Do you want to make a difference for vulnerable children and young people? Then you are the person we need as a new colleague in our Family Center.

Do you also believe that all children and youths have the right to a safe upbringing, on equal terms with other peers? And do you focus on the importance of looking at the resources of the child and the youths? Then it may be you we are seeking for one of our positions as Children and Youth Counselor in the Family Center, Varde municipality.

The Family Center is organised under Children and Family, and we solve diverse tasks to support the vulnerable children, youths and their families. Our tasks are allocated from our authority department and the initiative we undertake takes its starting point in the set purpose of the intervention.

We work with children, youths and their families who are challenged on several areas of life, which is why our core task is to create lasting positive changes in the family to thereby give the children and the youths safety, development and well-being through early preventive interventions. We work from the resource-oriented approach, as our view of children is that all children and youths do the best they can and there is a focus on their voice, rights and participation in their own lives.

We meet children, youths and their families with a respectful and inclusive practice where they feel heard and met in their needs.

Our tasks can be varied, but our focus is on developing parental competencies through social-pedagogical and therapeutic work in the family’s home. The intervention usually takes its starting point in the family’s immediate environment and with involvement of their network. The individual intervention can vary from advice and guidance processes to more intensive treatment courses. In complex cases we often work several staff members and professional backgrounds together in close cooperation with other departments e.g. health visitor, psychiatry, Jobcenter, etc.

In daily life there is a close partnership with the social worker from the authority department who is attached to the family. Part of our work is also written documentation in the form of e.g. Case Plans and participation in meetings.

As our new colleague you shall

• Have a relevant social science education and possibly therapeutic further education
• Be able to work in a structured way, be self-organizing and fulfill written work
• Have the resource-oriented approach and be good at building relationships
• Have a focus on inclusion and understanding the importance of participation in own life
• Be able to be flexible, creative in your task solving and be clear in your communication
• Have a driving license

If you can nod to the above points, we can offer you

• A workplace with competent colleagues who are passionate about their work and developing our department for the benefit of our vulnerable children, youths and their families.
• A workplace in exciting development, where you can help shape our future efforts.
• A management that is close in everyday life
• Supervision.
• A workplace with a good collegial community where there is room for diversity and humor

Employment terms

The position is 37 hours, or by agreement. The working hours are primarily after daycare and school, which means there may be part-time work and weekend work.

Expected start on 01. Dec. 2026

Salary and employment terms in accordance with the agreement between KL and the negotiating organization.

Employment requires a child certificate.

Application deadline no later than 25 Oct. By 24:00

Interviews are expected to be held on 27. Oct.

For further information you are welcome to contact the head of the Family Center Pernille Langkjær, tel. 21515878

Department: Citizen Center Varde

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

Location: Frisvadvej 35, 6800, Varde, Denmark