Special Advisory Service

Family Counselor for the Special Advisory Service

Do you want to make a difference for children with disabilities and their families? Do you thrive in a job where professional expertise, relationships and authority go hand in hand? Then you have the opportunity to become part of the Special Advisory in Greve Municipality's Family Counseling.

We are looking for a family counselor for a permanent position of 37 hours per week.

About the job

As a family counselor in the Special Advisory, you will be responsible for authority tasks under the Child Act. You must ensure that the child's perspective is central, navigate complex cases, make decisions and stand by your professional assessments – even when it's difficult.

The work includes among other things

• Advice and guidance to children, young people and their parents concerning the Child Act.
• Process applications and follow up regarding disability compensating benefits, such as disability allowance, loss of earnings and respite care.
• Handle notifications, including 24-hour assessment, party hearing and social-educational assessments.
• Conduct screenings, explorations and child-appropriate investigations
• Initiation and follow-up on supportive interventions.
• Participation in meetings with children, parents and partners, including chairing meetings.
• Written documentation of case processes and decisions.

We are looking for you who

• Are educated social worker, social facilitator or have a professional background with understanding of authority work, legislation and administrative processes.
• Have natural professional calm and presence, and can create security and direction in meetings.
• Can maintain overview and create structure in a busy daily life.
• Have flair for the administrative part of the work and enjoy calculative tasks.
• Are willing to make decisions, but also be curious and investigative.
• Communicate clearly and respectfully, both in writing and orally.
• Have a mindset for a mentalizing approach and can meet citizens and partners with respect.
• Contribute to honest dialogues and a healthy collaborative environment.

About us

The Family Counseling in Greve consists of 36 family counselors distributed across visitation, general and special areas.

The Special Advisory consists of 8 employees who work with children and adolescents with significant and lasting physical or mental impairment. For example, children with autism, physical disability, cognitive challenges, physical or mental illness, where the child and family need help and support.

We work holistically based on Greve Municipality's view of children and the ICS method, supported by the IT system DUBU. We focus on high professional quality, close sparring and a good collegial community, where there is also room for laughter.

We offer

• Thorough onboarding with mentoring and professional leadership.
• Supervision.
• Weekly group meetings with ICS sparring.
• Ongoing competence development.
• Possibility of home working 6 days a month.
• Leadership that supports and makes room for professionalism.

Practical

The position is 37 hours per week and is expected to be filled no later than December 1, 2026. There will be recruitment interviews in week 44.

Employment is done according to the applicable collective agreement.

Questions

If you are curious about the position, or would like to hear more about daily life in the Special Advisory, you are very welcome to contact the professional leader Louise Jacobsen at telephone 2223 8680.

We look forward to hearing from you.