Pedagogues and awake night shifts sought for a new §108 department on South Zealand

Do you want to help create a new residential care facility from the ground up and make a real difference for people with significant cognitive disabilities?

Samala is establishing a new §108 department in Skuderløse for three adult citizens with significant cognitive disabilities and extensive support needs.

We are looking for dedicated pedagogues and social care staff who want to help build a new department where high professional standards, clear structure and strong relationships form the basis for the citizens' wellbeing, development and quality of life.

The work takes place in a 2:1 framework , which provides good opportunities to work closely, individually and targeted with each citizen's needs and development.

With us you will become part of a professional community where we invest in staff development, work systematically with quality and believe that the best results are achieved through collaboration, reflection and strong relationships.

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About the position

As an employee at Samala you play a central role in creating a safe, developing and meaningful everyday life for the citizens.

The citizens have extensive support needs and benefit from autism-friendly surroundings, a high degree of structure, predictability and stable relationships.

Your main tasks will be to

• create structure, safety and predictability in the citizens' daily lives
• support the citizens' wellbeing, development and self-determination
• work targeted with individual goals and sub-goals
• carry out meaningful activities and learning processes
• document efforts and follow up on the citizens' development
• collaborate closely with colleagues, management, relatives and partners
• actively contribute to professional reflection, sparring and development of practice
• help build the culture and the professional foundation of the new department

About Samala

At Samala we work from a fundamental belief that all people have the right to a dignified, meaningful and self-determined life.

With us professionalism is not just something we talk about. It is something we prioritise and invest in every day because skilled staff create the best conditions for the citizens' wellbeing, development and self-determination.

We meet the citizens with respect, high professionalism and a strong belief that development happens through safe relationships, clear boundaries and individually tailored support.

Our professional approach

We work from a common professional understanding, where structure, relationships and respect for the individual are the sustaining elements in our practice.

We work with the methods TEACCH, LA2 and the Low Arousal approach

Experience with the methods is important, but the most important thing is that you are professionally curious and want to develop yourself together with us.

We offer you

• opportunity to help build a new department from the start
• a strong professional environment with high specialisation
• dedicated colleagues and approachable management
• ongoing supervision and professional sparring
• influence on the development of practice and professional frameworks
• a culture characterised by collaboration, reflection and development
• a job where you can feel the impact of your contribution every day

We are looking for you who

• are trained as a pedagogist or have another relevant social or health-related education at bachelor level.
• have experience working with people with extensive support needs
• thrive in close relational work and in working with 2:1 support
• can create structure, safety and predictability
• work in an appreciative, respectful and relational manner
• are calm, clear and persistent
• can handle complex situations with professionalism and overview
• see documentation as a natural part of the pedagogical work
• take responsibility and work independently
• value collaboration, feedback and joint professional development
• are curious about your own practice and want to develop professionally
• contribute positively to the working environment with responsibility, humour and integrity

Important dates

Posted

4 September 2026

Application deadline

As soon as possible

The company offers

Employment type

Permanent employment, Hourly/on-call

Work from home

Not offered

Weekly working hours

Full-time, part-time

At Samala we work from the 4 virtues

We strive to ensure these virtues are always part of everything we say and do. Psychological safety only grows when we help each other become better versions of ourselves. This is the foundation of all our work with the citizens.

Self-knowledge over self-confidence

It is more important that you know who you are than blindly trust your competencies.

Hard work over intentions

It is more important that you take action than endlessly await the “golden solution.”

Honesty over compassion

It is more important that you say your mind as an equal than to seek conflict minimisation.

Facts over

feelings

It is more important that you communicate from facts rather than opinions and feelings.