Contact Person for Familiehuset – Your Social Entrance for Children, Amager

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children and young people – and can you create relationships that enable development, new perspectives and changes?

We are looking for an engaged contact person who enjoys working with children, young people and their families, and who can see the possibilities in working both relationally, treatment-oriented and closely with the young person’s everyday life.

The position is anchored in the Family House under Your Social Entry – Children on Amager. Here you will be part of an interdisciplinary community with about 70 employees, consisting of family therapists, contact persons and psychologists. We work with children, young people and families with different needs and complex issues and offer interventions under the Child Act § 30 and § 32.

About the job

As a contact person, your most important task will be to create a trusting and development-oriented relationship with children and young people who need a special intervention and support in their lives. You must be able to meet the young person where they are – both personally and concretely in daily life. This may take place at the family’s home, at school, at the education site or in other contexts where the young person moves.

We work with young people who experience challenges related to well-being, development, schooling, family relationships and social communities. Some young people have their own diagnoses or live in families where there are psychological or social issues among the parents.

Therefore, the work requires that you can engage in relationships that are sometimes complex and challenging, and that you can maintain a professional direction, even when development does not proceed in a straight line.

We are focused on understanding the young person’s situation in a larger context. Therefore, we do not work only with the young person, but also with the family, networks and the important adults around the child or young person. We also have a particular focus on supporting attachment to school, education and relevant communities in leisure time. The work is planned based on the individual young person’s needs, and therefore you must thrive in a flexible working day where working hours and meeting places can vary.

Your tasks will include, among other things, to

• establish and maintain developing and trusting relationships with children and young people
• plan and carry out contact person interventions based on the young person’s needs and the set goals
• work with the young person’s personal, social and emotional development
• support the young person’s attachment to school, education and leisure communities
• involve and collaborate with parents, family and other network
• provide counseling and guidance to children, young people and parents
• participate in close cooperation with schools, institutions, authorities and other relevant partners
• document, follow up on goals and contribute to evaluating the effort
• actively participate in professional sparring, supervision and interdisciplinary discussions

We imagine that you

• have a relevant education as an educator and preferably continuing education
• have experience with treatment work with children, young people and families
• are good at building contact and forming relationships – also with youths who may be hard to reach
• have an eye for the young person’s perspective and can work mentallizingly and curiously
• can work independently and take responsibility for planning and developing your own task solutions
• can maintain an overview and the professional direction in complex situations
• have knowledge of systemic thinking and preferably experience with youths with different diagnoses and families with complex problems
• are focused on creating development together with the young person rather than creating solutions for the young person
• thrive with both independent work and close collegial collaboration

What do we offer?

You will become part of the Family House, where we place emphasis on high professional standards, cross-disciplinary collaboration and a good collegial community.

We believe that good interventions are created in the interaction between relationships, professionalism and collaboration. Therefore we prioritise professional sparring, supervision and collective reflection on our practice.

You will have a great opportunity to influence and plan your own work within the professional and organizational frameworks.

We expect you to take responsibility and bring your professional knowledge into play, and we also emphasise that we help each other and lift tasks together.

We are a workplace with many different professions, perspectives and experiences. We see this as a strength because it gives us more opportunities to create coherent and meaningful interventions for children, young people and their families.

Employment terms

Salary and terms of employment according to the current agreement for pedagogical staff.

The position is 37 hours per week with start from 1 January 2027.

Want to know more?

You are welcome to contact department head Hanne Gøth at 24 76 62 42 if you want to hear more about the position.

Apply via the link no later than Wednesday 25 November 2026

Interviews will be held Friday 27 November 2026.