Coordinating caseworkers for sickness benefits

Caseworkers for two permanent positions and two maternity substitutions sought for the Department of Job and Activation

Would you like a workday in a department in rapid development, where the citizen is at the centre and your professional skills come into play, then you are the competent employee we are seeking.

In the Department of Job and Activation we work purposefully to retain the connection to the labor market for sick-listed citizens. We are a department that prides itself on welcoming new employees.

We are responsible for follow-up and interventions under the Danish sickness benefit act and have a close collaboration with companies to retain their employees.

In addition, we are responsible for the sickness benefit cases that are turned into job clarification processes.

Here we support the citizen in finding the right path toward a job or other permanent attachment to the labor market.

Your workday is characterized by a wide range of tasks and responsibilities as well as engaged, cheerful, and helpful colleagues, where we learn from each other. A major focus in daily work is that the professional skills come into play, so that the individual citizen is supported in taking responsibility and mastering their own life for active participation in the labor market.

You are a trained social worker/social educator and can see yourself in the following

• Experience with the target group or with citizens who are health-challenged on several areas
• Experience in authority work
• Experience in retention efforts and collaboration with employers
• Focus on the individual citizen's resources and development opportunities
• Good communication and presentation skills, both in writing and speaking
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, the labor market, and labor-market oriented services
• Professional engagement and desire to work with the target group
• Good mood and strong collaboration skills
• Flexible and nuanced in task execution
• Ability to contribute to development of offers and methods
• Ability to work independently, systematically and with engagement in a daily life with multiple balls in the air
• Desire for and flair for the administration that accompanies case processing
• Is a strong IT user
• Has or is willing to develop solid digital competencies so you can navigate our IT systems securely
• Sees opportunities rather than limitations
• Can engage in constructive collaboration across teams and in citizen collaboration
• Has the strength and commitment to work in an organization under constant change

Work tasks

• Case processing of citizens on sickness benefits or job clarification
• Initiate meaningful, business-oriented offers
• Collaboration with personal job brokers, mentors/coping coaches and health coordinators as well as external partners
• Administrative work in connection with case processing
• Collaboration with companies and other intervention offers for quick clarification and return
• Involve the sick-listed person's workplace in the effort
• Dialog with the citizen about the path to recovery and development of the person’s employability potential
• Ensure timely and correct documentation of the effort
• Contribute to professional turnover and development in the department
• Conduct a holistic social-educational assessment with a view to primarily return to the labor market or transition to other income
• Handle cases on flex jobs and early retirement

We can offer

• An exciting and challenging area of work with a focus on professionalism with the possibility of ongoing, qualified sparring
• An department with high professionalism and where well-being is a top priority
• A high degree of independent competence
• Flexible working hours arrangements
• Health scheme

Positions are 37 hours per week, and salary is negotiated in accordance with the DS or HK collective agreement.

Application deadline

Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Invitations to interviews by telephone on Friday, 23 October 2026, and interviews will be held on Monday and Tuesday, 26 and 27 October 2026

Employment: 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Further information – contact

• Department Manager Peter Valentin phone 51 82 08 07
• Professional coordinator Majbritt Møller phone 23 82 60 42
• Professional coordinator Pernille Schjermer phone 40 31 64 63

Salary and employment conditions

Salary and employment conditions are determined according to the applicable collective agreements, including the provisions regarding 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 base salary, remuneration may include negotiated allowances depending on the position, your experience and qualifications.

In Skanderborg Municipality you see more prams, trees and lakes than elsewhere in the country. Here there is a view. Not only to Denmark’s most beautiful nature but also to active local communities, growth companies and a membership life of exceptional quality. As a workplace, Skanderborg Municipality is known for a flat structure and a high ceiling on acoustics. Welcome to natural surplus.

Application deadline

21 October 2026

Starting date

1 December 2026

Working hours

Full-time

Job title

Caseworker

Workplace

Department of Job and Activation