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The Municipality of Avannaata in Kullorsuaq is seeking one Case Worker for Children, Youth, and Families in the Family Services Department, to start on June 15, 2026, or as otherwise agreed.
You will be part of a team of other caseworkers in the areas of children and youth, family services, and public assistance within the social services departments. The caseworker’s immediate supervisor is the Head of the Family Services Department in Upernavik.
Duties and Responsibilities:
·Actively monitor the conditions under which children live in the municipality and process reports regarding cases where assistance may be needed.
·Receive inquiries, conduct interviews, and provide counseling regarding children, youth, and their families.
·Assessing support measures for children in accordance with applicable legislation—including the allocation of support measures.
·Supervising and processing cases involving children placed in residential facilities or boarding schools outside the municipality, and maintaining contact with parents and other relatives of placed children.
·Preparing recommendations for team meetings, interdisciplinary meetings, and applications to the Social Services Committee, and processing cases in accordance with the recommendations made at the interdisciplinary cooperation committee meeting and in accordance with the decisions made by the Social Services Committee.
·Serve as a resource for staff in rural branches regarding issues related to children, youth, and family services.
·As much as possible, cover for other staff in the children, youth, and family services area as needed within the department.
·Participate in the local on-call social services roster.
·Perform ad hoc tasks.
Qualifications:
·Degree in social work or a related field.
·Willingness and interest in taking professional courses and relevant continuing education programs.
·Experience with case management in the field of child welfare.
·Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and management.
·Ability to comply with organizational and management policies regarding work performance and collaboration as a case manager in the Social Services Department.
·Has experience establishing effective collaboration with external partners, whether through team meetings, interdisciplinary meetings, or cross-sectoral collaboration.
·Serves as a role model and excels at client contact and communication.
·Is mentally resilient and skilled at managing conflicts.
·Is systematic, reliable, loyal, and responsible.
·Is stable and meticulous.
The short-term goal of the position is to help improve the quality of case management, including investigations and the selection of appropriate support measures for children, youth, and families.
The long-term goal is to help reduce, in particular, serious cases of child and youth neglect, psychological and physical abuse—including sexual abuse—and to strengthen parents’ parenting skills.
Salary and employment terms:
Salary and employment terms will be determined in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement with the relevant trade union authorized to negotiate at any given time.
Housing is not provided for this position.
For more information about the position, please contact Uthilie Thomassen Løvstrøm, Head of the Family Department, by phone at 70 18 00 or by email at uthl@avannaata.gl
Applications should be submitted via the Avannaata Municipality website
Application deadline: June 11, 2026
