience, openness and resilience while you also gain a lot and experience the joy of having a significant impact in a child's life. Do you have the time and the desire to take on this task? Then read on here!

About the position

The purpose of the relief is to provide both the boy and his family with relief on weekdays or weekends by agreement. The scope of relief is on average 6 hours per week.

Your primary task as a relief worker will be to give the boy 1-to-1 adult contact and support, calm hands and joyful moments. The boy has a diagnosis of autism and ADHD.

He loves Pokemon, Kirby and other Nintendo worlds. He is also quite fond of trains, animals and plants (especially the dangerous and poisonous kinds). He also likes drawing and loves it when there are adults who can sit and draw with him (you don’t have to be good at drawing).

He loves when there are adults who can join in jumping on the trampoline with him, talk about Pokemon or animals, etc., or help with the games he has come up with.

He is a happy, curious and open boy of 11 years. He loves the arrangement with a relief worker who comes into the home, and you will therefore be warmly welcomed and become part of the family's daily life. We do not expect you as a relief worker to know a lot about autism and ADHD. But to fit the job, it is important that you are curious, open-minded and willing to understand and be part of the boy's way of being in the world.

He gets overwhelmed easily and has a large need for recovery. Therefore there will be tiring days where presence is in focus. But there will also be days where your task is to be part of what engages the boy and to help with play and movement. Two things that are very important for his well-being, but that he can have difficulty with on his own.

He also needs familiarity and structure.

The family has experience in distributing the hours in different ways and we are therefore flexible regarding the number of hours and the form. Please mention in an application what is possible and what is not.

Application

The application deadline is 25 November 2026.

Employment

The position is desired to be filled as soon as possible.

The task is remunerated by Skanderborg Municipality, and the primary employers will be the family themselves. A child welfare and criminal record check will be obtained prior to employment.

• The salary is regulated in accordance with the applicable rates announced by the Danish Association of Municipalities
• The salary is paid as hourly wage monthly in arrears
• From Skanderborg Municipality there is no reimbursement of any chosen expenses associated with the relief; these are covered by the parents if applicable
• If there is a need to change the working hours, this must be applied for separately by the parents by contacting Skanderborg Municipality's Special Advisory
• To the extent that the granted time is increased, decreased or discontinued, you are obliged to accept changes in the agreed working hours without further notice
• The relief worker is covered by the Sick Pay Act's rules on unemployment benefits during illness and maternity/paternity leave

Additional information

If you want to know more about the job as a relief worker / companion, you can contact digitally via borger.dk, att. Jakob Poulsen, who will ensure that your inquiry is forwarded to the child's parents.

About the Secretariat for Children and Youth

In the Secretariat for Children & Youth we work with children, youth and families. We cover the entire area for 0-18 years - from the general areas with health visiting, day care, schools, after-school care / clubs to the special area with PPR and the social area with SSP and child social counseling.

Our task in Children and Youth is to support each family’s striving to create a good childhood, where children and young people thrive and develop in safe surroundings. This all happens under the political vision that all children have the right to a good childhood with experiences of joy, safety, engagement, enthusiasm and resilience in the face of life's challenges.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are determined according to the applicable collective agreement, including the provisions regarding local pay formation. You can find information about the salary level in Skanderborg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. In addition to base salary, the pay can include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

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