The Udsigten residential facility is seeking a social and health care assistant

Are you a social- and health assistant with an interest in our exciting target group, namely young adults with a diagnosis within the autism spectrum? Do you want to make a difference? Then you might be our new colleague.

About us and the job

The Autism Special Area is a department under the area "The young adults", which is part of social psychiatry.

The residential facility has room for 14 residents.

A characteristic of the target group is a great need for structure, predictability and clarity, as well as support for daily life and life in general. The citizens need support to be able to contextualize their view of life.

We focus on the young people's self-determination, independence and quality of life based on the municipality's vision of "Help for self-help".

We support the young people with various support systems, hold structured conversations, provide help and support for ADL tasks, participate in and plan various meetings concerning the individual, collaborate with the young people's relatives/networks, etc.

We work from a rehabilitative approach, where the core task is always pervasive in our work. We create varying support offers with individual development opportunities and a basis for a safe and meaningful adult life based on the citizens' wishes, dreams and hopes – which we do from a neuro-pedagogical and systemic perspective. At the same time we use tools such as MI, Empowerment and IPS.

As an employee with us, you will work in an interdisciplinary staff group consisting of educators, an occupational therapist, and social and health assistants.

We have fixed awake night shifts.

Our wishes for you

We place the following at the top for our new colleague

• engaged, has enthusiasm, is professionally strong and wants to work with development
• has a good overview, and can make decisions under pressure
• can work independently, in teams and interdisciplinary
• is loyal in relation to shared decisions
• can support citizens in entering into relationships and building networks
• is curious and eager to learn new things
• has an appreciative approach to their surroundings
• is responsible and thinks that sparring with a colleague equals high professionalism
• has the ability to reflect on one’s own and others' practice
• demonstrates flexibility, patience and respect in collaboration with the individual citizen
• can plan and initiate activities together with citizens and colleagues

We need this from our new colleague

• Qualified social- and health assistant
• Experience within the autism field
• Knowledge of comorbidity, possibly eating disorder
• Good documentation skills, as descriptions for status and similar require high professionalism
• Familiar with IT in relation to both documentation and IT support systems

We offer you

• An exciting workplace with engaged and professionally skilled colleagues
• A good working environment where we value camaraderie and an informal tone
• Collegial feedback, supervision from both internal and external supervisor.
• An development-oriented and competence-building organization

Practical information

The position is 34-37 hours, starting December 1.

There will be a mix of day and evening shifts, and you work every 4th weekend.

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

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting: Assistant Department Head Emma Krog 21421458 – [email protected] or Department Head Søren Hjelm Kristensen 4122 5728 – email: [email protected]

We would like you in your application to relate to our vision and method choices *)

Before final employment, a criminal record check will be obtained.

Hjørring Municipality has smoke-free working hours

It means that employees must not smoke during working hours - indoors or outdoors.

Read more here: Smoke-free working hours …

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 'Submit application' button.

The application deadline is 25 October 2026 and interviews will be held on 28 October 2026.

We look forward to receiving your application.

*) Hjørring Municipality's vision is based on a humanistic view of people and an empowerment perspective.

Hjørring Municipality assumes that there is a link between on one hand taking responsibility, self-determination and independence and on the other hand quality of life. The vision of citizens who master their own life is therefore about creating quality of life for the citizens.

The social psychiatry and the area for vulnerable groups have further developed the vision "Help for self-help and recovery" – the joint path to strengthening work with recovery and "help for self-help", because we believe that everyone has a right to a meaningful life and a belief that everyone can recover. We work with the method of psychosocial rehabilitation.