Child and Youth Advisor for Ungeliv in Din Sociale Indgang City-Østerbro (maternity leave replacement 37 hours per week)

Maternity leave vacancy with a focus on child welfare investigations.

Do you have an eye for the young person’s overall life situation, strong social work competencies and a desire to work in an investigative and analytical way – in a professionally strong environment where we help each other and share our perspectives?

In Ungeliv i Din Sociale Indgang Børn (DSI) City-Østerbro we are seeking a child and youth advisor for a maternity leave cover, where your primary task will be to prepare child welfare investigations under the Child Act.

With us you become part of a strong professional and collegial community, where we work with youths aged 14-18 and with youth support up to 23 years old.

Our youths and families are in very different life situations, and we work with both early and preventive interventions and complex issues where there may be a need for extensive support.

About the job

As a child- and youth advisor with a special focus on child welfare investigations, you will play a central role in identifying and analyzing the needs for support of the youths and their families. Your tasks will include among others to

• plan, conduct, and prepare child welfare investigations under the Child Act
• hold conversations with youths and parents and ensure that their perspectives become an active part of the investigation
• identify the resources, challenges and needs for support of the youth and family
• engage the family’s private and professional networks and obtain relevant information
• analyze and compare information from different perspectives and translate them into clear social- and welfare-related assessments
• work closely with the other child and youth advisors to ensure coherence and direction in the individual case.

You won’t be alone with the task. We actively use each other for professional sparring and reflection, and you will become part of a working community where we are focused on qualifying our social-work assessments through different perspectives.

Ungeliv has high professionalism – and room for one another

At Ungeliv we work based on the principles of Close to the Family, inspired by the Swedish model. This means, among other things, that we prioritise the relationship with the youth and the family, inclusion and close collaboration with both the family’s own network and the professionals around the family. We are curious about both difficulties and resources. We want to understand what is at stake in the youth’s life and what is needed to create a positive development.

We want to be known for high quality in authority work, clear professionalism and close and persistent work with the youths and their families. At the same time, we place great importance on Ungeliv being a good place to work. We have a strong collegial togetherness, use each other’s knowledge and perspectives and prioritise professional discussions in everyday work. We believe that high professionalism also requires a workplace where you can ask for help, challenge each other and laugh together.

The two authority teams at Ungeliv consist of 18 engaged child- and youth advisors and two department heads. In addition, we have advisors with special roles, including around child welfare investigations.

Who are you?

We imagine that you are a trained social worker, social mediator or have another relevant social-professional education.

We would like you to have experience with authority work in the children and youth sector and especially with the preparation of child welfare investigations. We also value your social-professional approach, your analytical competences and your desire to develop professionally. We also hope that you

• have strong social-work and analytical competences and can translate complex information into clear and well-founded assessments
• are good at establishing contact and cooperation with youths and families, even when the relationship requires a little extra
• are curious and investigative and have an eye for resources, risks and development opportunities
• can work systematically and independently and have good written communication skills
• can create an overview and progress in investigation processes while maintaining a view of the individual youth’s situation
• thrive with professional sparring and see colleagues’ perspectives as an important part of solving the task
• contribute actively to the community both professionally and collegially
• would preferably have experience with DUBU.

And it certainly doesn’t matter if you have personal assertiveness and a good dose of humor.

We offer

With us you get

• an opportunity to work purposefully and in depth with child welfare investigations in the youth area
• a workplace with high professionalism and complex, meaningful authority tasks
• engaged and experienced colleagues who actively use each other
• close professional sparring with colleagues and management
• a professional community where we prioritise reflection, professional development and quality in our work
• a workplace where we both demand professionalism and recognise that good authority practice is created together.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is a maternity leave cover for 37 hours per week with start on 1 December 2026. The position is expected to run until 30 November 2027. Employment is in accordance with the collective agreement for social workers, social mediators and/or HK agreement for administration and IT. Upon employment, we will obtain an extended criminal record and a child care certificate.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position or are curious about what it is like to work in Ungeliv, you are most welcome to contact authority manager Cecilia Petersen at 29 43 17 43.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Apply via the link no later than Friday 30 October 2026

We will conduct interviews as soon as possible after the application deadline.