Social work professionals with strong relational skills sought for the Center for Children, Youth and Families

Do you want to make a difference for children and families – and do you thrive in an interdisciplinary environment where you can use your professional and relational skills every day? Then we would love to hear from you.

Center for Children, Youth and Families

In the Center for Children, Youth and Families we have the authority for the municipality's interventions for children and young people aged 0-18 (23) years with a need for special support under the Child Act and the Social Services Act. We work both in social and special areas. The center consists of Reception, District Advisory Service, Night Advisory Service and Special Advisory Service.

Relational welfare is our common professional foundation, where we base ourselves on the wishes, hopes and dreams of the child and the families. It is about having a holistic view and a resource-focused outlook on the children and families we work with.

With us you get a varied and exciting job, where you have the opportunity to bring your own competencies into play and develop professionally. You are warmly welcomed through an induction program that ensures your knowledge of the legislation, the organization and our practice, and you get close supervisory sparring in your onboarding period.

In everyday life you will become part of an interdisciplinary team of wonderful and skilled colleagues, and you will have access to both supervision and weekly team meetings with case sparring together with the manager and colleagues. At the same time we offer a flexible everyday life, where you have great freedom to plan your task solving with the possibility of working from home. We are a workplace that prioritizes a good working environment for everyone.

We are looking for…

Social workers for the district advisory service, who will take on a special task in relation to providing advice and guidance, be the earlier preventive intervention or supportive intervention e.g. in the form of family therapy or special pedagogical guidance in the district's own cases.

In the district advisory service we provide advice and guidance, initiate and provide early preventive interventions according to § 30 and supportive interventions according to § 32 as well as handle cases regarding compensation benefits according to § 86, lost earning according to § 87 and relief according to § 84/90.

We work in locally anchored interdisciplinary teams. In all teams there will be employees with special competencies within, respectively, children, adolescents, family treatment, special pedagogy and compensation benefits. Employees with special professional competencies are part of a professional track across departments and teams to maintain and develop specialized professional knowledge.

A job at the Center for Children, Youth and Families is versatile. As a social professional employee you will among other things:

• Continuously involve children, parents and networks based on the family's wishes, hopes and dreams for change.
• Handle referrals.
• Prepare screenings according to BL § 18
• Participate in network meetings.
• Provide advice and guidance to families in vulnerable positions.
• Initiate and provide early preventive interventions according to § 30.
• Initiate and provide supportive interventions according to § 32.
• Follow up on and continuously adjust interventions.

To succeed best in the task, you have

• A social or psychological background e.g. family therapist, psychologist, pedagogue, teacher or social worker.
• Willingness to work relationally and base yourself on the families' wishes, hopes and dreams.
• Happy for (interdisciplinary) collaboration and enjoy working closely with your colleagues and actively contributing to both the professional and social community.
• Knowledge or interest in special pedagogical work.
• Open, listening and flexible in task solving.
• The ability to structure and balance your time between contact with the families and the legally required documentation and administrative tasks.

Salary and terms of employment

You will be employed in the Center for Children, Youth and Families, which is part of the Department/Administrative Area Children, Youth and Education in the Magistrate for Social Affairs and Employment. Your primary workplace will be either Karen Blixens Boulevard 7 in Brabrand or Grøndalsvej 1 in Viby depending on which district you are employed in. The work also takes place in the families' homes as well as at schools and institutions in the school district.

Salary and terms of employment are set according to the applicable collective agreement with final salary determination after negotiation with the relevant professional organization based on qualifications.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory public criminal record and a clear child protection certificate.

Weekly hours are 37 hours with start on 01.12.2026 . This is a permanent position .

Want to know more

If you have questions about the positions, you are welcome to contact Head of Department Dan Hjernø Nielsen at phone 41858939.

Application

Click on Apply below to fill in and send your application. All fields marked with a star must be filled. You will receive a receipt by email when we have received your application.

The application deadline is Tuesday 20 October. Hiring interviews will be held Friday 23 October at Karen Blixens Boulevard 7 in Brabrand.