Peer Support Specialist Personality Disorders

• Employment conditions according to the CAO GGZ, scale 45 (min. € 3,180.- and max. € 4,273.- gross based on 36 hours);
• A one-year contract for 24-32 hours per week and the possibility of extension or a permanent contract after 6 months;
• An end-of-year bonus and holiday allowance of 8.33%;
• You build a good pension at Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn;
• A 2nd class mobility card for commuting and business travel, which can also be used for OV-fiets or a mileage allowance;
• Discount on various insurances;
• 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, you have access to the Lifecheck care platform, a vitality budget (maximum of €100 net annually for employment of 18 hours p.w. or more), a balance budget of €1,000, and access to Nrgize for participation in activities such as bootcamp, yoga, and padel. Additionally, you will receive unlimited access to the online course offerings of GoodHabitz;
• Refer a colleague? Receive a total referral bonus of €1000.- gross.

At NPI, we believe that recovery goes beyond treatment alone. That is why we are looking for a third peer support specialist to come and strengthen our teams and, together with colleagues, continue building recovery-oriented care.

You will be organizationally linked to GIT-PD and, together with the two current peer support specialists, will form an important addition to the existing care. From your own experience, you will help clients find perspective, hope, and autonomy.

You will never be alone in this. Within NPI, there is structural space for intervision, collaboration, and professional development. You can brainstorm with colleagues within your team as well as with the other peer support specialists, so that you continue to develop yourself and continue to grow together.

In addition, a number of attractive secondary employment benefits from Arkin:

• Coaching and providing (recovery) support to clients with personality disorders in Amsterdam.
• Providing information to clients and to the internal and external network.
• Professional development regarding recovery-oriented care.
• You actively offer conversations to clients focused on: paying attention to emotions, feeling and setting boundaries, making appropriate choices, and dealing with ups and downs. In doing so, possibilities are emphasized instead of limitations.
• As a peer support specialist, you are eminently an example of recovery and know how to maintain a balance between closeness and distance. This is with the aim of increasing the client's chances of recovery and social and societal participation.
• You facilitate peer contact and have a connecting role between the client and his/her living environment.
• You advise on bringing order to various themes.
• Setting up and guiding recovery groups to stimulate self-help is among your areas of responsibility.
• You are alert to the application of recovery-oriented principles and advise your colleagues, both requested and unrequested.
• As a peer support specialist, you have your specific role within our multidisciplinary meetings and contribute to thinking about recovery-oriented care.
• You contribute to thinking about the further integration of peer support specialists within our specialty.
• You work approximately 1-6 hours/week for EVA (Platform for peer workers within Arkin see: arkin.nl/eva/

We offer you

What do you bring?
You enjoy sharing your own experiences with long-term psychiatry and/or addiction and know how to translate this into practical, professional advice and guidance for clients. You can work both independently and in a team. The guidance places demands on interpersonal skills, such as empathy and setting boundaries. It is important that you are able to maintain professional distance and work from a recovery vision. Furthermore, you possess a pioneering spirit, a healthy dose of enthusiasm, and you find it

a challenge to give peer support expertise a prominent role in the team. The latter requires a proactive attitude.