SOSU Helper Trainee - EUV1 – 17-week Program

About the job

If you are aged 25 or older and have two years of relevant professional experience, you can train to become a SOSU helper in 17 weeks.

You start directly at the main course and take the training with credit for the apprenticeship. The school part takes place at SOSU Østjylland.

As a SOSU in Aarhus you are a co-creator of the most important thing in the world: making a difference in another person’s life. Become an important part of life in Aarhus - become SOSU.

Do you want an education with responsibility, where you must use your head, heart and hands? Then the Social and Health Care Helper Education in Health and Care, Aarhus Municipality is for you.

Candidate profile

You must at minimum

• Be at least 25 years old at the start of the training
• Have 2 years of relevant professional experience

Requirements for relevant professional experience

• Experience either from home care or residential care facilities.
• Experience from several shift teams with main emphasis on day shifts
• Significant work experience with care and nursing tasks
• Has participated in teams and in professional sparring in their work functions

The professional experience counts if you have obtained it within the last 4 years before the start of the education.

You thrive on development and learning and have a positive attitude toward other people. You are ready to work with reflection, personal development and want to develop a strong professional competency. You must be able to stay calm and maintain an overview in a sometimes hectic daily life.

We place emphasis on your ability to express yourself, punctuality, interaction with others and your ability to reflect.

Why choose us

In Health and Care we offer exciting educational programs with many challenges.

We offer, among other things

• Good opportunities for employment after completing the training.
• An apprenticeship in Denmark's second-largest municipality provides many development opportunities both during the training and subsequently.
• A vocational education at a high professional level

Salary and terms of employment

There are three start dates for the training each year.

You are employed full-time

You receive an adult apprentice salary during the entire training program.

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

If you want to know more

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the Training Team at [email protected] or by telephone 51576616. Phone hours between 9.00 and 12.00.

Application

Before you apply you must have the following documents ready

• Your motivated application
• CV
• If you are not a Danish citizen you must attach your residence permit or confirmation from Udlændingestyrelsen on your application for residence
• Real competence assessment (RKV) from the SOSU school
• Any statement from an employer in the social, health and care sector in connection with your professional experience.

It is important that you have completed the RKV before you apply. The RKV must be sent with your application.

You can read more about RKV here

Real competence assessment (RKV) (sosuoj.dk)

In your motivated application you should write (max. 1 page) about why you are applying to the education, what your goal with the education is and how your experiences can benefit you in the education process.

Click on “Apply” below to fill in and send your application. All fields marked with * must be filled. Only when you have received a confirmation by e-mail have we received your application.

We conduct ongoing interviews.

In the Department for Health and Care we have a general policy that references and a criminal record certificate are obtained during appointments. Therefore you should expect to be asked for this if we offer you the position.

About Health and Care and Aarhus Municipality

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

Aarhus Municipality is Jutland’s largest workplace. 28,000 professional and passionate colleagues work every day to ensure that we are a city for everyone. As an employee of Aarhus Municipality you turn visions into reality and create development, community and well-being. Here there is respect for professionalism, room for diversity and opportunities to grow. We have ambitions for the city – and for you. Come and be part of it!

Leadership and employee roles

Via the link below you will find the common Leadership and Employee roles in Aarhus Municipality:

https://aarhus.dk/job/den-attraktive-arbejdsplads/

The common leadership and employee roles give a view of the expectations placed on you when you as a leader or employee in Aarhus Municipality must solve the shared core task. By making visible the expectations – whether you are a leader or an employee – we hope that together we can maintain a good work environment, an attractive workplace and a culture of credibility, respect and engagement