Social- and health care assistant for mixed day and evening shifts at Skovgården Elder Center

If you see value in delivering quality care to our elderly residents, in engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration, and thrive in a good mix of working with residents in both somatic placements and temporary stays, then read on!

The position is available as of December 1, 2026 or by arrangement.

The weekly working hours will be 37 hours, but other hours can be agreed and will be distributed over day and evening shifts, though predominantly day shifts, as well as weekend shifts every 2nd weekend.

About us

Elderly Care Center Skovgården is a lovely home for the 48 residents we have places for. These are distributed as follows:

Somatic placements: 30

Shielded placements: 8

Rolling placements ( respite from home): 2

Temporary stays: 8

In addition, Skovgården is an exciting workplace with +50 employees who are broadly represented professionally; social- and health-care assistants, social- and health-care trainees, social and health-care assistants, educators, unskilled, kitchen assistant, house assistants, duty planner, nurses, assistant manager and department manager.

All employees are primarily employed at Skovgården, but all staff are also affiliated with a primary team of the 5 teams we have, which should strengthen continuity for both residents and staff.

At Skovgården we strive to contribute to the individual resident living a dignified and meaningful life, based on self-determination and personal wishes. In line with this we place a high value on social and activities. This both within the individual teams, but

also across the house. This takes place both in collaboration with the staff, but is largely driven by the volunteers, whom we are fortunate to have attached to Skovgården.

We would like you to

• are trained as a social- and health care assistant.
• have a positive and creative approach to new challenges and changes.
• have understanding of the core task.
• are aware of your own professional competence, and focus on continued development of your own skills.
• are responsible, empathetic and with a large amount of patience.
• can work purposefully with health-related documentation - familiarity with CURA is an advantage.
• can create an overview and prioritize tasks in a busy day.
• care for the residents, and collaborate closely with relatives.
• are able to use your collaboration and communication skills, and contribute to creating a good learning environment and not least a good working environment together with a group of professionally skilled colleagues.
• you thrive in a changing daily life, which can quickly look different from what was planned.
• you are able to keep many "balls in the air" at once.
• Are reliable.

We offer

• a meaningful workplace in development where the work environment, professionalism, openness, dialogue and job satisfaction are in focus. This we hope is expressed by Skovgården being not only a good place to work but also a good place to live, as well as a good place to visit.
• engaged, competent and helpful colleagues.
• professional challenges with opportunities for sparring with other colleagues, as well as with internal and external partners.
• a workplace where a large part of events and the like are carried by volunteers.
• engaged management.

It matters to us to welcome new employees well, therefore we also make an intro program that ensures that, together with you, we go through what is relevant to getting started well as a social- and health care assistant at Skovgården.

You will be assigned a mentor in your team, and from management there will also be close follow-up during your start.

We hope you would like to become our upcoming colleague.

Practical information

Salary and terms of employment are set in accordance with the applicable collective agreement.

If you are interested in learning more about the job, you are welcome to contact Department Manager Kathe Riis Johansen at tel. 41 22 52 71 or email: [email protected] or

Assistant Department Manager Mette Brøner Thygesen at tel. 21 48 89 70 or email: [email protected]

Employment interviews are expected to be held October 21, 2026

Submit application online

You send your application, CV and relevant attachments via our recruitment system. You will be guided through the process by clicking the button "Apply for the position".

We look forward to receiving your application.