Social Worker / Social Mediator at the Youth Centre - Interdisciplinary Team, Employment Services

We are seeking 1 employee for the UngeCentret – Cross-disciplinary Team, the employment area. It is a permanent position with commencement as soon as possible.

UngeCentret is a cross-disciplinary unit aimed at 15-29-year-olds in the municipality. Our goal is that the young people receive a coherent, holistic and targeted focus on work and education.

UngeCentret works within employment and educational guidance, substance abuse, the youth family area and parts of the Social Act provisions for disability and psychiatry.

You will become part of UngeCenter's Cross-disciplinary Team, where we work with young people who have challenges beyond unemployment. We are 3 advisors who work with employment legislation and 3 advisors who work with social services legislation. We have one vacancy in the employment area and are seeking an advisor who is interested in being part of our Cross-disciplinary Team in UngeCentret.

The Cross-disciplinary Team is part of the Brønderslev Municipality's Job and Youth Center. We have close collaboration with the Job Center, and you must be prepared to participate in the development that is currently taking place in the employment area. The Employment Reform provides the framework for our work in the coming years.

Our approach in collaboration with the young people is empowerment-oriented, and we continuously work with professional learning and development, professional sparring and supervision.

You must be interested in working with young people who due to physical, mental and/or social challenges need a cross-disciplinary employment intervention. You must have an understanding of the purpose of the Employment Act, and you must be focused on having professional conversations. In our daily work, we have a clear focus on the citizen's perspective and the young person’s path to work or education.

Tasks

As an employee in the Cross-disciplinary Team you shall

• Hold job-oriented conversations with a focus on the young person obtaining work or education
• Contribute to a cross-disciplinary effort so that the young person comes closer to work and education
• Collaborate with internal and external partners
• Collaborate with the youth family area during transitions from the Child Act to the Employment Act, including ensuring a good transition for young people who are entitled to early retirement when they turn 18
• Collaborate with UU (Youth Education Guidance) particularly regarding young people who are referred to STU (Specially Designed Youth Education)
• Perform authority tasks under the Employment Act for activity-ready cash-benefit recipients

Expectations

We expect that you

• Are educated as social worker or social mediator
• Have knowledge of and preferably experience from the employment area including authority experience
• Are committed to having a good and respectful collaboration with citizens and their networks
• Have knowledge of interventions and methods that bring the young person closer to work and education
• Are interested in ongoing development of shared practice and your own practice
• Are clear in communication both orally and in writing
• Are willing to ask questions and be curious and investigative in dialogue with the young person and partners
• Have a credible demeanor in communication with citizens and partners
• Have insight into the details of the legislation while also thinking in holistic terms
• Are solution- and results-oriented
• Work systematically, with priorities and data discipline
• Have knowledge of Momentum, which is our professional system
• Are responsible and quality-conscious
• Work independently but with good collaboration skills and situational awareness
• Have a positive view of people, are engaged, flexible and ready for change

We offer

• An ambitious workplace, where
• we emphasize results – that together with citizens and businesses we make a meaningful difference
• the results are achieved through a team effort, and collaboration is therefore a natural part of daily life
• we continuously develop the organization
• we prioritize professional sparring and development of both common practice and the individual employee's practice
• we work cross-disciplinary
• Good colleagues, good atmosphere, an informal tone and perhaps a good laugh
• An workplace where we emphasize trust and respect for one another
• Influence on one’s own work and the development of the interventions in UngeCentret

Salary and terms of employment

According to applicable collective agreement and salary negotiations with the bargaining-organized organization.

If you have questions about the position, you can contact

Birgitte Moselund

Head, Cross-disciplinary Initiative

99454533, [email protected]

Brønderslev Municipality's employee view is built on the following

• We are "In cooperation with the citizens", which we support through our values: Communal, Bold and Curious.
• In Brønderslev Municipality and at the individual workplace, it is natural, legitimate and welcomed that employees show interest in and discuss the workplace's conditions through dialogue and cooperation.
• We work based on a expectations model , describing expectations for employees and leaders in Brønderslev Municipality.