Are you ready for a new daily life in 2027? We are seeking 1 social worker for the Copenhagen Psychiatric Center

We have a position available as social worker in the geriatric psychiatry ward B1 and the open general ward B3 in our wonderful new hospital surroundings at Bispebjerg Hospital – could this be something for you?

Are you looking for a job where your current competencies can be used in a new way and where the focus is on interdisciplinary collaboration? - Then please read on here.

Geriatric psychiatry bed ward B1

A ward with space for 15 patients aged 70+. The patients are admitted with all conceivable psychiatric disorders and share only that they are over 70 years old and have a psychiatric diagnosis that requires hospitalization. Due to their age they often also have somatic problems.

Open general bed ward B3

Open general bed ward, with space for 15 patients, of which 2 beds are for patient-driven admissions. We primarily receive patients from Inner City and Østerbro. The staffing group is well-functioning, professionally ambitious, and acknowledges and gives space to each other.

Common for both positions is

You will become part of a strong social worker team totaling 13 bed social workers and a further 25 social workers in the outpatient department. You report to the Chief Social Worker and participate in a mono-disciplinary network across the center and the entire Region Hovedstaden, which on 1 Jan 2027 will become Region Øst.

In addition, you will work closely with the inpatient wards in your daily routine, where you meet staff groups consisting of doctors, nurses, social- and health care assistants, an occupational therapist and a physiotherapist.

Your main tasks will be

• Social-work assessments of patients who are not linked to outpatient treatment, and to support and ensure acute social-work actions
• To act as a coordinator in drafting legally required discharge agreements/coordination plans
• To coordinate collaboration with external and internal partners and participate in and hold network meetings
• To support collaboration with municipalities primarily Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, among other things regarding anticipated and discharged patients
• Attention to patients with children, including contributing to the preparation of notifications and statements to the social authorities in collaboration with doctors and other health professionals
• Referral to discharge mentors, etc., to ensure municipal follow-up
• To contribute with relevant knowledge about legislation and social services to your health care colleagues

Who are you?

You are a trained social worker, and the position requires a good deal of experience as a social worker, as the tasks span a wide range of different legislations and preferably experience with psychiatry, municipal and/or regional health care.

In addition, we would like you to be able to tick off the following

• Function in a daily life where the primary task is psychiatric treatment
• Have professional interest in working to create cross-sector pathways for our patients
• Have your feet firmly on the ground and not easily knocked over
• Thrives in a busy and changeable daily life and can work independently, but also has an eye for the organization's goals and leadership
• Have good communicative skills both orally and in writing
• Can thrive in a common office environment with your social worker colleagues

What we offer

• An exciting job with a high degree of professional freedom
• Good collaboration with doctors, nursing staff and other interprofessional staff
• A strong social worker community
• External supervision
• Opportunity to participate in internal and external training

Salary and employment terms

You will be employed in accordance with the collective agreement for social workers - 32.32.1

The position is with immediate start after agreement, and please no later than 1 January 2027.

Interested?

If you want to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact the Chief Social Worker Lene Birk at 2058 7517, or TR Stine Vesterdahl Flensted at telephone 2999 7837.

Applications should be sent with CV, copies of diploma, and any attachments, etc.

Apply for the position via the link on this page, latest 8 November 2026.

We will hold interviews on 11 and 12 November 2026 and we look forward to reading your application.

About Psychiatric Center Copenhagen

The Psychiatric Center Copenhagen is Denmark's largest psychiatric center, and part of Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, with a wide range of general and specialized offerings. The center is known for being at the forefront of new treatment options, arising from the renowned research conducted at the center.

The center employs more than 1300 staff and has a catchment area of approximately 430,000 residents, covering the Copenhagen districts Østerbro, Indre By, Nordvest, Nørrebro, Frederiksberg and Vanløse. The center is organizationally placed in Region Hovedstaden, and geographically located at Bispebjerg, Gentofte and Frederiksberg Hospitals, as well as at a number of outpatient units in the catchment area.

We treat affective disorders, schizophrenia, other psychoses, complex neuropsychiatric disorders and personality disorders. The center has a number of specialty areas such as: Psychotherapy, anxiety, OCD, affective disorders, sexology, neuropsychiatry, including psychiatric assessment for epilepsy surgery, liaison, geriatric psychiatry and military psychiatry.

You can read more about ’ Psychiatric Center Copenhagen here ’ or about Psychiatry as a workplace at " Job in Psychiatry " .