Physiotherapist for Children with Disabilities

Do you want to use your physiotherapeutic expertise where even small progress can make a big difference? And are you motivated by thinking about training, treatment, play and everyday life together for children and young people with complex functional impairments?

Then you now have the opportunity to make your professionalism a part of the children's everyday life. We have an exciting 32-hour position for you in Child Disability in Aabenraa Municipality.

About the workplace

In Child Disability we work every day to create good, safe and developing everyday lives for children and young people with various and often complex functional impairments. With us you will not only be the physiotherapist who just comes by to train. You will become an important part of the children's everyday life and of the interdisciplinary collaboration around their development, well-being and quality of life.

You will be part of our health care team, which consists of two physiotherapists and three social and health care assistants. We work closely with pedagogues, management, parents and other professionals around the individual child.

We have a high degree of interdisciplinarity and place emphasis on actively bringing our different professionalities into play. As a physiotherapist you therefore have both the opportunity to work independently with your own area of expertise and to contribute to qualifying the overall effort around the child.

Child Disability consists among other things of

The Posekær Children and Youth Home, which is a 24/7 facility with 26 places for children and young people. We are spread across four different groups and have very different needs for support, care, treatment and pedagogical efforts.

Lille Kolstrup – The Special Kindergarten, which is a special kindergarten for children aged 0–6 years. The Special Kindergarten is a service for children aged 0–6 years. The kindergarten has 3 groups.

Our children in Child Disability are children with significant and lasting physical and/or psychological functional impairments. The children have different and often complex needs that call for a close interdisciplinary effort around their development, well-being and participation in everyday life.

The child group spans a wide range. Some children have extensive motor challenges and require assistive devices, positioning, training and support in all daily activities, while others more often have challenges in areas such as sensory processing, communication, contact, attention and regulation.

The common factor is that the children need a special pedagogical, health care and therapeutic effort, based on each child’s resources and possibilities. Here physiotherapy becomes a natural part of the child’s everyday life – through play, movement, training and participation in the small and large activities that fill a child’s life.

You will therefore have a workday with great variety and the opportunity to work physiotherapeutically with children and young people at different age levels and with very different needs.

About the job

As a physiotherapist with us you work with training and treatment close to the child’s everyday life. This means that the physiotherapeutic effort does not stand alone. You should together with the child’s other adults be curious about how movement, positioning, assistive devices and training can be integrated naturally into everyday life and support the child’s participation, development and quality of life. Some days require creativity and play. Others require thorough professional assessments, guidance, documentation and close coordination with colleagues and parents.

Common for the tasks is that the child and its possibilities are the focal point.

Your tasks

You will among other things work with

• physiotherapeutic examination, assessment, training and treatment of children and young people
• advice and guidance for pedagogical staff, colleagues and parents
• application, testing and adjustment of assistive devices in close interdisciplinary collaboration
• teaching and guidance of staff in areas including transfers and positioning
• development and follow-up of positioning and transfer guidelines
• healthcare documentation and actions that support the child’s well-being, functional ability and development.

We offer

With us you get

• a meaningful job where your professional knowledge can be felt directly in the children’s everyday life
• a close and engaged health care team with opportunities for ongoing sparring and reflection
• an workplace with a high degree of interdisciplinary collaboration
• a thorough introduction and training so you get the opportunity to get to know both the children and the area well
• opportunities for relevant courses, continuing education and ongoing professional development
• a daily life where we are curious about our practice and together work to develop the quality of our offer.

About you

We expect you to be a trained physiotherapist and to want to bring your professional expertise into work with children and young people with special and complex needs.

We also expect that you

• meet the children with calm, curiosity, presence and respect
• can integrate play, creativity and imagination into physiotherapeutic training and treatment
• enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration and see other professions as a strength
• can work independently, take initiative and at the same time reach out for sparring
• communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues, parents and partners
• work in a structured way with documentation and follow-up.

If you have experience with Bayley-III, Sensory Profile or CPOP, that is an advantage, but not a requirement. The most important thing is your professional curiosity and your desire to work with our target group.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement. The position is 32 hours per week. The working hours are distributed between day shifts from 8:00 a.m. and two fixed evening shifts per week until about 7:00 p.m. You will work 2 fixed days in the kindergarten and 2 fixed days at Posekær Children and Youth Home and have one day for documentation, tests, applications for assistive devices, etc. We will naturally tell you more about the work organization in a possible interview.

The position is to be filled as soon as possible and no later than December 1, 2026.

Child and criminal record checks will be obtained before employment.

Want to know more?

If you’re curious about the position, the target group or what a day in the life of a physiotherapist with us looks like, you are very welcome to contact the institutions manager Lone Busk at email [email protected] or phone number 29 61 48 76.

Application

Send your application no later than October 25, 2026. We will hold the employment interviews on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 in the pavilion at Lille Kolstrup 10, 6200 Aabenraa.

We look forward to hearing from you and perhaps welcoming you as our new colleague in Child Disability.

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