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Are you a skilled healthcare professional looking for a meaningful and enriching career change We are looking for skilled Elderly Care and Healthcare Professionals that are ready to relocate learn Danish and take on important tasks in homecare and carecenter teams. We invite you to be part of a team where mutual trust worklife balance and continuous professional development are not just words but a way of life!
Working hours are on average 37 hours per week or by appointment. You will work rotating shifts. Salaries are regulated by the Danish collective agreements. The basic salary depends on your level of formal qualifications experience and competences. As skilled carer your net salary at the time of hiring will be approx. 2.100 per month plus pension and paid vacation.
MaySeptember (Preparation of Danish language): Before you start your employment in Denmark you must acquire basic Danish language skills. Lolland Municipality provides a free online language course two evenings a week for twelve weeks from the end of May till start September.
Mid September (Relocation to Denmark): From midSeptember when you start your employment you will receive a monthly salary. The first four months of your employment you and your group of international newcomers will continue the Danish course and take part of various onboarding activities on a fulltime basis. Afterwards you will start working in your new team and complete the language course on parttime.
The Municipality offers information and assistance to ease your relocation e.g. facilitate the initial registrations and help to find housing.
If you have a partner and/or children we are committed to ensuring that the move is successful for everyone. Public schools for children and youngsters are free of cost and are used to receiving internationals. Depending on the language skills and profession your partner too will have fair opportunities for finding a job in the same municipality or in commuting distance. The job offers free Danish language course to partners as well and is happy to advise on job search and settlement opportunities for him/her.
We advice to apply as soon as possible to see if you are eligible first then you can later prepare all the documentation and needed titles to be submitted.
All applicants who continue through the process are invited to visit the Municipality in first days of May 2024 where a facetoface interview will take place. If selected for a job we expect you to start your employment in Denmark on the 16th of September 2024.
Good luck with your application! Your next career adventure awaits in Denmark
ANNEX: *Applicants with different educational backgrounds are welcome as long as they are related to elderly care and healthcare.*:
Content of education programs varies greatly across European countries and therefore we do not demand a specific educational background. It could be profiles such as:
Tcnico en Cuidados Auxiliares de Enfermera (Spain)
Assistente Sanitario or Operatore Socio Sanitorio (Italy)
Slaugytojo Padejojo (Lithuania)
Opiekun Medyczny (Poland)
Altenpfleger(in) (Germany)
Voorbereidend Beroepsonderwijs Verzorging (Netherlands)
BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Health and Social Care (United Kingdom) etc.
The important thing is that you have knowledge about anatomy hygiene infection prevention nutrition and health promotion. In addition you must have practical experience in providing personal help and establishing good relationships with the people you support.
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