An attractive position available as a child advisor for the placement team, where the characteristics of play are part of everyday life.

We are ambitious in our work with children, young people and their families. We work purposefully to involve all children and young people and to help them become as capable and independent as possible. We are focused on collaborating on creative and unconventional solutions with the placement place, the network and the family, to the benefit of the placed child or young person.

Your profile In addition to being a trained social worker, we place emphasis on your ability to take on the role of authority figure, with good collaboration skills for both children/young people, families, the placement site and partners. You will join a team consisting of 5 advisers, 2 placement consultants, 1 network worker and a professional coordinator.

The team has over the past year undergone a professional development process, and we are still continuing to ensure both high professionalism and good frameworks to be able to perform this. In addition, we want you to;

• Show personal maturity and be able to think creatively and solution-oriented in work with children, young people and their families
• Have experience of working with placed children and families
• Can work independently, in a structured and systematic way in a often busy daily life
• Use IT as a natural part of the work, here our professional system is DUBU
• Have the ability to engage in constructive collaboration, and can maintain calm and collaborative ability – even when collaboration is challenged by pressure or conflict
• Can assess and prioritise tasks and initiatives – both professionally and in terms of resources
• Have good writing and speaking skills
• See yourself as an important contributor to a good working environment, in the team and the department

About the job

• A close collaboration in the team, with support from colleagues in the rest of the department and management
• There is a focus on ensuring a coherent, multidisciplinary and continuous effort
• A dynamic workplace where professionalism and job satisfaction are highly valued
• Good opportunities for ongoing professional development through supervision, topic days and relevant courses
• Support for your professional development through a working environment with a high level of knowledge as well as collegial and interdisciplinary sparring in everyday life
• Room for creative solutions within the overarching framework
• Opportunity to make a difference in a department with ambitions to be an attractive place to work

Your new workplace

Billund Municipality is a workplace with room to grow and with a value-based personnel policy.

In Billund we work according to the fundamental values, where we have a solution-minded approach, succeed with collective help, strive to improve and have playful working as a superpower.

Organizationally, the Placement Team is located in the Family Department, which is part of the Youth and Family area in Billund Municipality.

The Placement Team's target group is children 0 - 18 (23 years), who are covered by interventions and measures under the Child Act.

A common feature for all employees is that we have an appreciative approach. We focus on good placement and return home so that interventions are targeted to ensure that children and young people with the right support are secured in their development into creative global citizens.

Geographically, the Family Department is located at Billund Town Hall in Grindsted. Jorden Rundt 1 A, 7200 Grindsted. We sit together in an open office environment.

Billund Municipality has smoke-free working hours.

Salary and employment conditions

Employment occurs in accordance with KL’s agreements with a number of professional organizations on pay and employment conditions. Salary is negotiated according to the applicable collective agreement with the Danish Association of Social Workers.

The employment is initially with an start date of 15 January 2027, or by agreement.

The position is 37 hours

Application deadline 1 November 2026

Interviews are expected to be held on 6 November 2027

Questions regarding the position can be directed to the professional coordinator Jane Nielsen at tel. 30464951 or the head of the Family Department Lotte Jensen at tel. 24462948.