Case Handler for the Regulatory Department - Maternity Leave Cover

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry is seeking an authority caseworker for a long-term maternity cover at 37 hours per week starting January 1, 2027.

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry is part of Social and Health in Haderslev Municipality. In Social and Health, the direction is the “Valuable Everyday – every day” direction. All people have a need to decide over their own lives and, as far as possible, live a life independent of the municipality’s help. We base our approach on what precisely creates a valuable everyday life for the individual and help them, through the solutions we have and are building.

Authority, Disability and Social Psychiatry is Haderslev Municipality’s authority for applications within compensatory measures for adult citizens with disabilities, mental illnesses or social vulnerability.

We collaborate with citizens and other departments to facilitate welfare and find the best possible solution for the individual citizen. We believe we are at our best when we create solutions together.

What can we offer?

First and foremost, we can offer you an exciting and professional job where you become part of a department and a workplace with skilled and committed colleagues, where everyone contributes to shaping development

We can also offer

• a well-structured induction program for the first period of your employment with us
• a workplace with scope for flexible work arrangements in the form of possibilities for remote work, the ability to influence your own working hours within the municipality’s opening hours, the possibility to structure your own tasks, plan meetings and hold meetings on Teams
• a good working environment with good colleagues and a supportive collegial culture
• an exciting and dynamic workplace with a focus on development
• room for professional exchange of opinions, dilemmas and ethics
• room for professional and personal development
• an organization that thinks value-based and holistically with a focus on cross-disciplinary task solving.

What is the job content

You will perform tasks in the form of case processing, assessment and follow-up regarding citizens over 18 with psychiatric diagnoses, mental challenges, social vulnerability, mental and physical disabilities, which have led to a lasting and significant reduced mental, physical and/or cognitive function, which means there is a need for compensation to be able to function in everyday life.

Your tasks will primarily relate to citizens with psychiatric diagnoses, mental challenges and social vulnerability. You can expect that you will also to some extent work with citizens with mental and physical disabilities. This is a citizen group with complex needs and challenges.

Your tasks will consist of general case processing in the form of handling new applications, meeting leadership, advisory services, guidance, clarification of needs and interventions, assessment, decisions, initiation and follow-up of the appropriate help measure, as well as holding action plan meetings with citizens who reside in care homes pursuant to the Social Services Act sections 84, 85, 85a, 97, 103, 104, 107, 108 and 110.

You will become part of our Vulnerable Team, where you, together with three colleagues and in close collaboration with the head of the Authority Department, will coordinate, plan and hold meetings with citizens who are homeless and staying in a shelter, as well as citizens who are at risk of homelessness. In addition, you will process new applications for support under the Housing First support methods CTI and ICM.

We imagine that

• you have experience with the authority role
• you have experience, interest in and desire to work with adult citizens with psychiatric diagnoses, social vulnerability, disability, as well as citizens with various and complex needs
• you have experience with VUM (and preferably with VUM 2.0). If you have knowledge of BIT, it is an advantage
• you are trained social worker or social mediator
• you can navigate a changing daily life and handle many balls in the air
• you can work independently and systematically and take responsibility for your own and shared decisions
• you can and will make decisions and stand by them within the framework of the law and with good citizen dialogue at the center
• you possess good collaboration skills and can see your own role in the interdisciplinary collaboration
• you are goal-oriented in your casework to map citizen needs and interventions and in following up to achieve the set goals in collaboration with the citizen
• you focus on the economy in your decisions
• you focus on ensuring flow in task solving
• you have a flair for IT and administrative casework
• you see yourself as part of a department where everyone contributes to the tasks, contributes to professional development and contributes to a good working environment
• you have a driving license, as there are often meetings outside the house.

Who are we

We are an authority department that handles tasks in the form of case processing, assessment and follow-up regarding citizens over 18 with mental and physical disabilities, which have led to a lasting and significant reduced physical and/or mental capacity, which means there is a need for compensation to be able to function in daily life.

Our tasks consist of general case processing in the form of handling new applications, meeting leadership, advisory services, guidance, clarification of needs and interventions, assessment, making decisions, initiating and following up on the appropriate assistance measure according to the Social Services Act sections 84, 85, 97, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109 and 110.

We are 23 employees in the department, distributed as follows

• 16 experienced authority caseworkers
• 2 social pedagogues
• 1 contract negotiator
• 3 administrative
• 1 quality and development coordinator
• 1 leader

We are a department with trust in each other. In daily life, this is expressed by us largely turning to each other for professional sparring and professional discussions.

We emphasize that we maintain a proper tone towards one another. Openness, curiosity, an affirmative approach, and loyalty are the key words for us.

We would most like to spend our time and energy on the good stories.

We are housed at Haderslev Town Hall, where we sit close to our other colleagues in Social and Health.

Salary and employment conditions

Base salary, step 35 corresponding to approximately DKK 35,400 per month. In addition, there can be an agreement individually between Haderslev Municipality and your professional organization based on experience and qualifications.

When employed, we obtain a criminal record certificate.

Additional information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the manager, Karina Kjær, at telephone 21 54 46 67. Please send a text message, and we can agree on a time when we can talk.

Application deadline and interviews

Send your application, CV and attachments via the application button no later than November 11, 2026 at 12:00.

It is important to us that your motivation for applying for the positions is clearly stated in your application.

We will hold interviews on November 17, 2026.

About Haderslev Municipality

We are an organization with ambitions for both Haderslev Municipality and ourselves. We work purposefully and innovatively, create results together, and dare to aim high. With us, dialogue and community are the keys to development – across professions, citizens, business, associations and politicians. Therefore our ambition is that by 2030 we will have 250 more in education, 500 more residents and 1,000 more jobs. All of that you can become part of with a job with us.