Network and Foster Care Consultant for Children and Family Counseling

Do you want to make a difference for children, young people and foster families?

In Norddjurs Municipality's Children and Family Advisory Service, we are seeking a Network and Foster Care Consultant who is passionate about relationships, professional development and collaboration. A colleague who sees opportunities, thrives with a high degree of independence and at the same time values the sense of community in a strong team and across the department.

With us you will have a central role in the work of identifying, assessing and involving networks around the child. An important part of the task is to strengthen the child’s network as part of a preventive effort. When an placement becomes necessary, you also have a central function in identifying and matching the child with the right network or the right foster family.

You will have responsibility for supporting good and stable placement processes and act as a sparring partner for networks and foster families throughout the process. Your contribution helps ensure that children and young people receive the support, relationships and continuity that give them the best development opportunities.

Who are we?

The Children and Family Advisory Service consists of about 50 staff organized into a reception, a children’s team, a youth team, a special team and a Network and Foster Care Consultant team. In addition, we are supported by an administrative team, which also belongs to the department administratively.

The team consists of two Network and Foster Care Consultants and a department head. We work closely with the children’s and youth advisers regarding children and young people, where the network can be part of a preventive effort to strengthen the child’s own resources and relationships, as well as around children and young people where an placement is necessary, and where the right network or foster family solution must be found.

We believe that good results are created through high professional standards, strong relationships and close collaboration. We work, among other things, from a resource-oriented perspective based on mentalization, neuroaffective development psychology and Signs of Safety. We use both DUBU and SOFUS as administrative tools for network and foster family tasks.

Your main tasks

Your tasks will include, among others

• Network assessment (assessment, safety plans, network maps, network meetings, etc.).
• Participate in interdisciplinary meetings about the child or the young person.
• Preparation of network investigations and private care permits.
• Close collaboration with children’s and youth advisers on the child’s well-being, development and needs.
• Match children and young people with relevant networks and foster families based on the child’s needs and the foster family’s resources and competencies.
• Conduct interviews, investigations and prepare written material in connection with approval of network foster families as well as recruitment and matching processes.
• Recruit foster families for 24-hour placements and support stays through proactive outreach and outreach.
• Counsel and guide foster families.
• Prepare contracts and handle compensation determinations/negotiation.
• Actively contribute to the development of the foster care area in Norddjurs Municipality.
• Plan and facilitate theme evenings, network meetings, courses and competence development programs for foster families.

We are looking for someone who

Is motivated to work with people and development processes. You want to support children’s, young people’s and families’ networks through relationship-building, advising and professional sparring, as well as contribute to the development and support of network and foster families. You thrive in a workday with a high degree of independence and varied tasks.

We imagine you

• Have a relevant social work education, e.g. social worker/communications officer, pedagogue or similar.
• Have experience from the children and youth sector, authorities or placement sector and/or with network involvement. You are proactive, relationship-oriented and enjoy creating opportunities and finding ways forward in complex situations where solutions are not always predefined.
• Can analyze complex issues and translate professional knowledge into practice with a view to resources, relationships and development opportunities in the child’s network and with network and foster families.
• Work from a mentalizing, appreciative and resource-oriented approach.
• Communicate clearly and respectfully both orally and in writing.
• Work in a structured manner and maintain an overview during periods with many tasks and tight deadlines.
• Are engaged, reflective and adaptable.
• Want to develop both practice and collaboration in the network and foster care area.
• Experience with legislation and authority work is an advantage but not a requirement.

What you get with us

With us you don’t just get a job, but an opportunity to become part of a professional community where we are ambitious on behalf of the children, and where professional development, helpfulness and humor go hand in hand.

We offer

• A strong professional environment with engaged and competent colleagues.
• A team that helps each other and prioritizes sparring and camaraderie in task solving.
• Management accessibility and presence, management close by including 1-on-1 sparring on tasks.
• Great freedom and flexibility in planning your work.
• Possibility for remote work according to Norddjurs Municipality’s current guidelines.
• Opportunity to shape the development of the network and foster care area.
• A varied workday with relational, developmental and strategic tasks.
• External supervision.
• A workplace focused on psychological safety, well-being and integrity.
• A culture characterized by trust, humor and high professional standards.

Employment terms

The position is 37 hours per week.

You must have a driver’s license.

Salary and terms of employment are determined according to the applicable collective agreement, Ny Løn principles and your qualifications.

In connection with the employment, we will obtain a child and criminal record check as well as references.

Want to know more?

Further information can be obtained from the department head Christina Kraul at phone 21 25 86 32 or foster care consultant Henriette Bøje at phone 21 39 85 53.

Application deadline

The application deadline is Sunday, November 15, 2026.

Employment interviews are expected to be held Monday, November 23, 2026.

Start date: January 1, 2027.

Our Norddjurs

In Norddjurs Municipality we work according to the values of trust, integrity, development and community, which are described in our organizational and leadership code, Our Norddjurs.

The four values are the foundation of the organization's work and are part of everything we do. The code provides a common direction and is what binds us together. The values live in daily practice and in the way we work and collaborate. The values operate at all levels of management and staff, as well as in meetings with citizens and the outside world.

Read the full organizational and leadership code here