We are seeking a psychologist for a maternity leave replacement at the Outpatient Clinic for Young Children, Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Glostrup

Do you want to help young children with mental health difficulties and their parents?

Do you want to be part of a well-functioning outpatient clinic with high professionalism and good collegiality?

So take a look!

The job

We assess and treat children aged 4-8 years with a wide range of child psychiatric difficulties, including autism, ADHD, affective disorders and anxiety conditions, as well as children with adjustment reactions and disrupted parent-child interaction.

Diagnostics and treatment are carried out in a multidisciplinary collaboration between the professional groups. Treatment includes, among other things, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, parent training for children with ADHD and autism, pharmacological treatment and network collaboration.

What tasks will you have?

In your daily work you will be responsible for the following

• Diagnostic assessment, including interviews, psychological tests and other examinations. Act as clinical contact person and coordinator of the diagnostic process.
• Treatment, e.g. parent interviews, psychoeducation, psychotherapy, network collaboration.
• Quality development.

You report to the section-leading specialist psychologist.

Welcome inside the Ambulatory and Day Unit for 4-8-year-old children, B291

The unit consists of a large outpatient clinic as well as a day unit with space for 4 children. We have regional- and highly specialized functions for children with complex neuropsychiatric conditions and pharmacological treatment of children under 6 years old.

The staff group is multidisciplinary and consists of nurses, pedagogues, doctors, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapist and a secretariat.

In the unit we have an ongoing focus on what has value for the patients and their families. We see collaboration with the parents as an important part of the assessment and treatment of their child. We are very mindful of developing our competencies, including through side-by-side learning and relevant courses and education.

We place great emphasis on professionalism, development, collaboration and the working environment.

We offer

• A thorough introduction program and onboarding.
• Consultation and guidance in daily work
• Well-functioning multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Dedicated colleagues, high professionalism and a good collegial working environment.
• A dynamic and developing workplace.

We expect

You are educated as cand.psych and we would like you to have experience with children and adolescents and/or psychiatric experience.

In addition we expect that you

• Have good teamwork skills.
• Demonstrate and exercise professional engagement and responsibility.
• Have a desire and motivation to participate in the further development of a modern child and adolescent psychiatry.

Salary and employment

This is a ca. 1-year fixed-term appointment, in a maternity cover. The position is 37 hours per week.

We expect you to start on 1 Feb 2027 or as agreed.

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The ambulatory is open during daytime on weekdays. Your working hours will therefore primarily lie within this period.

In accordance with legal requirements, you must present a clean child protection certificate when employed at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center. The HR Center will obtain the certificate from the National Police with your consent when they prepare your employment letter.

Would you like to know more?

If you have any questions, or would like to know more about the position, you are very welcome to contact the section-leading senior physician Tine Houmann at 38 64 05 60, acting head nurse Laura Lindhardt at 23 20 17 99, section-leading specialist psychologist Cecilie Kaiser at 23 37 36 27 or chief psychologist Anne Kloster at [email protected]

Apply for the position

Send your application, CV and education certificates via the link on this page, no later than 20.11.26.

We expect to hold interviews on 27.11.26

We look forward to reading your application.

About the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center (BUC) is part of Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital and covers the entire Capital Region. The center conducts assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with all forms of severe mental disorders requiring a multidisciplinary hospital-based approach. The center has two clinical departments, Outpatient Department and Day Department, distributed across several sites in the region, as well as a large research unit.

In addition, the center has a range of support functions, including administration and a quality and improvement unit. In total we are about 1,000 employees who participate in close multidisciplinary collaboration for the approximately 18,000 children and adolescents aged 0-17 who are seen at the center annually (2025). More information about the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center can be found on the BUC website www.buc-regionh.dk .