Social Worker/Case Handler

Would you like to help solve an important societal task and are you committed and collaborative, then you might be the one we are looking for for a position in the Prison and Probation Service in Greenland.

The Correctional Service in Greenland offers an exciting position as a social worker/caseworker in Ilulissat. The work is varied, challenging, and developmental. You will be part of a team of a total of 14 care staff employed throughout the country. The work is very independent, with long-distance management from Nuuk. In Ilulissat, you will be colleagues with the uniformed officers in the institution.

Your immediate supervisor is the Head of Resocialization based in Nuuk.

Concrete areas of responsibility

As a social worker/caseworker in the Correctional Service in Ilulissat, your daily tasks will include concrete case processing of the inmates' cases, organizing parole releases, supervising parolees and forensic psychiatric clients, as well as community service offenders.

In addition, it is an essential task to maintain contact with external partners, such as municipalities, the healthcare system, self-government, and similar entities.

You are expected to contribute to the development of the case processing area in close collaboration with other colleagues in the Prison and Probation Service.

Business trips can be made to the coast and to the settlements as needed.

Our expectations

You have experience in case management and preferably have a background as a social worker or similar. You are good at gaining an overview and have strong skills in organizing and planning tasks. You find it exciting to motivate other people. You enjoy having many tasks and can see opportunities and potentials in everyone. You are calm and accommodating towards others. You speak both Danish and Greenlandic.

Who are we

The institution for convicted individuals in Ilulissat has space for 30 inmates. These include both convicted individuals and those sentenced to preventive detention, as well as those held in custody. The correctional service employs approximately 140 permanent staff members in total, in addition to about 25 individuals on hourly wage contracts. The correctional service in Freedom has 6 regional offices nationwide, located in Sisimiut, Nuuk, Tasiilaq, Qaqortoq, Aasiaat, and Ilulissat.

The Correctional Service has two main tasks.

We must ensure the necessary control and security regarding the enforcement of judgments.

We must support and motivate the citizens we are in contact with to live a crime-free life.

The Correctional Service is also a training place, as we train prison officers ourselves.

Salary and employment conditions

You are employed in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and Atorfillit Kattuffiat for social workers and caseworkers. The salary is determined based on seniority and is expected to be between approximately 23,800 – 27,000 DKK per month excluding any possible supplements, depending on whether you are a trained social worker or caseworker.

The average working time is 40 hours a week.

The place of employment is the Prison and Probation Service in Ilulissat Institution. The area of employment is the Prison and Probation Service in Greenland.

Vacation travel is provided according to the applicable rules at any given time. Unfurnished staff accommodation may be allocated, for which payment is made according to the applicable rules.

If you are interested in learning more about the job, you are welcome to contact the Head of Resocialization, Trine Chemnitz, at phone number 34 75 09 or by email at tc@krfo.gl.

The application deadline is July 23, 2026, or upon agreement. The application, accompanied by documentation of education and CV, should be sent to hr@Krfo.gl.

Conversations are expected to take place during week 31/2026.