Two exciting positions in Visitation and Family Foster Care

Two exciting positions in Visitationen and Familieplejen

If you are a trained social worker and are interested in becoming one of our match consultants in Visitationen, you now have a unique opportunity. We have two vacancies to be filled as soon as possible. There is a permanent position and an assignment-based/temporary appointment, both positions are full-time.

About us

Visitationen and Familieplejen are organized in the Center for Early Intervention and Foster Care, Children and Family Department in Aalborg Municipality. We are physically located at Vejgaard Bymidte 12, 9000 Aalborg.

The tasks in Visitationen and Familieplejen center around the placement area. We are a department consisting of 5 match consultants, 11 foster care consultants, 2 secretaries, 1 head of department, 1 development consultant and 1 center director. We are a cohesive department with different tasks. The foster care consultants support placements and stays in foster families and support families. The primary task of the match consultants is to ensure, for the children and young people who are to be placed, a good match.

We work from a model with a strengthened match, where through a dialogue-based visitation we ensure the involvement of the child and parents. We also work closely with the child’s/young person’s social worker and the family groups as a whole. We work as a team, but we each have our own area of expertise. The vacant positions relate to recruitment of and matching to foster families. We work, like the rest of the Children and Family Department, based on our shared strategy Sustainable Child- and Family Cooperation.

As a match consultant your tasks will primarily be

• Match placements in foster families as well as in children/young people’s homes
• Hold dialogue-based visits with children and parents
• Prepare descriptions of care tasks for the Honorarium Committee for use in determining compensation
• Draft contracts for foster families and for children/young people’s homes
• Engage in outreach regarding new placement sites
• Conduct introductory visits and match visits with foster families
• Collaborate closely with your team, your department, the children/youth advisors in the family groups and other relevant partners
• Provide advice, sparring and guidance to partners
• Review and assess treatment proposals
• Recruit new foster families

We are seeking a consultant who

• Is a trained social worker and professionally well-founded
• Has knowledge of and experience in working with children, young people and families in vulnerable positions
• Has experience with the placement area and involvement of children/young people
• Can perform an analysis of children’s challenges and resources, and based on this understand the children’s needs in the placement
• Is structured and can work systematically
• Is able to work in a team while also being able to work independently
• Sees the value in close interdisciplinary collaboration and can translate it into practice
• Has good written and communicative skills

We can offer

• A workplace where we commit to working in a development-oriented way
• A team of professionally skilled, engaged and experienced colleagues
• A workplace where we place emphasis on teamwork and social capital – and it’s not just something we say!
• A team-based approach to task solving
• Supervision by an external supervisor
• Accessible/ supportive management

Further information can be obtained by contacting

Head of Visitationen and Familiejen Lene Brink at tel. 2520 2683 or [email protected] or Center Chief Inge Gorm Andersen at tel. 2520 2689 or [email protected]

Salary and terms of employment: The position is covered by local pay. Other pay and terms of employment in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between KL and the negotiating organization.

The application deadline is 21.10.26. Interviews are expected to be held on 26.10.26 and 29.10.26.

Prior to final employment, criminal and child protection checks and references will be obtained.

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