Social worker for the Administration for Children and Family

Administration for Children and Family seeks three social workers

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

Working hours are from Monday – Friday (40 hours a week).

The tasks will primarily consist of:

·Case processing of child cases, including documentation of all relevant information

·Gathering relevant information for relevant agencies depending on the purpose and need

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

·Referral and visitation to relevant agencies depending on the purpose and need

·Conducting conversations with citizens, children, and partners

·Coordination work in connection with visits, visitation agreements, network meetings, family consultations, placements, changes of placement, reunification, etc.

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

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

·Conducting annual supervision of placed children and young people

·Preparing support letters to possibly psychiatry, the Welfare Administration, or other agencies.

·Preparation of social professional investigations

·Complying with and applying applicable regulations as well as internal competency plans and guidelines

·Participating in sparring meetings to ensure a uniform professional approach in daily work

·Contributing to a respectful and constructive collaboration in the team, department, and administration as well as with external partners

·Participating in the Reporting Duty outside normal working hours

·Other tasks as agreed with the department head or team leader

The candidate:

We expect that you are a trained social worker, or within the social field, and have a broad knowledge of case processing of child cases, including documentation of relevant information after conversations, holding meetings, and upon 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 various forms of conversation techniques with citizens, children, and partners. It is important that you have ambitions and are passionate about the profession. Can work independently, and can be part of a team where collaboration is the key word. You must 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 work consists of about 80% administration, you must have a good knowledge of the use of IT systems, and be good at expressing yourself in writing.

It can be expected that there may be travel activities in connection with supervision, so you must also be able to participate

The Administration for Children and Family:

The Administration for Children and Family handles the authority area, and in a team, which does all case processing for children and families. The tasks are handled by all caseworkers, including the preparation of social professional investigations, preparation of action plans, working with prevention, and handling cases, working with placed children and young people in foster families or residential institutions as well as aftercare.

The Reporting Duty and the emergency duty receive all notifications for the entire Municipality of Sermersooq, and process them. In addition, they have case stems where measures have been initiated. The Disability Team works with children and young people who are covered by the disability regulation.

Criminal and Child Certificate:

This position is subject to the law on the obligation to obtain a criminal and child certificate. According to the law, employment can only begin when the municipality has received satisfactory criminal and child certificates. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon when the municipality has received the child certificate from the National Police as well as the criminal certificate from the Police.

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

Salary and employment conditions:

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

The employment will be with 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 for further information about the position and associated tasks to:

Department Head Vivi Christiansen, tel. +299 36 72 23 or email: ks80vich@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 1042-26, and attached educational certificate and documentation of previous employment, etc. must be uploaded before the deadline.

How to apply:

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

Note:

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

Application deadline: October 30, 2026