Committed and professionally strong social worker for Authority and Administration (Maternity leave cover)

Are you passionate about high social-professional quality, professional sparring, and developing authority work in the specialized adult area? And do you have a view for both the individual case, the common professional direction, and good collaboration in daily work? Then this maternity leave vacancy might be for you.

We are looking for an engaged and professionally strong social worker for Authority and Administration in the adult social area in Favrskov Municipality. The position is a maternity leave replacement for 37 hours per week for 8 months with the possibility of extension. Depending on your competencies and experience, the position may include a professional coordinator function. Start date desired 1 December 2026.

Your concrete tasks and the extent of any professional coordinator function will be planned based on your competencies and experience. If you have the right prerequisites, you will have a central role in supporting the advisors, ensuring quality and consistency in case processing, and contributing to the ongoing professional development of the area. Your tasks

• Handle authority tasks (case processing) and contribute to qualified social-professional assessments, recommendations to the visitation committee, and decisions under the adult provisions of the Social Services Act.
• Contribute to high quality, consistency, and legality in case processing.
• Work with VUM 2.0, the recovery-oriented rehabilitative approach, as well as goals and follow-up.
• Work closely with management, the advisors, the administration, and relevant internal and external partners.
• Depending on your competencies, you may also take responsibility for ongoing professional sparring and guidance to employees in complex citizen cases.
• Contribute to professional prioritization, coordination, and follow-up on tasks in the team.
• Facilitate professional discussions, learning spaces and meetings, and translate new legislation, practice, and organizational decisions into daily task solutions.
• Contribute to development and implementation of workflows, procedures, and professional standards.

We imagine that you

• Are a qualified social worker.
• Have experience with authority work in the specialized adult area and a good knowledge of relevant legislation.
• If you have experience with professional coordination, sparring and quality assurance, that is an advantage and may influence the concrete content of the position.
• Can analyze complex issues and communicate professional and legal assessments clearly and practically applicable.
• Have knowledge of VUM 2.0 and the recovery-oriented rehabilitative approach.
• Have knowledge of Sensum.
• Work in a structured way, follow up, and maintain an overview in a daily life with many concurrent tasks.
• Are curious, trust-building and clear.
• Have good collaboration skills, a view of the whole, and a desire to actively contribute to a strong professional community.

About the workplace

You will be part of Authority and Administration in the adult social area – a workplace with high professionalism, strong collegiality, and a focus on succeeding together. The department consists of two advisor teams, professional coordination, support workers in outreach efforts, a social-professional consultant, and an administration that supports the entire area.

With us you will encounter an open and informal culture where helpfulness, professional sparring, and good humor are a natural part of daily life. We are proud of our high professionalism and the culture we have created together. There is room for laughter, good traditions, and quirky touches that strengthen the community and job satisfaction. We take the task seriously while safeguarding that it should be a nice, humane, and enjoyable place to go to work. We offer

• A professionally stimulating position tailored to your competencies and experience.
• Opportunity to take on a professional coordinator function and make a clear difference for both employees and citizens.
• An area of work with high complexity, variation, and good opportunities for professional development.
• Close collaboration with engaged colleagues, management, and cross-cutting partners.
• Influence on professional development and on translating legislation and professional methods into practice.
• A workplace with a high degree of trust, togetherness, and room for initiative.

Further information

You are welcome to contact area leader Karina Hjermitslev at phone 23 29 86 06 or email [email protected] if you want to know more about the position.

Application deadline: 19 October 2026

Interviews: Thursday 22 October 2026 or Tuesday 27 October 2026 Apply for the job

If you would like to become part of a workplace with high professionalism and strong collegiality, we look forward to hearing from you. Whether you have experience with professional coordination or mainly bring strong authority-related competencies, we encourage you to apply. Send your application to Favrskov Municipality via the recruitment system.

Favrskov Municipality can only receive applications sent electronically. It is a condition of employment that the person we intend to hire is not convicted of offenses that would make them unsuitable to hold the position. Therefore a police clearance will be obtained for the candidate offered employment.