Social Worker

With employment as soon as possible or by agreement

The position is a full-time position as a caseworker - social worker within the authority area that works with children and young people.

The working hours are from Monday to Friday (40 hours a week).

The tasks will primarily consist of:

Case management of child cases, including the recording of all relevant information.

Gathering relevant information for relevant instances depending on the purpose and need.

·Preparation, revision of the action plan, and assessment of whether the ongoing measures are still appropriate for the family.

Referral and assessment to relevant instances depending on the purpose and needs.

·Conduct conversations with citizens, including children and young people as well as partners.

Coordination work related to visits, contact agreements, network meetings, family consultations, placements, changes in placement, reunification, etc.

·Assessment of whether a placement should be initiated. When initiating, a plan must be made for a gentle placement in close collaboration with the parents and the placement location.

·Processing of various types of applications, including additional expenses, projects, visit trips, boarding school stays, folk high school stays, changes in placement, reunification, aftercare, etc.

·Conduct annual inspections of placed children and young people

·Prepare a support description for potential psychiatry, the Welfare Administration, or other agencies.

Preparation of a social professional investigation

·Comply with and apply applicable regulations as well as internal competency plans and guidelines

Participate in sparring meetings to ensure a consistent professional approach in daily work.

Contribute to a respectful and constructive collaboration within the team, the department, and the administration, as well as with external partners.

·Participate in social duty outside normal working hours

·Ad hoc tasks as agreed with the department head or team leader

The candidate:

We expect you to be a trained social worker or have a background in the social field, with a broad knowledge of case handling in child cases, including documenting relevant information after conversations, holding meetings, and receiving various forms of correspondence.

We expect that you are used to conducting various forms of conversations, are trustworthy, not reserved, and preferably have knowledge of different types of conversation techniques with citizens, children, and partners. It is important that you have ambitions and are passionate about the profession. We also expect that you can work independently and can be part of a team where collaboration is key. You should be adaptable, accessible, and mentally resilient, as the days can be somewhat unpredictable. You will be part of the development of the administration, where we expect you to be solution-oriented and able to provide constructive criticism.

In connection with the fact that the job consists of about 80% administration, you should have a good knowledge of the use of IT systems and be good at expressing yourself in writing.

Travel activities can be expected in connection with supervision or placements, which is why we also expect you to be prepared for this.

The Administration for Children and Family:

The Department for Children and Families handles the authority area and includes several teams that carry out all case processing for children, young people, and families. The tasks are managed by all caseworkers across different teams and include, among other things, the preparation of social investigations, the development of action plans, work with prevention, work with placed children and young people in foster families or residential institutions, as well as young people in aftercare.

The notification duty and emergency duty receive all notifications for the entire Municipality of Sermersooq and process them. In addition, they have individual case files where measures have been initiated.

Criminal and Child Certificate:

The position is covered by the law on the obligation to obtain criminal and child certificates. According to the law, employment can only begin when the municipality has received satisfactory criminal and child certificates. We would therefore like to point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the child certificate from the National Police as well as the criminal record from the Police.

The child certificate is obtained by the municipality with the consent of the individual, while the criminal record is obtained by the individual from the police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Government of Greenland, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

No staff housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, you are welcome to contact Leading Social Worker Poul Erik Munk Pedersen for further information about the position and associated tasks at phone +299 36 72 24 or email: pmup@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 2-26, and attached educational certificates and documentation of previous employment, etc., must be uploaded before the deadline expires.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.

We do not accept applications in paper or emails, please submit your application electronically via the job posting.

Application deadline: January 23, 2026

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