Family Counselor for the Resource Center

The Resource Centre is part of the Mariagerfjord Municipality's offerings to children, young people and families with interventions ranging from preventive to extensive support.

We are seeking a FAMILY COUNSELOR full-time for primary employment in our: Residential care in the Family and Youth House - 37 hours per week.

The Family and Youth House is part of the Resource Centre, where children, young people and families receive 24/7 residential care with the aim of developing and supporting in terms of development and well-being.

We are thus looking for a colleague, ideally with experience working with the target group of young people and families.

In the Family and Youth House we work from a professionally grounded and affirming approach, where the relationship is the focal point of our work. 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, young people and their families.

We place emphasis on meeting each individual with curiosity, respect and a resource-oriented view, 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 larger staff group, which also includes family counselors who primarily work in the families' homes.

We work with support and development of the individual challenges of the young person/family, such as self-worth, self-confidence, recognizing one’s own resources, and handling difficult situations. We also work to acknowledge successes and help the young person/family see when they are developing.

There is an emphasis on offering an individual, dynamic and holistic approach, which can consist of several integrated solutions:

• Residential care for children/young people
• Residential care for family treatment
• Respite care
• Acute admission, including mapping the child/young person’s and family’s situation.
• Family work in the home
• Supervised and supported contact
• Aftercare

We are looking for you who

• are educated as a pedagogist or have another relevant basic education, preferably with experience from psychiatry, and/or relevant further training
• can accommodate children/young people and families in difficulties and cooperate with the parents to create development and well-being for their children/young people
• can work development-supporting with children, young people and families based on a relational, pedagogical and treatment-oriented approach
• can independently plan, structure and carry out work with the families within the goals and frameworks set by the authority case handler.
• are adaptable and flexible regarding changing tasks and working hours.
• take ownership and will contribute to ongoing professional development of our interdisciplinary collaboration.
• are well-formed in writing and can manage written documentation in the form of status reports, observation descriptions and assessments.

We offer

• exciting and varied tasks
• competent and engaged colleagues
• a workplace in constant professional development
• An interesting and challenging job with a high degree of independence under responsibility
• external supervision

The working hours are expected to be planned and carried out in day, evening hours and weekends.

Salary and terms of employment

Employment is on collective-bargaining terms, where the salary is agreed with the negotiating organization.

We expect to hold employment interviews on 29 October 2026

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

Criminal record and child protection checks will be obtained, and the 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 desired to be filled by 1 December 2026.

The application deadline 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 thus act as a link between North 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 possible framework for our around 42,000 citizens, for our business community and for the development of the municipality.

In the Municipality of Mariagerfjord we want all of our 3,400 employees to feel like an important part of the community. We have the freedom to bring our competencies and ideas into play, so that we solve the core task in the best possible way and make a difference for our citizens. We focus on psychological safety and show respect for each other’s differences. We all take joint 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.

Department: Resource Centre

Application deadline: 26 October 2026

Location: Skolebakken 41, 8990, Fårup