Pedagogical-psychological expert for the Children and Youth Committee in Egedal and Frederikssund Municipality

Do you want to help make a difference for vulnerable children and young people? The Family Court (Familieretshuset) is seeking pedagogical-psychological experts who will participate in Egedal and Frederikssund Municipalities’ Children and Young People Committee. The committee makes decisions about, among other things, placements and contact for vulnerable children and young people who are placed outside the home.

Your knowledge is important

You will be appointed as a pedagogical-psychological expert in Egedal and/or Frederikssund Municipality’s Children and Young People Committee. There is a Children and Young People Committee in each of Denmark’s 98 municipalities. The committee consists of two elected local politicians, one judge, and two pedagogical-psychological experts, the latter appointed by the Family Court.

It is the Children and Young People Committee that makes decisions when a municipality wishes to place a child or a young person outside the home or set the framework for contact. Based on the overall material presented by the municipality – including investigations – you must, with your professional insight, relate to the situation of the vulnerable child or young person.

About you

There is no requirement to have a specific education, but you must have a relevant psychological, social-work or child-focused education. In addition, you must have documented experience from work with vulnerable children and young people. You can, for example, be a trained psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker with many years of experience and continuing education within the field.

You must be able to document

• Relevant higher education
• Relevant continuing education or courses
• Experience from the children and young people area, including particularly vulnerable children and young people

You must thus with your experience and assessment be able to ensure that the decisions rest on a solid child-related foundation, and, if necessary, take the child’s best interests into account – in accordance with the purpose of providing special support to children and young people. Therefore, it is not essential which education you have, as long as you bring your experience and professional insight into play in complex and often difficult decisions.

Work scope and practicalities

It is the Family Court that appoints the pedagogical-psychological experts for all municipalities, while the municipality handles the committee’s support and approves the fee request, etc.

Appointment applies through 2029 .

It is hard to predict how many times you will be summoned. Most have a secondary occupation.

Last year, 95% of cases were resolved at planned meetings, but there may be a need for meetings with short notice – the urgent meetings – within a week. You must therefore be prepared for that.

If you are appointed, you must register a CVR number, which is free for personally owned businesses. You must also be comfortable with both digital settlement and the municipalities’ digital case management .

If you work with children or young people in one municipality, you cannot be a pedagogical-psychological expert in the same place.

Honorarium

Honorarium is billed based on an hourly rate of 819.27 DKK in 2025, and there is a fixed number of hours per case type. See the full model for the honorarium in the fact box at the bottom.

Further information

Appointments are made pursuant to § 19, paragraph 1, no. 3, of the Act on Legal Security and Administration in the Social Sector, Act no. 354 of 2 April 2025. The basis for the committee’s work, including rules on members’ eligibility to participate in the decision of individual cases, is stated in the rules of procedure for the Children and Young People Committees, Executive Order no. 1249 of 29/10/2025.

On the website of the Municipalities’ Children and Young People Committee you will find respectively:

• Which responsibilities and terms apply to the role, described in “Responsibilities and Terms”
• As well as a description of how you calculate your fee under “Remuneration”

Contact

If you have questions about the appointment, you are welcome to email: [email protected]. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

The application deadline is Sunday, 18 October 2026.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis. Interviews will take place via Teams.

How to apply

When you apply, you must have documentation of your education, continuing education and experience ready.

If the position as substitute becomes available in connection with the appointment of pedagogical-psychological experts to Egedal and Frederikssund Municipalities’ Children and Young People Committee, applicants for this vacancy may be considered. Please indicate in your application whether you wish to be considered for a potential appointment as a substitute.

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