Treatment Advisor with Deputy Function

Would you like to help create development and stable living conditions for vulnerable families with infants and small children?

Kuserneq is a housing and treatment offer for vulnerable families with infants and small children, where we work holistically on parenting skills, attachment, structure, as well as the personal development of the child and the parents.

We know that change takes time, and that development can only occur in relationships characterized by presence, clarity, and professionalism. We work in a development-oriented and resource-focused manner. This means that we both set demands and establish frameworks, while also focusing on recognizing the family's strengths and resources.

Our vision is to create stable and development-promoting frameworks for families, so that children have a different start in life than the one their parents may have had.

The team:

The team consists of a department head, a treatment advisor/deputy manager, child and adult family counselors, and a psychotherapist.

We are a small, professionally committed team where we work closely together and prioritize sparring, joint reflection, and clear roles. We believe that we succeed best when we support each other and actively use each other's strengths, viewing learning as an ongoing process.

We are looking for a treatment advisor who will also serve as deputy manager and substitute for the leader. The position is central to the organization and combines social professional coordination, internal follow-up, collaboration with other stakeholders, documentation responsibility, and shared management responsibility.

You will also have your own conversation processes with families and actively participate in the treatment work.

You must be able to balance professional clarity with empathy and presence, and have the ability to create a sense of security, both in meetings with families and in collaboration with employees.

Working hours and framework:

The position is 40 hours a week.

The working hours are generally 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

A duty phone is included, which is planned in advance.

Participation in the colony and planned trips with families is to be expected.

Our values:

At Kuserneq, we work based on:

Stability and predictability: frameworks create calm

·Relational security: development occurs in trusting relationships

Professional clarity: we work systematically and structured.

Holistic approach: the child is at the center, the family is the framework.

Responsibility: we tackle tasks together.

As a treatment advisor, you will become a key person in translating these values into practice and working within our appreciative and trauma-informed approach, inspired by neuroaffective pedagogy. We focus on regulation, relationships, and development as the foundation for change and believe that structure and clarity create safety.

Your role:

You will have a coordinating and unifying role around the families' processes. The role is treatment-oriented and process-based. You will work therapeutically with the families to create small and larger developmental steps in their everyday lives.

You ensure coherence between:

The daily treatment efforts and the families' development processes

Individual treatment plans and specific development goals

·Systematic documentation and professional reflection

·Interdisciplinary assessments and decisions in close dialogue with the team

You must be able to maintain an overview in complex cases, connect the dots, and create structure without losing the relational perspective. At the same time, you should be able to work patiently and persistently in processes where development occurs gradually.

Your tasks:

Coordination and collaboration with authorities and external actors

Coordinate efforts around each individual family

·Be a primary contact person for caseworkers and other collaborators

·Participate in status meetings and networking meetings

Ensure timely follow-up on action plans

·Contribute with professional assessments and status descriptions

Professional quality and documentation:

·Contribute to the preparation and follow-up of treatment plans, status descriptions, final reports

Ensure quality and timeliness in record keeping and observation forms.

·Follow up on missing documentation

·Translate observations into usable professional knowledge

Internal follow-up and responsibility

·Start and follow cases of relapse in abuse or rule violations

·Engage in close dialogue with the team about assessments and consequences

·Social professional sparring with family counselors and the psychotherapist

·Create an overview and closely monitor treatment processes

Support for families:

Conduct motivating and development-oriented conversations focused on change, responsibility, and ownership.

·Process counseling regarding finance, education, and employment

Support in transitions (moving in, transitioning out, etc.)

Impact measurement and development:

Collect relevant statistics and data

Ensure the implementation of annual impact assessment.

Contribute to evaluation, annual report, and quality development

Pre-interviews, enrollment, and closing processes:

Participate in coordinated pre-meetings

Assess whether the effort matches the family's needs.

Coordinate the completion process and handover.

Ensure professional documentation upon completion.

Deputy / substitute:

As deputy manager, you are the daily representative for the leader and participate in close management collaboration regarding:

Professional assessment and prioritization of cases

·Handling of security and emergency situations

Maintaining professional standards and structure

Adjustment and quality assurance of treatment processes

Support, sparring, and framework setting for employees

Participation in development and change processes

·Shared responsibility for the work environment and well-being

Decision-making authority in the leader's absence

You must be able to step forward when the situation demands it, while also engaging in a close and trusting management collaboration.

Shared tasks in the house:

We are a smaller service where we lift together. This means that you also:

Participates in colony and planned family activities

·Participates in practical joint tasks

Takes shared responsibility for ensuring that the building appears safe, structured, and well-functioning.

Helps keep everyday life running, both professionally and practically.

We imagine that you:

·Is a trained social worker

·Has experience with vulnerable families and the early childhood sector

·Has experience with or a strong interest in family therapy

·Has strong written and analytical skills

·Has managerial maturity and natural authority

Can make and stand by difficult decisions with calmness and clarity.

Sees structure as a prerequisite for security and can work both systematically and relationally.

Is creative and flexible in treatment work and can find new paths in complex processes.

Contributes with energy, commitment, and professional curiosity

Thrives in a role with both professional and managerial shared responsibility.

Is robust, stable, and aware of its own strengths and limitations.

• Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement.

It is an advantage if you have further education in:

Trauma-informed practice

·Attachment and infant/toddler development

Family therapy or systemic work

Personally and professionally, you match our approach:

We are looking for a profile that:

• Is friendly, welcoming, and has a natural, calm approach to everyday life.
• Creates trust without losing clarity
• Understand that development takes time and that change happens over time.
• Can work patiently and persistently without losing direction.
• Can balance structure and humanity

At Kuserneq, we work in a process-oriented manner. We know that change rarely happens linearly, and that setbacks and resistance can be part of the development work. Therefore, we need a treatment advisor who can remain calm, maintain the professional framework, and at the same time meet the families with respect and recognition.

We offer:

• A key feature in a meaningful and value-driven offer
• Influence on professional direction and development
• Close management collaboration
• Committed and professionally strong team
• Opportunity for professional development and relevant further education in trauma and family treatment.

Criminal record and child certificate:

The position is covered by the law on the obligation to obtain a criminal record and child certificate. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a satisfactory criminal record and child certificate. We must therefore 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, according to 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 us for further information about the position and associated tasks at:

Department Manager Solveig Mølgaard, phone +299 55 56 97 or email: solm@sermersooq.gl.

Application:

Application marked with Job no. 303-26, and attached educational certificate 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.