Child and Youth Counselors for the Center for Children and Family. We are expanding – would you like more time for professional work and the possibility of a flexible four-day work week?

In Kalundborg Municipality we invest in the specialized children and youth area. With political backing we are now increasing staff by 3 child- and youth advisers:

• One child- and youth adviser for the Children's Team
• One child- and youth adviser for the Youth Team
• One child- and youth adviser for the Disability Team

The upscaling shall strengthen the quality of our case processing and create better conditions for the individual adviser’s work through lower caseloads, increased professional depth and better possibilities for continuity and involvement in collaboration with the children, the young people and their families.

Your application should clearly state which team you are applying for. You are also welcome to indicate if you wish to be considered for more than one team.

Positions are initially 37 hours per week.

A professional community with high ambitions

In the Center for Children and Family we work to create the best and most durable solutions together with the children, the young people, their families and networks.

For many years we have focused on early intervention, involvement and new methodological approaches. That foundation we still stand on. At the same time we constantly want to develop the quality of our work and create more agile case handling with a high degree of continuity, professionalism and genuine involvement.

We are therefore seeking new colleagues who share our ambitions for the specialized children- and youth area, and who want to actively bring their expertise into play.

With us you are not only part of your own team. You become part of a larger work community where the authority area and the executing area work closely together. We live door to door and cooperate across the board so we can create coherent, holistic and professionally strong interventions for the individual family.

We focus on cohesion and relational capacity. Practically, this means we are curious about each other's perspectives, use each other's competences and take joint responsibility for the task.

We are a 'we'.

Three teams and three professional opportunities

Children's Team

The Children's Team works with children aged 0 to about 13 years and their families. As a child- and youth adviser you will among other things be responsible for initiating and following up on supportive interventions and placements under the Child Act.

You will among other things work with

• Children's well-being, development and need for support
• Child interviews and family interviews
• Screenings, mapping and child-psychological assessments
• Preparation and follow-up on the child’s plan
• Initiation and follow-up on supportive interventions and placements
• Involvement of children, parents, families and networks
• Interprofessional collaboration around the child and the family
• Involving methods with focus on the family's competences and resources

The Children's Team is for you who want to work closely with children and their families, and who have a view for both the child's perspective, the family's resources and the authority's task.

Youth Team

The Youth Team works with young people from about 13 years up to 23 years and their families. Here you get the opportunity to follow the young people through some of the most important transitions in their lives and help create direction, coherence and durable solutions.

You will among other things work with

• Conversations and cooperation with youths and their families
• Screenings, mapping and child-psychological assessments
• Preparation and follow-up on youth plans
• Initiation and follow-up on supportive interventions and placements
• Assessment and initiation of youth support
• Involvement of the youth's family, network and other relations
• Transitions to adult life, education and employment
• Cross-sector cooperation with among others The Municipal Youth Initiative, Youth and Education, Adult Special Unit, UU counselors and civil society offers

The Youth Team is for you who are passionate about the youth area and who can balance the authority role with an inclusive, persistent and development-oriented approach to the young person and the family.

Disability Team

The Disability Team works with children and young people with reduced functional ability or long-term and chronic illnesses, and their families. The team works both with disability compensating benefits and with other supportive interventions under the Child Act.

You will among other things work with

• Children and young people with physical or mental functional impairments
• Advice and cooperation with children, young people and their families
• Mapping of the child's or young person's special need for support
• Target group assessments and the diagnostic tool 'Egg' with basis in ICS
• Treatment and calculation of disability compensating benefits under chapter 8 of the Child Act
• Initiation and follow-up on benefits, supportive interventions and placements
• Transitions to the adult sector and cooperation with among others the Adult Special Team and the Assistive Device Team
• Involvement of children, youths, parents and networks in developing sustainable solutions

The Disability Team is for you who are interested in authority work in the child disability area, and who are motivated by combining high social-educational quality, precise legal application and close collaboration with the children, the young people and their families.

