Pernille Randrup-Thomsen is the Director of the Staircase to Staircase programme, where a team of 10 professionals works with vulnerable families, helping them change their lives so that all family members can thrive. Pernille has been working in the municipality of Aarhus for 35 years. She is an educated social worker and has been a leader in social services for the past 25 years.

Before moving on to the Staircase to Staircase programme, she was Head of Department for challenged unemployed youth in the Job Center in Aarhus. She has always had a heart for challenged young people, particularly during the period in their lives when they move on to become adults and must meet so many demands.

Since 2019, she has been Head of the Staircase to Staircase programme and has played a big role in developing various methods. She strongly believes in changing our approach to welfare to a Relational Welfare approach and is deeply involved in developing the interprofessional method in the Staircase to Staircase programme.

She is a skilled speaker and is often requested to talk about the work in the Staircase to Staircase programme not only in Denmark but also abroad.