Youth Social Worker FACT Youth

As a Youth Social Worker, do you want to help young people in Amsterdam regain control over their lives and their future?

What will you be doing?
As a Youth Social Worker FACT Youth North, you will work as a primary practitioner (case manager) and co-practitioner within the FACT Youth team at the NDSM site. You will guide and treat young people aged 14 to 24 with severe psychiatric problems. Often, they also struggle in multiple areas of life, such as school, work, finances, housing, or relationships. Regularly, previous assistance has not taken off or has been difficult to implement.

You work outreach-oriented: you go to the young people and offer help in their own living environment.

You work in a multidisciplinary mini-team of three to four professionals and coordinate with other disciplines and chain partners where necessary.

You:

• Conducts intake interviews and, together with the lead practitioner, develops treatment plans;
• Guides and treats young people and their network from a recovery-oriented approach;
• Maintains an overview of the various areas of life and engages other professionals in a timely manner;
• Acts together with the team during crisis situations and scales up care when necessary;
• Works together with, among others, the Parent and Child Team, Neighborhood Teams, the Crisis Service, Youth Protection, and the GGD.

You are given plenty of room to organize your own work and you actively contribute your expertise from social work and youth social work.

• Employment conditions according to the CAO GGZ, scale 50/55 (min. € 3,560.- and max € 5,294.- gross based on 36 hours);
• A one-year contract for 32-36 hours per week and the possibility of a permanent contract;
• An end-of-year bonus and holiday allowance of 8.33%;
• 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;
• 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 care platform Lifecheck, 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. Additionally, you receive unlimited access to the online course offerings of GoodHabitz;
• Parking facilities;
• Refer a colleague? Receive a total referral bonus of €1000.- gross.

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

What do you bring?
You are a committed and decisive professional who takes young people seriously and can stand by them, even when the situation is complex. You work independently, maintain an overview, and know when coordination or scaling up is required. You also remain calm and goal-oriented in crisis situations.