Who are you?

You are a trained social worker or social educator and can see yourself both as an authority practitioner and as a facilitator for change.

We imagine that you

• Work systematically, methodically and professionally reflective
• Can work independently and at the same time thrive in a committed work community
• Are focused on the Child Act and the possibilities and limitations of the law
• Can build trusting relationships while also standing clearly in the authority role
• Have a view for the child’s and the young person’s perspective
• Can actively involve children, youths, families and networks in case processing
• Communicate clearly, respectfully and understandably, both orally and in writing
• Value interprofessional collaboration and see multi-professional work as a strength
• Contribute actively to a good, fun and energizing work environment
• Want to develop both yourself, practice and the social-professional area

Experience with authority work in the child and youth area, the Child Act, ICS and DUBU is an advantage. The most important thing is, however, that you have a strong professional commitment, are curious and want to learn and develop together with us.

A workplace that takes professionalism and work life seriously

We have high ambitions for our work with children and young people. We also know that high quality requires proper framework, professional support and employees who thrive.

Therefore we offer among other things

• A politically prioritized upscaling with focus on quality and lower caseloads
• An expanded and safe introduction program
• Good time for training and introduction to tasks
• Ongoing professional sparring and supervision
• Professional upskilling based on core tasks
• A culture where we help each other and work together on the tasks
• A flexible four-day workweek, where you can continuously choose whether you want to place your working time on four or five workdays. We also offer home-working days and flextime and we largely use our commuting time for phone calls, so that no potential long travel time makes it impossible to become part of the team. Since we have emergency functions to cover, you are notified 8 Friday mornings a year.
• A municipal health scheme
• A social work community with room for both professional discussions, humor and good laughs

We work, among other things, with Safety Plans and Family Council as support for the social-work tasks. The Center's urgent inquiries about violence and abuse are handled by the specialized team Together for Safety. This means that advisers do not join a fixed on-call rotation, but only contribute as a back-up for their own team a few times a year.

With us you get the opportunity to be ambitious on behalf of the children and youths, without having to bear the task alone.

Salary and employment terms

The collective agreement starting salary is Grade 35, currently corresponding to DKK 35,656.33 per month, plus pension. There will be an opportunity to negotiate salary based on experience and competencies.

Please submit documentation of previous employment and education with your application.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the positions in the Children's Team or the Youth Team , you are welcome to contact department head Stine Schou Hjerlund at phone 30 55 29 34 .

If you have questions about the Disability Team , you are welcome to contact the manager Cécile Tefack at phone 21 19 12 00 .

You are also welcome to send an SMS with a request to be called back.

Application and interviews

Application deadline: 23 November 2026

Interviews: 25 and 26 November 2026

Employment from 1.1.2027.

Remember to clearly state in your application whether you are applying for the Children's Team, Youth Team or Disability Team . If you wish to be considered for more than one of the positions, you should also say so.

We look forward to reading your application and hopefully welcoming you to a professionally strong work community where we together create continuity, quality and new opportunities for children, youths and families.

In Kalundborg Municipality we are committed to ensuring that our citizens, businesses, associations and institutions receive the best possible service. We can only deliver that if we have skilled and motivated employees. Therefore we are dedicated to supporting employees' personal and professional development, and ensuring a dynamic and flexible workplace.

With us, employees help make a difference every day, together with about 3,500 colleagues. Kalundborg Municipality is located in some of Denmark's most beautiful nature – and is also home to a number of industries that contribute most to the Danish economy – with emphasis on biotech and energy production.

There live about 48,000 people in Kalundborg Municipality, which is also home to more and more educations that help support development in the municipality.

You can read more about Kalundborg Municipality as a workplace Our employees find general information about Kalundborg Municipality Gotokalundborg listen to our podcast series Career at Kalundborg Podcast and vodcast

We encourage all, regardless of background, gender, religion, etc. to apply.

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