Child and Youth Advisor for a maternity leave cover in the Family Counseling Service

Would you like to use your social work expertise close to children, young people and families and at the same time be part of a working community where we help each other in complex cases?

We are seeking a social worker for a maternity cover in Team 2 with start from 1 January 2027. Here you will get varied authority tasks, professional sparring and the opportunity to actively contribute to both the task solving and our shared working environment.

About Family Counseling

Family Counseling is part of the Department Secretariat for Children and Youth in Skanderborg Municipality. We carry out authority tasks for children, young people and their families and work closely with, among others, the Health Visiting Service, PPR and the school sector.

Family Counseling consists of Social Counseling and Special Counseling. In Social Counseling, Team 1 and Team 2 work with identical tasks. The primary target group is vulnerable children and young people whose upbringing is affected by social problems. When a child or young person is also in the target group for disability benefits, the case handling can be kept in Social Counseling to reduce advisor changes and preserve the social-pedagogical holistic view.

We work according to the Child Act with a clear focus on the child's and the family's involvement and participation.

About Team 2

Team 2 consists of dedicated social workers who work with children and young people aged 0-23 years. We are proud of our professionalism and the culture we create together. We help each other in difficult cases, openly spar about professional dilemmas and prioritize collegial community.

With us there is room for both professional discussions and laughter over the coffee cup. We believe that a good working environment contributes to better solutions for children and families, and therefore we expect everyone to participate in the community.

Your tasks

• Close collaboration with children, young people, parents and networks.
• Involvement of children and young people through conversations, observations and other relevant methods.
• Preparation of screenings, explorations and child-related investigations under the Child Act.
• Initiation of day- and night-time measures and follow-up on interventions.
• Drafting recommendations to the Children and Youth Committee
• Handling protection cases in both known and new cases.
• Create good transitions by ensuring a coordinated effort for the young people.
• Processing applications for disability compensating benefits under the Child Act §§ 86, 87 and 90 and follow-up thereafter to a lesser extent.
• Participation in cross-disciplinary collaboration internally in the municipality and with external partners.

We imagine that you

• are a trained social worker
• have experience from the statutory area or strong motivation to learn the area
• can collaborate with families and networks as active players in the solution
• are good at establishing contact and building trusting relationships with children, young people and their families
• can work systematically and maintain an overview in a daily life with complex and changing tasks
• actively use cross-professional partners and share your knowledge with colleagues
• have initiative, take initiative and contribute constructively to professionalism, job satisfaction and community.

We consider both your experience, your motivation and the way you can contribute to the team’s professional and social community.

We offer

• a professionally strong team with good humor, close sparring and camaraderie in cases
• committed colleagues with diverse experiences and perspectives
• a varied workday with influence on task solving
• a mentoring scheme in your start-up period
• supervision and opportunities for ongoing competence development
• a close collaboration between Social Counseling and Special Counseling as well as with the municipality's service areas
• good cross-disciplinary collaborative relationships in Children and Youth and across Labor Market and Social
• a workplace in a municipality where closeness and knowledge of local partners provide good possibilities for coherence in the efforts.

How we work

In Skanderborg Municipality we work for a cohesive organization and meet citizens with curiosity and involvement. We therefore expect you to contribute to close collaboration, openness and dialogue so that children, young people and families experience coherence in the effort.

Want to know more?

You are welcome to contact department head Lisbeth Pedersen at phone 87 94 72 60 if you have questions about the position or the workplace.

Apply for the position

Send your motivated application and relevant attachments no later than Tuesday 17 November at 23:59.

We expect to hold recruitment interviews on Monday 23 November.

The position is to be filled from 1 January 2027.

Salary and employment terms

Salary and employment terms are determined according to the applicable collective agreement, including the predetermined provisions for local pay formation. You can find information about the salary level in Skanderborg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. In addition to the base salary, the pay may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

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