Mental Healthcare Activation Worker | Reigersbos De Blokhut

We offer you:
A meaningful position in which you work closely with the client and simultaneously contribute to an innovative collaboration between Roads and Mentrum. You will be given space to take initiative, develop new activities, and think along about how we can further strengthen activation within the clinic.
And:

• Employment conditions according to the CAO GGZ, scale 35 or 40 (min. € 2,735.- and max € 3,917.- gross based on 36 hours) depending on education and experience;
• This is a vacancy for 24 hours per week with the intention to convert this into a permanent contract upon good performance;
• An end-of-year bonus of 8.33% and 8.33% holiday allowance;
• You build up a good pension at Pensioenfonds Zorg & Welzijn.

Additionally, a number of attractive employment conditions from Arkin:

• For commuting and business travel, you receive a 2nd class mobility card, also usable for OV-fiets, or a mileage allowance;
• Discount on various insurances;
• A work-from-home arrangement with reimbursement for workplace setup and reimbursement for work-from-home days;
• With 11 specialties at various locations, Arkin also offers many long-term possibilities for your professional development and personal growth. For this, we have a wide range of training;
• A cafeteria plan where you can use your gross salary for extra vacation hours, bicycle purchase, and additional travel expense reimbursement;
• For your well-being, access to the Lifecheck care platform, a vitality budget (maximum €100.- net annually with employment of 18 hours p.w. or more), a balance budget of €1000.-, and access to Nrgize for participation in activities such as bootcamp, yoga, and padel;
• Refer a colleague? Receive a total referral bonus of €1000.- gross.

Do you see possibilities in clients for whom participation is not yet a given? Do you know how to get someone moving again with small steps? At Reigersbos, you help clients work towards more structure, meaningful daily activities, day activities, and where possible, work, based on their own possibilities.

What are you going to do?
For Herstelkliniek Reigersbos, we are looking for an Activation Worker who, through Roads, helps clients to get moving again, both literally and figuratively. You will be visibly present on the wards, make easy contact, and look together with the client at what is actually possible at that moment.

One client may need structure and a first small activity on the ward, while another is ready for day activities outside the clinic or a next step towards work. You connect with the recovery phase in which someone is located. This makes your work varied and requires creativity, patience, and the ability to motivate people.

• Conducting introductory and activation interviews with clients;
• Inventorying interests, talents, and possibilities and translating these into a suitable daily schedule;
• Developing and evaluating weekly schedules together with clients;
• Guiding and motivating clients in their first steps towards activities, day activities, education, or work;
• Organizing low-threshold activities on the wards and aligning them with what clients need at that moment;
• Providing activities in and around De Blokhut, such as cooking, creative activities, educational modules, and activities in the garden;
• Supporting clients in establishing rhythm and structure in their day;
• Stimulating the flow from activation to internal or external day activities and, where possible, to work;
• Collaborating with practitioners, nurses, activity coordinators, and other colleagues within Mentrum and Roads.

Your duties take place within Mentrum Herstelkliniek Reigersbos and in De Blokhut, a small-scale activation location on the clinic grounds. De Blokhut, located in the garden of the closed ward, offers clients a safe and low-threshold place to be active, build structure, and work on recovery. The gardens and outdoor activities around the location are also utilized for this purpose.

Although De Blokhut is part of the clinical environment of Mentrum, the activation is provided by Roads. In doing so, Roads, the clinic, and DAC Reigersbos work closely together to consistently offer clients a suitable next step based on their own recovery process.

Within Reigersbos, we work from the principle: "Doing nothing is not an option, but what you do, we decide together." That means we look at what someone is capable of at that moment. Sometimes recovery begins with making coffee together, taking a walk, or joining the morning opening. For another client, the next step is an activity, external day activities, education, or work. You help the client to find and take that next step.

What do you bring?
You don't have to be someone who only organizes activities. We are specifically looking for someone who knows how to reach and activate people. You see possibilities, even when someone shows little initiative themselves, and know how to create movement in a positive and respectful manner. You can work independently, but also actively seek collaboration with colleagues.
In addition, you possess:

A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is a standard part of our application procedure, so that together we ensure a safe and reliable working environment.