Professionally strong and holistic colleague to the Team for Self-Selected Helpers in Care and Rehabilitation

About the job

Are you passionate about complex citizen work, professional follow-up and practice-oriented guidance? Do you have strong relationship skills, and do you thrive in a close, informal and engaged team with attractive working hours? Then you may be our new colleague.

In Care and Rehabilitation we are looking for a new employee for our Team for Self-Selected Helpers (under the Social Services Act § 94 / Elderly Act § 20) and we imagine that you have a strong professional background such as physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse or an experienced SOSU assistant.

Since the team was established in 2022, daily life has been characterized by ongoing development and lots of pioneering spirit. Today we are a well-functioning team with control of operations and a high level of professionalism. Our citizen group is characterized by great cultural diversity, where the majority have a minority ethnic background. We handle the professional follow-up for over 300 citizens and support more than 425 self-selected helpers.

About the position and the tasks

The position offers a good balance between professional follow-up and on-site assessment, training of helpers and the close relationship work in the citizen’s home. A substantial part of your daily life will be spent on systematic follow-up and re-evaluation of efforts in existing and new citizen cases as well as competence training.

Your primary tasks will be to

• Carry out systematic follow-up and case work: Reassess and reassess help needs in close dialogue with the citizen, the helper and the municipality’s citizen consultants.
• Competence-train and guide self-selected helpers: The majority of helpers are relatives without health professional background. A key task is to instruct, train and create security in task execution (e.g. transfers, working environment and assistive devices) in the private home.
• Handle complex cases: You will work with a broad and varied citizen group. Most of our citizens have a minority ethnic background, so working with cultural understanding is a natural part of everyday life.
• Put your professional expertise to use: You will apply your specific health professional background – both towards citizens and helpers, but also as a professional sparring partner for colleagues in the team, so we make full use of our multidisciplinary composition.
• Build bridges and networks: Create good relations across Aarhus Municipality – including collaboration with the home care service, citizen consultants, other departments and external actors.

Your profile

We are looking for a colleague with solid municipal experience – preferably from home care or a similar field. Your educational background can be physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse or an experienced social and health assistant (e.g. with a function as a mobility instructor).

We imagine that you

• Have experience working closely with citizens and the ability to identify changes in citizens’ conditions and functional level and initiate relevant initiatives beyond your own professional area.
• Have a holistic approach and are strong at communicating professional knowledge at eye level, so you can prepare helpers with diverse backgrounds well.
• Are a structured, independent and flexible employee who can prioritize your own time.
• Have solid experience in multidisciplinary collaboration, where you actively contribute with your professional competences
• Value professional case work, where documentation, assessment and legal frameworks are a fixed part of your everyday life.
• Navigate safely in complex citizen pathways and be able to maintain an overview and set professional boundaries in emotionally affected cases.

It is a requirement that you have a driving licence (B).

Why you should choose us

You will become part of a small, strong and close team consisting of a manager, a deputy manager and two clinical therapists (one occupational therapist and one physiotherapist). With us the professional level is high, but the tone is informal, warm and characterized by humor.

The most important thing for us is the personal match. We are looking for a true team player who actively contributes to the good atmosphere and who enjoys sparring about cases. With us we lift as a team, and even though we work independently, you are never alone with difficult decisions. Your daily life will be characterized by close collaboration with the management, which is often very close to citizen cases.

You will receive

• Attractive working hours: Working hours are primarily during the day on weekdays.
• Thorough introduction and training tailored to your professional background.
• High degree of influence on the planning of your own tasks.
• A professionally strong environment with short distance from idea to action and wonderful colleagues looking forward to welcoming you.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is desired to commence January 1, 2027.

Salary and terms of employment according to the applicable collective agreement and after concrete negotiations with the negotiating representative professional organization.

Weekly Working Hours: 37

If you want to know more

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Kathrine Beltoft Rasmussen, head of Self-Selected Helpers, tel. 4185 7077 or Peter Vadskær, deputy head of Self-Selected Helpers, tel. 2487 1459. Feel free to send an SMS so we can arrange a time for a chat on the phone.

Application

Click on “Apply” below to fill in and send your application. All fields with * must be filled. Only after you have received an acknowledgement by email have we received your application .

The application deadline is 8 November 2026

We expect to hold 1st round interviews on November 16 and 2nd round interviews on November 20.

In the Department for Health and Care we have a general policy that references and criminal record checks as well as a child’s certificate will be requested during recruitment. You should therefore expect to be asked about this if we offer you the position.

We note that during the recruitment process there will be an entry in our reference register. The reference register includes former employees of the Department for Health and Care who have been dismissed due to substantial misconduct in the employment relationship.

About Health and Care and Aarhus Municipality

Health and Care (MSO) in Aarhus Municipality works with care for the elderly and health for all citizens.

Aarhus Municipality regards diversity as a resource and therefore encourages everyone - regardless of age, gender, disability, lifestyle, religion or ethnic affiliation - to apply for the position.

Aarhus Municipality is one of the largest workplaces in Jutland, where 28,000 professional and passionate colleagues work every day to turn visions into reality and create value for citizens and society around us. We are a workplace that values professionalism and collaboration, and we believe that our differences help make Aarhus a good city for everyone. Together we work for a sustainable and inclusive city where employees, citizens, businesses and nature can thrive and flourish. We have ambitions for the city – and for you. Come and join us!