Sign language user sought for a 5-year-old child in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Sign language user for the Bondebyen Kindergarten is sought

Sign language user sought for a 5-year-old child in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality

Would you help give a 5-year-old child the opportunity to actively participate in the community and start learning sign language ahead of school?

We are seeking a Danish-speaking sign language user or sign language interpreter for a temporary position of 12 hours per week, with start as soon as possible. The position runs until July 2027, when the child starts school. You will be employed at Bondebyen’s Kindergarten in Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality, where you will have a special position.

You will become an important part of the child’s everyday life and play a central role in supporting the child’s communication, participation and development in the kindergarten.

About the job

Your primary task will be to be the child’s sign language support and personal assistance in everyday life.

You will mainly be with the child in the kindergarten, where you will support the child’s ability to understand and participate in the activities and communities the child is part of. You will also have an important role in giving the child access to sign language and being a natural sign language role model in everyday life.

You will among other things

• support the child’s communication and participation in the kindergarten’s everyday life
• use sign language actively and naturally together with the child
• contribute to developing the child’s sign language ahead of school start
• translate communication in relevant situations
• help the child become more independent in his/her communication
• collaborate with the pedagogical staff to create good communicative frameworks around the child
• contribute to making sign language a natural part of the child’s everyday life and communities

You will not be left to handle the task alone. You will be part of a collaboration around the child, with a focus on creating coherence between the child’s everyday life in the kindergarten, at home and the upcoming school start.

About us

You will become part of Bondebyen’s kindergarten resource group where you will work closely with the classroom staff. Bondebyen’s Kindergarten is a house with history and a strong professional identity.

We are a house with space for 57 children with 10 resource places for children with various communication difficulties and 20 capable colleagues.

We are physically located in an older charming villa in the middle of the old Lyngby, which provides opportunities to use cultural offerings very close by, and at the same time visit the green areas we are also blessed with.

We are a group of people who highly value diversity and who have trust and great respect for each other and our children.

We believe in cooperation, professionalism and that we can solve most things when we use each other. Without appearing ceremonial, one can speak of a special spirit that is felt in many ways.

We are happy to have the opportunity to invite you further into this.

We collaborate with Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, where we work cross-disciplinary to create good development- and participation opportunities for children and young people.

You will thus have a close collaboration with us in the kindergarten, PPR and relevant professionals around the child. We emphasize that you can both work independently and engage constructively in close collaboration with the adults around the child.

We expect that you

• You are a Danish-speaking sign language user or sign language interpreter with strong sign language skills
• have a desire to work closely with a 5-year-old child and follow the child’s development over a period
• can use sign language actively and naturally in a kindergarten daily life
• understand that children learn and develop through play, relationships and participation in communities
• can create a safe and trusting relationship with the child
• can engage in close collaboration with pedagogical staff, parents and professionals
• can work flexibly and see opportunities in a daily life where tasks are based on the child’s needs
• have a desire to help create a good foundation for the child’s upcoming school start.

It is an advantage if you have experience with children, but the most important is that you have strong sign language skills and a willingness to use them actively with the child.

We offer

• a meaningful and very hands-on task where you have the opportunity to make a concrete difference for a child
• a daily life close to the child and the pedagogical environment in the kindergarten
• close professional collaboration with the kindergarten’s pedagogical staff, PPR and relevant professionals
• opportunity to help support the child’s sign language development ahead of school start
• a workplace focused on professionalism, collaboration and well-being.

Practical

We process applications and hold interviews on an ongoing basis and hire when we have found the right candidate.

You are employed according to the applicable collective agreement. Depending on your qualifications and competencies there is a possibility of negotiating a supplement.

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of Bondebyen, Rikke Munck Petersen at telephone 21 35 16 91 or email [email protected] or speech therapist Gitte Møllenberg at telephone 23 41 72 93 (Tuesday-Thursday) or email [email protected] .

In Lyngby-Taarbæk you will become part of a strong professional community with high ambitions in an organization with about 4,000 employees, all working toward the common goal – to create value for citizens and business life. We value good leadership, well-being, opportunities for professional and personal development, creativity and innovation as well as balance between work life and leisure. We see diversity as a resource and appreciate that each employee contributes with their particular background, personality and abilities.

More than a workplace: With us you become part of a community with high professionalism. We prioritize quality in task solving and pull together to achieve the best results for Lyngby-Taarbæk’s citizens. A strong collegiality is worth its weight in gold. We help each other, laugh together and are curious about who we are. We value diversity, and the strengths we each contribute through our background, personality and abilities.

With us you meet trusted leadership, well-being, good opportunities for professional and personal development and room for creativity and innovation. At the same time we maintain a good balance between work life and leisure.