Child and Youth Counselors for the Family Team in the Center for Child and Youth Counseling

Do you dream of becoming, or are you already, a truly skilled authority advisor? And do you also see communities and dialogue as a natural part of your work? Then you could be exactly the one we are looking for.

With us you get the opportunity to use your professional expertise where it really matters and at the same time be part of a workplace with close collegial camaraderie and high employee well-being.

We have been allocated more resources for the authority area to pursue our goal of a workload of about 25 cases per adviser and to strengthen authority work for vulnerable children and young people.

Therefore we are now seeking three children and youth advisers for permanent positions 37 hours per week.

Your key tasks

As a child and youth adviser in the Family Team you will be responsible for statutory tasks under the Children's Act. You will help ensure, in collaboration with children, young people and families, that it is clarified what support the family and the child or the young person needs.

The work includes among other things

• Advice and guidance to children, young people and their parents
• That you carry out screenings, assessments and child-related investigations
• That you process applications and follow up on disability compensation-related benefits such as compensation benefits, lost earnings and respite care
• That you initiate and follow up on supportive interventions, where it is ensured that the goals for the child’s or the young person’s development are achieved
• Participation in meetings with children, parents and partners, including that you are a meeting leader.
• Written documentation of the case processes and decisions.

Your competences

• Is educated as a social worker or social facilitator and passionate about working with children, young people and their families
• Has the courage to work with both social and disability-related issues
• Is empathetic and solution-focused in encounters with both citizens, partners and colleagues
• Is professionally ambitious and will contribute to our continued development in the department
• Works, or would like to learn to work cross-disciplinary and cross-sectorally
• Would like to work to ensure that all children are part of mainstream communities
• Is a team player with a focus on how you can contribute to the department
• Has flair for the administrative part of the work and can work systematically. We work in DUBU.
• Has good energy and a lot of drive.

What you get with us

• An ambitious, diverse and creative workplace
• Ongoing competence development, e.g. via shared professional days with external teacher
• Good colleagues who look forward to welcoming you
• An introduction plan, mentoring scheme and training as needed
• A close collaboration with management
• A busy and exciting everyday life, where there is also high spirits and fun joint activities
• Ongoing external supervision
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of working from home
• A really good canteen
• Training and shower facilities.

Who are we

In Ballerup Municipality we have a Children and Youth Policy that forms the basis for our daily work. Words like community, education and leisure are consistent in the close work and professional assessments.

We are ambitious and we set the bar high in our work with children, young people and families. We believe that if we are in close dialogue with them and start from their wishes and needs, we create the best conditions for children and young people to develop positively. We also have a strong focus on involving the children and young people in their own case, both in meetings with them and in the written documentation.

We collaborate cross-professionally to find solutions together with the children, the young people and the families and do not let professional and organizational divisions hinder good solutions. Ballerup Municipality works with Integrated Citizen Pathways as a method across the municipality, including the cross-professional collaboration.

In the Family Team we work in five smaller district teams, each consisting of 7-9 advisers connected to two team leaders. We have chosen this to ensure closer collegial communities and more presenceful leadership.

The Children and Youth Advisors in the Family Team sit with all types of cases and tasks, so the workload is broad. We have chosen this to try to avoid unnecessary adviser turnover in line with the intentions of the Child Act, but also because we believe it contributes to creating skilled children and youth advisers.

Want to know more

If the above has aroused your interest, do not hesitate to call us. We look forward to hearing from you.

You can learn more about the positions by contacting team leader Louise Gabrielsen at phone 2384 5347 or team leader Henrik Hjortlund at phone 2144 3372. You may also send a text message, and we will find a time to talk.

Read more about Ballerup Municipality as an employer at job.ballerup.dk

Hiring process and salary

The starting date is January 1, 2027.

We expect to hold interviews on November 19, 2026.

The positions are as a rule 37 hours and are permanent positions.

Application deadline: November 11, 2026.

We offer salary and employment terms according to the collective agreement for social workers and social assistants in municipalities.

Employment occurs according to the principles of local pay formation and in agreement with the union with bargaining rights.

The salary range for the position is 36,020 DKK – 49,178 DKK per month before pension for full-time employment (37 hours per week).

The final salary is set after negotiation between the employer and the professional organization that has bargaining rights in the relevant collective agreement area. The salary depends on your education, documented seniority and qualifications.

We obtain criminal and child protection checks.

Ballerup Municipality has smoke-free working hours. Read more here .

We see diversity as a strength. Therefore we encourage everyone regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or ethnic background to apply for a job with us.

Submit your application online. Click on “Apply” below and attach your application, CV and diploma.

We look forward to meeting you.