Family Consultant for the Resource Center

The Resource Center is part of the Municipality of Mariagerfjord's offerings to children, youths and families with both preventive and comprehensive support.

We are seeking a FULL-TIME FAMILY CONSULTANT for primary employment in our: 24/7 Accommodation in the Family and Youth House - 37 hours per week.

The Family and Youth House is part of the Resource Center, where children, youths and families receive residential care with the aim of developing and supporting development and well-being. We are therefore looking for a colleague, preferably with experience in working with the target group of youths and families.

In the Family and Youth House we work from a professionally grounded and appreciative approach, where the relationship is the central focus of our efforts. Our pedagogical practice draws among other things on the Low Arousal approach as well as the Neuroaffective Compass. These approaches/methods support our work in creating safe, developmental and predictable environments for children, youths and their families.

We place emphasis on meeting the individual with curiosity, respect and a resources-oriented perspective, where behaviour is understood in the context in which it occurs. Through mentalization, emotion regulation and a conscious adjustment of our own approach we work purposefully to strengthen well-being, development and sustainable relationships.

As a colleague you will join a team of professionally skilled and engaged colleagues attached to the Family and Youth House; you will also be part of a total staff group, which also includes family consultants who primarily work in the families' homes. We work with support and development of the individual challenges of the young person/family, for example self-esteem, self-confidence, recognizing one’s own resources, and handling difficult situations. We also work with recognizing successes and helping the young person/family see when they are developing.

There is an emphasis on offering an individualized, dynamic and holistic effort, which can consist of several composite solutions:

• Overnight stays for children/youths
• Overnight stays for family treatment
• Respite care
• Acute admission, including mapping the child’s/young person’s and family’s situation
• Family work at home
• Supported and supervised contact
• Aftercare

We are looking for you who

• are educated as a pedagogue or have another relevant basic education, preferably with experience from psychiatry, and/or relevant continuing education
• can accommodate children/youths and families in difficulties and collaborate with the parents to create development and well-being for their children/youths
• can work development-supportively with children, youths and families from a relational, pedagogical and treatment-oriented approach
• independently can plan, structure and carry out work with the families within the goals and frameworks set by the authority case handler
• are adaptable and flexible with regard to evolving tasks and working hours
• take ownership and will contribute to ongoing professional development of our interdisciplinary collaboration
• are well able to articulate in writing and can handle written documentation in the form of status reports, observation descriptions and assessments

We offer

• Exciting and varied work tasks
• Skilled and engaged colleagues
• A workplace in constant professional development
• An exciting and challenging job with a high degree of independence under responsibility
• External supervision

The working hours are expected to be planned and carried out during daytimes, evenings, and weekends.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment on collective agreement terms, where the salary is negotiated with the union organization entitled to negotiate. We expect to hold the job interviews on 29 October 2026

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting department head Elin Tollestrup Jensen at tel. 23 35 85 88

Background checks for criminal records and child protection will be obtained, and employment is conditional on these being approved.

To be employed in the Municipality of Mariagerfjord you must have MitID.

Can you see yourself with us?

Then send your application to the Municipality of Mariagerfjord via our website.

The position is intended to be filled by 1 December 2026.

The application deadline for the position is 26 October 2026 at 12:00

About the Municipality of Mariagerfjord

The Municipality of Mariagerfjord is one of Denmark’s most beautiful municipalities with a unique and varied nature by forest, beach and fjord. We are centrally located between Aalborg and Aarhus and are thus a bridge between Northern Jutland and the rest of the country. Our clear goal: We want more, and there is room for more. Therefore, we focus on creating the best frameworks for our approximately 42,000 residents, for our business community and for the development of the municipality.

In the Municipality of Mariagerfjord we want all our 3,400 employees to experience themselves as an important part of the community. We have the freedom to bring our competences and ideas into play, so we solve the core task as best as possible and make a difference for our citizens. We focus on psychological safety and show respect for each other’s differences. We all take shared responsibility for the community and the task, and therefore we also place great emphasis on a well-functioning collaboration in the MED organization.

We see diversity as a strength and therefore invite all interested applicants to apply for a job with us, regardless of personal background.