Child Advisor for the Special Department – help make a difference for children with special needs and their families

Do you want to make a real difference for children with special needs and their families? Are you motivated by working at the intersection of legislation, professionalism and relationships, where you every day help create coherence and solutions for families in complex life situations? Then you may be the one we are looking for in the Special Department in the Children and Family Counseling.

In our team you will be part of a strong professional community, where you have the opportunity to make a noticeable difference for families who often face complex life situations. We work with holistic authority work and focus on ensuring that children and families experience coherence, quality and high professionalism in their contact with the municipality.

About the job

As a family advisor in the Special Department you will work with children with significant and lasting physical or mental impairment and their families. You will become the family’s ongoing advisor and play a central role in creating coherence, coordination and holistic solutions.

Your tasks will include, among others

• Advising and guiding children and their families.
• Authority tasks and decisions under the Child Act.
• Processing cases on compensatory benefits, including additional expenses, lost earning capacity and respite care.
• Initiation and follow-up on supportive interventions.
• Coordination of cross-disciplinary collaborations around the child and the family.
• Close collaboration with, among others, schools, kindergartens, health service, PPR and other partners.

We attach importance to families meeting with professional quality, respect and understanding of their situation, while ensuring correct, coherent and holistic case handling.

About us

The Special Department is part of the Family and Prevention Department in the Children and Youth Administration.

With us you become part of an engaged professional environment where we help each other, share knowledge and together develop our practice. We focus on high professionalism, well-being and collaboration, and we believe that the best solutions are created through dialogue, trust and shared reflection.

We work from the ambition that children and families experience a single coherent effort based on their needs and resources. Therefore, the holistic approach is a central part of our work, where the relationship with the family is as important as the professional assessment.

About you

We are looking for you who

• are trained social worker
• have an interest in children with disabilities
• thrive with authority work and complex issues
• work in a structured way and have an eye for both the whole and the detail
• can build trusting relationships and collaborate with many different actors
• communicate clearly and professionally, both orally and in writing
• are curious, reflective and contribute positively to the community.

Experience in the area is an advantage, but not a requirement. The most important is that you want to learn, develop and contribute to the common task.

We offer

With us you get

• a meaningful position where you make a difference for children and families every day
• a strong professional community with a high degree of sparring and knowledge sharing
• thorough introduction and training tailored to your experience
• ongoing supervision and professional development
• flexible working conditions and the possibility of teleworking according to current guidelines
• engaged colleagues and a present leadership
• an workplace with high professional ambitions and focus on well-being.

Be part of something bigger

We are looking for a colleague who, together with us, wants to further develop the efforts for children with special needs and their families.

With us you will have the opportunity to combine high professionalism with meaningful relationships and help create the best possibilities for children with disabilities. You will become part of a workplace where we lift together, value differences and believe that good well-being among colleagues is a prerequisite for creating good solutions for families.

If you are motivated by creating coherent solutions, working closely with families and being part of a strong professional community, we look forward to hearing from you.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is paid according to the applicable collective agreement with an expected salary level in the range of DKK 33,800 - 36,800 per month excluding pension. Salary placement depends on experience and qualifications

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are very welcome to contact team leader Dorthe Dichmann at tel.: 30 60 44 73.

The practical

The application deadline is October 22, 2026. Interviews will be held on October 26, 2026.

The Hiring Committee consists of the manager, union representative and employee representative.

Address

Children and Family Counseling

Tolderlundsvej 3, 5000 Odense

We look forward to hearing from you and having you join the team, where together we create the best framework for children's well-being, learning and development!