Social worker for the Shelter and the housing-social initiative

Do you want to work close to people in vulnerable life situations and help develop social offerings in Ishøj Municipality? Then you may be our new colleague.

You will be employed in the Social Execution Area (DSU) with base in the housing-social initiative. Here you will be part of a team of five employees who support citizens in creating stability in daily life and finding a path forward that makes sense for them.

The housing-social initiative

The housing-social initiative includes the shelter with nine beds, eight precarious housing units, support under § 85a, - Housing First strategy (ICM and CTI), three transition housing units and a forthcoming social-psychiatric clarification place 107a. We also expect to expand the precarious housing with a further two units in the new year.

The social area is rapidly developing in Ishøj Municipality. Ishøj Municipality operates from a self-sufficiency strategy, where we build and maintain specialized competencies so that we can offer relevant interventions to our citizens ourselves. You will have the opportunity to help shape the professional practice and ensure a high quality in the housing-social effort.

Your daily life with us

You work across the initiatives in the housing-social effort. The days will vary: some days the work is about creating calm and contact with a citizen. Other days involve practical tasks and goals, coordination and collaboration with the professionals around the citizen.

Your tasks will include

• build trusting relationships and handle contact-person duties
• provide social-work support at the Shelter, in the precarious housing units and in the other initiatives
• handle practical and coordinating tasks as a social caretaker
• support citizens in creating structure, well-being and mastery in daily life
• conduct motivational and guidance conversations
• collaborate with authorities, substance abuse treatment, job centers, psychiatry and other relevant parties across municipalities
• conflict management and measures that create calm and safety on the premises and in the surrounding area.
• document the efforts and systematically follow up on citizens' goals.

The tasks are planned based on the citizens' needs and your competencies.

Our professional approach

We work recovery- and rehabilitation-oriented. This means we start from the citizen's own wishes and goals and support the citizen in developing or regaining skills, options for action and the belief that change is possible. We do things together with the citizen and have a view on how the citizen can have the greatest possible influence on their own life.

Our approach is, among other things, inspired by the CHIME perspective: connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and self-determination. In practice, this requires both patience, clarity and the ability to adapt the support when the citizen's needs change.

We develop the initiative together. You participate in citizen conferences, operations meetings and external supervision every eight weeks. Here we share knowledge, discuss difficult situations and follow up on whether our support helps the citizen in the desired direction.

A professional community across

DSU consists of three departments with around 60 employees in total. We carry out specialized interventions within vulnerability, disability and psychiatry.

We emphasise close interprofessional collaboration. We are flexible in task-solving, help each other and use each other for professional sparring. You will have a high degree of autonomy in your work, but you will not be alone with the difficult judgments. You also get a close leadership with whom you work closely on daily operations, the citizens' journeys and the development of the initiative.

We imagine that you

• are trained as a pedagogue or have another relevant social-science education
• preferably have experience from the specialized adult sector
• can create safe relationships and stay calm in pressured situations
• thrive with both relationship work, acute situations, practical tasks and professional documentation
• can work independently and at the same time contribute actively to the team
• can create structure in a daily life where plans sometimes change
• are eager to develop practice together with colleagues across DSU.

We offer

A meaningful job close to citizens and the opportunity to contribute to the development of the municipality's own social offerings. You will have a small team around you and at the same time become part of a larger professional community where we share knowledge, spar and help each other. Through citizen conferences, operations meetings, supervision and close collaboration with management you will have the opportunity to shape both the individual initiative and our shared practice.

Working hours

The working hours are spread over the days of the week. The position includes at least one evening shift per week until 20:00 and work every second or third Saturday.

More information?

If you would like to hear more about us or the exciting position, please call the offers manager Joy Doherty at tel.: 30782476.

Salary and employment

We want you to start as soon as possible or no later than December 1, 2026.

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the agreement between the unions and Ishøj Municipality, with the possibility to negotiate qualification supplements.

Ishøj Municipality has introduced smoke-free working hours as of August 1, 2019.

Application deadline

October 18, 2026