Pedagogical staff sought for the secure treatment facility Grenen-Dalstrup, the specially secured Department South

Pedagogical staff sought for the secure treatment institution Grenen-Dalstrup, particularly the highly secure South department

Is it important to you to work somewhere you can make a difference for vulnerable and at-risk children and young people? Do you want to be part of an organization where you can specialize and develop your professional as well as personal competencies in a meaningful and challenging daily life? And are you ready to commit to professionalism and collaboration as the key to succeeding with the core task?

Welcome to Grenen-Dalstrup

The secure treatment institution Grenen-Dalstrup is part of the Special Area for Criminally At-Risk and Judged Children and Young People (DOK) in the Central Region. Grenen-Dalstrup currently consists of three secure departments (North, Crown, and the View) as well as a specially secured department (South), where there is room and heart for a total of 19 children and young people aged 12-18 years.

In the special area DOK, the core task is to deliver services at a highly specialized level to some of the most vulnerable children and young people in Denmark.

Grenen-Dalstrup receives youths who are primarily placed due to charges of crime, abuse, or other behavior that poses a danger to the youth themselves or others. In addition, we often receive youths who are diagnosed with or are being assessed for mental disorders and behavioral disturbances, which is why there is close collaboration with DOK's internal psychology department and an externally attached psychiatrist.

What is special about the South department is that here live youths with severe psychologically deviant behavior, which entails a broader support need that cannot be accommodated in the ordinary secure departments. The youths are often connected to psychiatry.

You will become part of…

… a dedicated and engaged work community that every day strives to create safety, stability and well-being, which promotes development in the youths who live here, usually for a shorter period. We strive to leave positive marks in the youths’ lives and we meet the youths with warmth , clear frameworks and professionalism , because we believe that small changes can have a big impact. It demands something from us – both as people and as professionals.

We are looking for you who

Have professional and personal competencies to function and succeed as a pedagogical role model and caregiver. This includes meeting our youths with presence and clarity, as well as the ability to be attuned, in contact, and maintain an overview, even in pressured situations. You set boundaries in a way that reflects calm, maturity and composure, and you are able to act decisively.

In collaboration with your colleagues, you contribute to creating an environment where we help each other handle the high emotional demands that can be experienced in daily life with children and youths in chaotic life situations. Based on knowledge of trauma psychology and relational work.

Additionally we imagine that you;

• Are able to work both independently, in a fixed team and in interdisciplinary collaboration, and view collaboration with colleagues and management as a duty on an equal footing with your pedagogical professionalism.
• Are capable of working purposefully and responsibly within the agreed frameworks and structures.
• Have good self-insight, and care about others’ perspectives and well-being.
• Have experience working from cognitive behavioral therapy and milieu therapy or are keen to learn it.
• Are motivated to develop your professional competences.
• Have experience with—and a desire to work in a field where knowledge of the law is fundamental.
• Are strong in documentation and professional reflection and can translate your observations into written form.
• Can plan, implement, evaluate and further develop pedagogical activities and interventions.
• Have knowledge of IT at user level and preferably experience with the Sensum ONE system.

We would prefer you to be educated as a pedagogue, but we also welcome applications from those with a background as a pedagogical assistant, social worker, SOSU assistant, teacher, therapist or similar pedagogical work.

A meaningful everyday life

Whether the youths have a court sentence or are crime-at-risk, in abuse, self-harm or have mental health issues, they need care, safe frameworks and a motivating daily life.

Your tasks will among other things include, that;

• Create structure and stability in everyday life through predictability and clear daily routines, rules and frameworks.
• Support the youths in their social, emotional and personal development, including independence, anger management, regulation, well-being and mastering everyday life, etc.
• Ensure that the youths attend education, employment and participate in sports activities, afternoon activities, ADL, etc. You often participate yourself as well.
• Conversations with the youths.
• Develop LA2 plans based on the youth’s internal perspective (or the intended internal perspective).
• Actively involve the youths to pursue influence and self-determination regarding their goals and daily lives.
• Accompany the youths on outings.
• Participate in A meetings, supervision and professional sparring, where you reflect on practice and develop your professionalism.
• Contribute to written documentation and the preparation of diary notes, sub-goals, status statements, etc.
• Contribute with professional observations in connection with psychological assessments and medication in collaboration with, among others, psychologists and psychiatrists.
• Know and master the Act on the Responsibility of Adults for Placed Children and Young People.

We offer

• E xtremely meaningful work with exciting professional challenges.
• Opportunity for relevant further education and competence development.
• Engaged colleagues and a good collegial community.
• An ambitious workplace that will retain and further develop a good treatment and working environment.
• A thorough intro program at start.
• Time and space for professional immersion, reflection and sparring.
• A meal scheme that can be enjoyed with your colleagues.
• An ambitious special area that is development-oriented and that aims to influence the national agenda for the secured institutions in Denmark.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are negotiated individually and in accordance with the applicable collective agreement in the field.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU's Transparency Directive, which came into force on 7 June 2026, obligated to inform you of starting salary or a salary interval for a position before offering employment.

Here you will find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most professions and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk

The position is, as a rule, full-time.

Working hours are distributed over day, evening, night, and weekend shifts.

You should expect weekend work every 2nd weekend – either in even or odd weeks.

Application and recruitment process

Send us your application and describe why you want and should be our next pedagogical staff member at the South department.

The position is desired to be filled as soon as possible and no later than 1 January 2027.

For employment, child and criminal background checks will be conducted.

A valid driver's license is a prerequisite for employment.

For further information contact

Department Head Paw Rotbøl Jacobsen, tel. 6141 4881 or email: [email protected]

Employment interviews will be held on Thursday, 26 November 2026 at Grenen-Dalstrup. Dalstrupvej 30, 8500 Grenaa.

Application deadline Sunday 22 November 2026.

Read more about Special Area for Criminally At-Risk and Judged Children and Young People on the website: http://www.dok.rm.dk/

You can read more about the social area on the website: Social area - Region Midtjylland

All inquiries will naturally be treated confidentially.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The position is normally a full-time position.

As Region Midtjylland continually implements savings and reorganizations, employees in redeployment who apply for the position will have priority.

Region Midtjylland is, in accordance with the EU’s salary transparency directive that came into force on 7 June 2026, obliged to inform you about the starting salary or a salary interval for a position before you are offered employment.

Here you will find Region Midtjylland's salary catalog for most professions and positions found in Region Midtjylland: Transparency before employment - Medarbejder.rm.dk