Do you want to make a difference for citizens with a long-term illness trajectory?

We are seeking 1-2 caseworkers for permanent positions for our follow-up group in the Sick Leave Team, possibly with one starting in job clarification.

Would you like to use your employment and social work skills together with your legal understanding to help sick-listed citizens maintain or regain their connection to the labor market? Do you thrive with responsibility, close citizen contact, and collaboration with companies? Then you may be one of our new colleagues in the Sick Leave Team's follow-up group. In the Sick Leave Team you will be part of a department with high professionalism, close sparring, and strong commitment.

In the follow-up group you will primarily work with citizens who have a longer illness course, where your role is to help and support a swift return to the labor market.

We work purposefully to act early in the sick-leave process, while the connection to the labor market remains strong. Together with the citizen you identify the possibilities for retention, partial recovery, gradual return, development of work capacity, as well as disability compensating schemes and other relevant solutions.

You will have an independent official responsibility, where correct case handling, timely follow-up, and clear communication go hand in hand with a employment-oriented effort. You will also have access to close professional sparring with colleagues and partners.

The tasks are carried out in collaboration with among others colleagues in the team, job consultants, benefit areas, companies, health actors and other relevant partners.

Your primary tasks will be to

• Maintain contact with sick-leave benefit recipients and employers with a focus on follow-up, clarification, and return to the labor market
• Hold employment-focused conversations and plan individual pathways based on the citizen's situation, resources and possibilities
• Make social and legal assessments, including assessing being unable to work under the Sick Leave Act § 7
• Engage in close dialogue with citizens and employers about, among other things, partial recovery, gradual return, and other relevant retention options
• Make decisions on the right to sick pay and ensure that cases are sufficiently informed and documented
• Convey legislation, professional assessments and decisions clearly, respectfully and understandably
• Translate professional assessments into concrete next steps and create progress in the cases
• Actively contribute to professional sparring, development of practice, and collaboration across the Center for Labor Market and the municipality

We expect that you

• Are trained social worker or social educator or have another relevant social science background and experience from the employment area
• Have interest in and preferably experience with: authority work, the Sick Leave Act, employment law and public administration law
• Believe that everyone has a place in the labor market despite possible exemptions, so that we work on developing citizens' resources and work capacity
• Can work in a structured, independent and action-oriented way in a daily life with changing tasks and deadlines
• Meet citizens, companies and partners professionally, respectfully and clearly
• Can combine the authority role with a clear employment-focused focus
• Are curious about legislation, workflows and professional methods and want to develop both your own and joint practice
• Contribute positively to the work community and see the value in sparring, shared responsibility and interdisciplinary collaboration

We offer

• A varied daily life where you use juridical, social, employment-related and relational competencies
• A professionally strong team with an open sparring culture and colleagues who help each other
• A thorough introduction and ongoing professional support so you settle well into the field and workflows
• Opportunity to influence and develop practice in a sick-leave area in transition
• A work environment characterized by engagement, humor and respect for diversity
• Possibility of up to two home office days per week once you are well into the tasks and the core job allows it

Would you like to know more

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact

Team leader Helle Wiehe at [email protected] or by phone at 5588 6624

Start date

We wish for you to start as soon as possible, but we are happy to wait for the right candidate

Working hours per week

The position is 37 hours per week

Salary and terms of employment

Salary and terms of employment follow the applicable collective agreement between

Næstved Municipality and the negotiating organization and the Ny Løn principles.

Næstved Municipality has a smoke-free workplace

Information about starting salary and expected salary range

Via the link here you can see information about the relevant salary range for the specific position. In the overview select Næstved Municipality, which job category (collective agreement) you are applying for and additionally which position you are seeking. In the table below you can see the relevant information for the specific position.

Application deadline

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

We expect to conduct interviews on Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Please tell us what motivates you to apply for the position and how you will bring your professional skills into collaboration with citizens, companies and colleagues

We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to good, law-abiding and meaningful processes for sick-listed citizens

Department: Center for the Labor Market

Application deadline: 21 October 2026

Location: Rådmandshaven 20, 4700, Næstved