Ambulant therapist Youth outpatient clinic

Every young person who gets stuck has their own story. As a Practitioner, you help children, young people, and families regain control over their lives and well-being. You combine guidance and treatment with case management and look together at what is needed to move forward.

What will you do?
As an outpatient youth practitioner at the outpatient clinic, you offer outpatient guidance and treatment to young people with mental health vulnerabilities. You guide and treat children and youth and their families. You do this in their living environment or at the outpatient clinic. These children and young people struggle with multiple and complex complaints.

You are the first point of contact for the young person, the family, colleagues, and partners. You coordinate the treatment process and carry out certain components yourself. You work generalistically: you maintain an overview, signal what is needed, involve other professionals in a timely manner, and simultaneously actively contribute your socio-economic expertise.

• Guiding and treating children and youth between 12 and 23 years old in their own family and living environment;
• Supporting and guiding parents regarding the upbringing climate and socio-economic support;
• Acting as a case manager: being the first point of contact for families, colleagues, and partners; Coordinating, executing, and evaluating treatment processes;
• Being the first point of contact for families, colleagues, and partners;
• Drafting and maintaining treatment plans, consultation reports, and other documentation;

You work in a system-oriented and recovery-supporting manner. You see clients in their living environment (home, school, etc.) and at the outpatient clinic. You work together with psychologists and educational psychologists to effectively help the young person and the family move forward. You work under the responsibility of an experienced practitioner with whom you regularly consult regarding the progress of treatments and your own development as a practitioner.

Additionally, a number of attractive employment conditions from Arkin:

What do you bring?
You are a committed professional who thinks in possibilities, maintains an overview, and can work with young people with complex problems. You are stress-resistant, work independently, but also collaborate extensively with colleagues and the network surrounding the young person.

We would love to receive your application if you:

• Have a completed HBO degree: Social Work, SPH, MWD, Occupational Therapy, GGZ-agoog, or HBO Nursing;
• Have at least 2 years of work experience within mental healthcare (GGZ) and/or addiction care;
• Have experience with children, youth, or young adults;
• Are in possession of an SKJ registration;
• Have experience with outpatient work;
• Knowledge of the social map of Amsterdam and youth care is a plus.

A Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is a standard part of our application procedure.

Want to know more about this vacancy?
Do you want to work as an outpatient practitioner in youth psychiatry and make an impact in Amsterdam Zuidoost? Respond today and strengthen our team! Or contact operations manager Dominique Snel - 06 29 26 32 38. We look forward to hearing from you!

This vacancy is open both internally and externally. Internal priority candidates take precedence in the procedure.

You can respond as long as the vacancy is online. Once we have welcomed a new colleague, the vacancy will be closed.

At Arkin, we embrace diversity and strive for an inclusive culture in which we bring out the best in each other. Read more about our vision on D&I under 'about us'.

We prefer to look for new colleagues ourselves; we find that much more personal. Acquisition is therefore not appreciated.