The Family Department's Youth Team is seeking a child and youth advisor.

Do you have a passion for children, young people and families in vulnerable positions, do you have extensive social work knowledge about children and youth, are you enthusiastic about systematic social work and coordinated case management, do you have a mindset that always thinks inclusion, and do you focus on close collaboration across sectors, then Svendborg is a place for you.

The youth team works with young people from 13 to 18 years (22 years with youth support), the team consists of 15 child and youth counselors and 1 professional coordinator. The youth team is part of Ungekontakten at A. P. Møllers Vej, where we are close to UU. SSP, the job center and the Social Department.

The position is 37 hours per week, with commencement on December 1 or as soon as possible thereafter.

About the job

In Svendborg we are determined to work together, which is reflected in our Strategy Plan for Family, Children and Youth, and in Svendborg Municipality’s Children and Youth Policy.

We place a high value on collaboration, and see this as a necessity in order to give our children, young people and families the best support. The determination in the collaboration is something we also require from you and your mindset. Our shared professional focus is that we together shall raise the area professionally, cross-disciplinary and organizationally together with our good colleagues across and across.

We all have and must have a fixed and dedicated view on compliance with the Child Act, inclusion and systematics in our work with our children, young people and families.

We focus on inclusion in general, the private network, the professional network and all our good civil society initiatives.

About you

You are educated as a social worker or social educator and familiar with the Child Act. You want to, and are curious about, working with the problems that children, young people and their families in vulnerable positions face. The mindset is inclusive and you know that the network often finds the best solutions.

You are independent, while you love working with the team. You know that you depend on your good partners. You dare to set the agenda and take case- and meeting leadership on yourself. You write concisely, well and clearly. You are structured in your work and you have worked with ICS and DUBU.

In addition you have humor that you want to use together with your skilled colleagues. You are a decent person with good relationship skills and an appreciative view of people.

About us

The Family Department is a department of about 47 employees distributed across the following teams, reception, child, youth, and special teams. The department is administratively supported by a professional secretariat.

The Family Department has a high professional level, and a management that is very close to one another.

We offer

• A wonderful team looking forward to collaborating with you.
• A team where there is great care for one another.
• A team where the colleague group has a high ceiling, great diversity, is informal – but works well and closely together.
• A busy workplace that prioritizes a good working environment, psychological safety, professional sparring and not least a good mood.
• A department that dares to go other and new ways in solving the core task.
• External supervision and weekly team meetings with professional sparring from colleagues, professional coordinator and management.

If you want to know more

You are welcome to contact the department head, Mette Pedersen, at tel. 29 21 54 66.

About Svendborg Municipality

Svendborg Municipality is in our eyes a workplace of the perfect size: We are small enough to be close to each other in a warm informal community with short command lines and without hidden agendas. And we are large enough to have room for ambitions, high professionalism and rich opportunities for development.

We value everyday life and insist that it should be nice to go to work. We are busy, but not too busy to help each other.

Our values are not only on paper; we actually use them as a compass every day. We meet each other at eye level, in dialogue and with trust, and together we create a safe framework where we can all solve our tasks independently, flexibly and responsibly.

Salary and employment

Employment according to applicable collective agreement with pay according to the Ny Løn principles, including the opportunity to negotiate qualification pay.

“A criminal and child protection background check will be obtained for the successful applicant. It is a condition for employment that the certificates are satisfactory in relation to the position. The assessment is carried out by the Legal Department in collaboration with the Director of Children and Youth.”

In Svendborg Municipality the salary for this type of position typically lies between DKK 41,951 and 53,034 per month for full-time employment. The salary includes pension, special holiday pay and fixed allowances. There may also be shift allowances and other special compensations. It is important to note that your exact salary is determined based on your experience, seniority and competencies and negotiated with the relevant professional organization.

Application deadline October 19, 2026

Expected to conduct employment interviews on October 22, 2026.

Svendborg Municipality has a smoke-free working time. We want smoke-free working time to contribute to a healthy working environment for all employees.

Welcome to Svendborg - the capital of the archipelago!

Svendborg has a superb location in the middle of the most beautiful nature, on the edge of the South Funen Archipelago and with a mini-metropolis that offers it all. We do not hesitate to proudly call Svendborg the cultural capital of Funen. We have a charming city center and a lively commercial town with theaters and museums as well as a rich association life.

Our day-care facilities and primary schools are top-notch with a particular focus on movement and sport, and we have several higher education institutions that will soon come together in an attractive educational environment by the harbor. Svendborg is located in the middle of the country, half an hour from Odense and under two hours to Copenhagen and Aarhus. With its approximately 60,000 inhabitants, Svendborg is Funen’s second-largest municipality.