Psychologist / Psychological Consultant for The Easily Accessible Treatment Offers - PPR & Knowledge Centre in Esbjerg Municipality

Do you want to work with both early intervention, treatment and strong communities?

Imagine a job where you help children, young people and families when distress starts to fill their lives, and at the same time become part of a strong professional community with room for development, sparring and new ideas.

In Esbjerg Municipality, PPR and the Knowledge Center we are seeking a psychologist/psychological consultant for our Easily Accessible Treatment Offerings. In Esbjerg Municipality these offerings are gathered under The Open Treatment Services, where we work to ensure that children, young people and families can quickly access relevant support and treatment.

The first six months you will primarily handle classical PPR tasks. At the same time you will be introduced to our treatment initiatives. This start will give you a solid professional foundation and a gradual transition to the treatment area. Thereafter your work will mainly be linked to our The Open Treatment Services.

The target group in The Open Treatment Services is children and young people who show signs of psychological distress and who need a specially mood- and wellbeing-promoting intervention. Therefore the initiative rests on two pillars. One is to work directly with the child and the family, while the other is to support schools and kindergartens in creating framework, participation opportunities and communities for children and young people to help wellbeing on its way. You can read more about the services here: https://www.esbjerg.dk/boern-og-unge/stoette-og-raadgivning/ppr-videncenter/de-aabne-behandlingstilbud

What will you do in The Open Treatment Services?

• Evidence- and manual-based treatment and programs directly for children and young people as well as their parents, individually and in groups.
• Parent courses and parent programs.
• Advise and spar with parents, teachers, pedagogues and leaders.
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaborations around children and young people.
• Contribute with psychological assessments and conversations.
• Support the development of inclusive learning and wellbeing environments.

Who are you?

• Have a psychology educational background. Cand. Psych. or Master’s in Educational Psychology.
• Have experience with treatment tasks and tasks in PPR.
• Have a strong focus on the idea that children and young people generally develop best in sustainable communities.
• Good at building relationships with children and adults.
• Can work independently and cross-professionally.
• Want to be part of developing The Open Treatment Services.

What you should know

You will receive training and certification in the evidence-based manual-based treatment modalities we use. To make the treatment offerings accessible to families, part of the work is outside normal school hours. Therefore you must be prepared to work in late afternoon hours about two days a week.

We offer

PPR & Knowledge Center is a large interdisciplinary department where we place high emphasis on creating frameworks for professional judgment that benefit children, young people and families. Therefore we have created an organisation where there are ongoing opportunities for mono- and cross-disciplinary sparring. Some elements are:

• Thorough introduction and mentoring scheme for new employees. In the first 3 months of employment there will be a mentoring arrangement consisting of 1 weekly supervision. In addition there is a buddy system where new employees accompany their colleagues to see how typical tasks are solved. Simultaneously you will have your own tasks that you can relate to the topics in supervision and the buddy system.
• Supervision and professional sparring. A fixed meeting cadence has been established to ensure opportunities for concrete supervision and sparring with mono- and cross-disciplinary colleagues.
• Competence development. PPR & Knowledge Center has a clear framework for competence development, focusing on both shared, mono-disciplinary and individual development.
• A strong psychological and interdisciplinary community. We are about 100 employees in PPR & Knowledge Center, of which about 35 are part of our psychological professional learning environment. Other professions include speech and hearing consultants, occupational and physiotherapists, dyslexia advisers, educational advisers, district advisers, development consultants and vision consultants.
• Opportunity to influence the development of The Open Treatment Services. There are large national ambitions for easily accessible services for children and young people with mental distress, which The Open Treatment Services are part of. This also means that in the coming years we will develop both current and upcoming treatment initiatives.

Practical

The position includes tasks at different addresses in Esbjerg Municipality, so a driving licence would be an advantage.

Salary and terms of employment are set according to the applicable collective agreement, including the provisions relating to local salary formation. You can find information about the salary level in Esbjerg Municipality via this link: KRL . Here you will also find information about base salary and pension. Furthermore, depending on a concrete assessment, qualification and/or job supplements may be agreed depending on the content of the position and your experience and qualifications.

In Esbjerg Municipality we work on trust and see human diversity as a strength. We therefore encourage all qualified applicants regardless of gender, age or ethnic background to apply for the position.

When appointed to the position, a child certificate and possibly a criminal record certificate will be obtained.

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting

• Interdisciplinary manager in PPR & Knowledge Center Camilla Christensen, tel. 21 79 81 42 or at email [email protected]
• Coordinator in The Open Treatment Services Nadia Nim tel. 23 44 45 30 or at email [email protected]

All inquiries are treated confidentially.

Application deadline

22 November 2026

It is expected that interviews will be held on 23 November 2026, and the interviews are expected to take place on 26 November 2026.

If you proceed after the interview, references will be obtained from current or former employers if you are still under consideration for the position. You will be informed before a reference is obtained.

The application should be submitted electronically . Click on “send application” at the bottom and attach your application, CV, educational certificates and relevant documentation.