Caseworkers for the Regulatory Department

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry in Haderslev Municipality is seeking 3 permanent authority caseworkers 37 hours per week from January 1, 2027.

We have plenty of professionally engaging tasks in our Authority Department, and we are therefore looking for 3 new colleagues who can help us solve these tasks.

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry is a part of Social and Health in Haderslev Municipality. In Social and Health, 'Valuable Everyday – every day' sets the direction. All people have a need to decide over their own life and, as far as possible, to live a life independent of municipal assistance. We base our approach on what precisely creates a valuable everyday life for the individual and help them, through the solutions we have and are building.

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry is Haderslev Municipality’s authority for applications within compensatory measures for citizens with disabilities, mental illnesses or social vulnerability.

We collaborate with citizens and other departments to facilitate welfare and find the best possible solution for the individual citizen. We believe that we are at our best when we create solutions together.

What can we offer?

First and foremost, we can offer you an exciting and professional job, where you become part of a department and a workplace with skilled and dedicated employees, where everyone contributes to shaping the development

We can also offer

• a well-structured induction program for the initial period of your employment with us
• a workplace with the possibility of flexible work arrangements in the form of options for remote work, the possibility to influence your own working hours within the municipality’s opening hours, the possibility to organize tasks yourself, plan meetings and hold meetings on Teams
• a good working environment with good colleagues and a good collegial atmosphere
• an exciting and dynamic workplace with a focus on development
• room for professional exchange of opinions, dilemmas and ethics
• room for professional and personal development
• an organization that thinks in value-based and holistic terms with a focus on cross-disciplinary task solving.

What is the job content

You will handle tasks in the form of case processing, assessment and follow-ups regarding citizens over 18 with mental handicaps and physical handicaps, psychiatric diagnoses, psychological challenges, which have resulted in a permanent and significant reduced mental, physical and/or functional capacity, which means there is a need for compensation to be able to function in everyday life.

These are citizens with complex needs and challenges.

In 2 of the 3 permanent positions you will have your own case load with fixed citizen cases.

Your tasks will consist of general case processing in the form of handling new applications, meeting management, counseling, advice and guidance, clarification of needs and interventions, assessment, making decisions, initiation and follow-up of the appropriate assistance measure in accordance with the Social Services Act §§ 84, 85,97, 103, 104, 107 and 108.

In the 3rd permanent position, your tasks will primarily consist of follow-ups on existing citizen cases, including follow-ups on citizens who receive social pedagogical support in their own home, citizens living in care homes and citizens in protected employment and in activity and social interaction offerings, as well as handling new applications in accordance with the Social Services Act §§ 84, 85, 97, 103, 104, 107 and 108.

As a starting point, you will not have your own caseload at the outset, as the cases you will follow up on are on other caseloads.

We imagine that

• you have experience with the authority role
• you have experience, interest in and desire to work with adult citizens with psychiatric diagnoses, social vulnerability, disability and citizens with various and complex needs
• you have experience with VUM (and preferably with VUM 2.0). If you have knowledge of BIT, it is an advantage
• you are trained social worker or social facilitator
• you can navigate in a changing everyday life and handle many balls in the air
• you can work independently and systematically and take responsibility for your own and shared decisions
• you can and will make decisions and stand by them within the framework of the law and with good citizen dialogue at the center
• you possess good collaboration skills and can see your own role in the interdisciplinary collaboration
• you are goal-oriented in your casework to identify citizens’ needs and interventions and in following up to achieve the set goals in collaboration with the citizen
• you focus on the economy in your decisions
• you focus on ensuring flow in task solving
• you have a flair for IT and administrative casework
• you see yourself as part of a department where everyone contributes to the tasks, contributes to professional development and helps create a good working environment
• you have a driving license, as there are often meetings outside the office.

It is important to us that your motivation for applying for the positions is clearly evident in your application.

It should be possible to indicate in your application which of the permanent positions you are applying for.

Who are we

We are an authority department that handles tasks in the form of case processing, assessment and follow-ups regarding citizens over 18 with mental and physical handicaps that have resulted in a permanent and significant reduced physical and/or mental functional capacity, which means there is a need for compensation to be able to function in everyday life.

Our tasks consist of general case processing in the form of handling new applications, meeting management, counseling, advice and guidance, clarification of needs and interventions, assessment, making decisions, initiation and follow-up of the appropriate assistance measure in accordance with the Social Services Act §§ 84, 85, 97, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109 and 110.

We are 23 employees in the department, distributed as follows

• 16 experienced authority caseworkers
• 2 social pedagogues
• 1 contract negotiator
• 3 administrative
• 1 quality and development coordinator
• 1 manager

We are a department with mutual trust. In everyday life this is expressed by us largely relying on each other for professional sparring and for professional discussions.

We value having a proper tone with each other. Openness, curiosity, an appreciative approach and loyalty are the keywords for us.

We would prefer to spend our time and energy on the good stories.

We are based in Haderslev City Hall, where we sit close to our other colleagues in Social and Health.

Salary and terms of employment

Base salary, grade 35 equivalent to approximately DKK 35,400 per month. In addition, there may be individual agreements between Haderslev Municipality and your professional organization based on experience and qualifications.

When employed, we will request a criminal record certificate.

Further information

If you have questions about the positions, you are welcome to contact the manager, Karina Kjær, at telephone 21 54 46 67. Please feel free to send an SMS so we can arrange a time to talk.

Application deadline and interviews

Submit your application, CV and attachments via the application button no later than November 9, 2026 at 12:00.

We will conduct interviews on November 12, 2026.

About Haderslev Municipality

We are an organization with ambitions both for Haderslev Municipality and for ourselves. We work purposefully and innovatively, create results together and dare to aim high. With us, dialogue and community are the keys to development – across professions, citizens, businesses, associations and politicians. Therefore, our ambition is that by 2030 we will have 250 more people in education, 500 more residents and 1,000 more jobs. All of this is something you can become part of with a job with us.