Legal student assistant to the Children and Family Counseling Service

Dreaming of a study-relevant job where you get the opportunity to translate theory from your studies into practice and at the same time gain solid experience with public law? At the Children and Family Counseling in Odense Municipality you will become part of a professionally strong community where you get responsibility, sparring and the opportunity to develop your legal skills through tasks that matter for children and families.

About us

In the Children and Family Counseling in Odense Municipality we meet children aged 0–14 years and their families. Families can be in very different situations, and our task is to ensure that each child and family receives the right support.

You will be part of a workplace with varied tasks, high professional standards and close collaboration across legal and social work areas.

About the job

Your primary task will be to handle requests for access to case information in citizen cases under, among other things, the Administration Act, the Public Access to Information Act and data protection rules.

You will become part of the Professional Secretariat, which solves a wide range of legal and social work tasks. Here you will work closely with the department's consultants and other student assistants.

You will receive a thorough introduction to the tasks and ongoing opportunities for professional sparring.

We offer

• A study-relevant job with the opportunity to translate theory into practice
• Experience with public law and municipal case processing
• Thorough onboarding and ongoing professional sparring
• Close collaboration with legal and social work colleagues
• A workplace centrally in Odense close to the train station
• Opportunity to arrange working hours to fit your studies

About you

• are studying law and have completed administrative law as part of your bachelor's degree before joining
• have a good professional level and an interest in public law
• can work independently and in a structured way with legal issues
• have an eye for correct case processing and legality
• can handle confidential information responsibly
• can prioritise your tasks and meet fixed deadlines

Salary and terms

The position is a minimum of 12 hours and a maximum of 15 hours per week distributed over two working days. We will arrange the working hours together with you so that they fit with your studies as much as possible.

Start date is December 2026.

The salary will be 26,146.57 DKK at full-time level and the current monthly pay depends on the number of hours

Your workplace is the Children and Family Counseling, Tolderlundsvej 3, 5000 Odense C, close to the train station.

Want to know more?

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact social work consultant Christian de Laurent Drachmann at telephone 51 52 35 97 or department head Helle Larsen at telephone 24 77 83 82.

The practical

Application deadline is 18 October 2026 .

We expect to hold interviews Thursday 29 October 2026 between 12:00 and 17:30 .

Please attach your CV, exam results and other relevant documentation to your application.

Odense Municipality regards diversity as a strength and therefore encourages all qualified to apply regardless of age, gender, gender identity, religion, ethnic background and disability.