Health professional for the Center for Prevention and Communities (fixed-term position)

Do you want to work with vulnerable and marginalized people in a multidisciplinary and holistic collaboration? Then this position may be for you.

About us

The Center for Prevention and Communities is a new center in the Health and Care Administration and has been created as part of a reorganization of the administration to bring the administration closer to residents, closer to operations and closer to our partners. The center's main task is among other things the strategic development of the public health area in the City of Copenhagen, development and operation of citizen-centered initiatives and services, and the promotion of communities across civil society, local communities, other administrations and other relevant actors.

In the center we work data-driven and we strive to create knowledge and connect data in a meaningful way. We use data strategically to target, prioritize and evaluate our work. We collaborate closely with other administrations, civil society and the arenas where Copenhageners go about their daily lives, e.g. educational institutions, sports facilities and in the city’s spaces.

In the department you will have 28 engaged and skilled colleagues distributed in three teams. We place great emphasis on a good working environment, professional sparring, accountability and respect.

We are a workplace with good opportunities for flexibility in arranging your working hours as well as the balance between presence and remote work.

About the job as a health professional employee

In the Department of Public Health in Copenhagen we are looking for a colleague who can help continue an already ongoing holistic family initiative, where there is cross-department collaboration in the City of Copenhagen. Continuing the initiative will build on the existing experiences from the project’s start in 2023.

The target group for the holistic initiative is families with complex social problems, who have cases in both the Employment, Integration and Business Administration (BIF) and in the Social Administration (SOF).

The purpose of the initiative is that

• improve the families’ overall life situation so they move closer to employment and/or education
• parents improve their parenting skills and increase their ability to manage their own lives
• children/young people participate in and thrive in early childhood/ school offers
• families are included in positive communities and can participate in positive communities on their own
• children/young people’s health needs are addressed more quickly
• parents thrive mentally, socially and physically

Your primary tasks in the holistic family initiative will be to function as a health professional in the support team, which is part of the initiative, and where you will among other things contribute with professional sparring to the initiative’s core team, which consists of the family, a coordinator and the job advisor and the child and youth advisor who are already attached to the family.

In addition you will be required to conduct health conversations and support bridging to relevant offers in the Health and Care Administration. The support team, which also includes staff from the Cultural, Leisure and Citizen Services Administration (KFF) and the Children and Youth Administration (BUF), BIF and SOF, meet in person two to three days a week.

About you

We are looking for a colleague who has a health professional background such as physiotherapist or occupational therapist and preferably several years of professional experience conducting conversations with citizens.

In addition we value that you

• are keen and able to work with vulnerable and marginalized people in a multidisciplinary and holistic collaboration that contributes to decisions of great importance for the citizens (the families)
• have knowledge of the target group’s challenges with physical and mental disorders
• have broad knowledge of the KRAM factors and their contribution to a healthy life
• have experience conducting health conversations based on motivational interviewing
• are good at building and maintaining collaborative relationships
• are organized and able to work both independently and across disciplines

It is advantageous, but not a requirement, if you have knowledge of the municipality’s health offers.

Salary and employment conditions

Salary and terms of employment according to applicable collective agreement and within the framework of local pay setting.

The position is 37 hours per week and available from 1 January 2027. The position is 4 years and time-limited to 31 December 2030.

The position is placed in the Department of Public Health in Copenhagen, Center for Prevention and Communities, Health and Care Administration, City of Copenhagen, which is housed in Telehuset at Borups Allé 41.

More information

You are welcome to contact the department head Annette Thysgaard at 51 72 83 20 if you want to know more about the position.

You can read more about the Health and Care Administration here .

Along with your application please attach your CV and other relevant documents.

Apply via the link no later than Tuesday 10 November 2026

We expect to hold interviews on 25 November.