Day Activity Support Worker

Some people experience the world differently. Not only because they are visually impaired or blind, but also because they have an auditory and intellectual disability. In those cases, structure, trust, and genuine contact make the difference.

As a Day Activity Support Worker at Bartiméus in Doorn, you help clients to get the most out of their day. You do not look at limitations, but at possibilities. With patience, creativity, and attention, you ensure a day full of development, fun, and valuable moments.

No two days are the same. One client may need clarity and predictability, while another enjoys movement, an activity, or a pleasant conversation in their own way. You adapt to what someone needs and help clients feel safe, seen, and heard.

Communication plays an important role in this. You will learn to speak the client's language, for example using (simplified) Dutch Sign Language, referents, pictograms, or other communication tools. In this way, you make contact possible, even when words are not straightforward.

Together with your colleagues, you ensure a pleasant, meaningful day in which clients can develop and be themselves.

• You provide structure, peace, safety, and fun,

• You identify changes in behavior and respond to them carefully. You also observe and analyze behavior and discuss this with colleagues.

• You reflect on your own actions and you continuously learn from one another.

• You work closely with colleagues from residential and day activity services to provide clients with the best possible support.

Your job as a Day Activity Support Worker for hearing and vision impairments at Bartiméus in Doorn

You will work at the De Weegbree day activity center at the beautiful, wooded location in Doorn. Here, you provide day activities for adult and aging clients with a visual, auditory, and intellectual disability.

You will work primarily in day activities, which is open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Additionally, you will work one start-of-day shift per week at one of the residential homes. You will start at 07:00 or 07:15 and help residents with a calm and pleasant start to the day, after which you transition to the day activities together with them. In this way, you guide clients both literally and figuratively from the beginning of their day to a pleasant fulfillment of it.

Sporadically, you will work a shift at the residence on a Wednesday. This allows you to remain closely involved with the clients and work together with your colleagues from residential and day activity services to create a familiar and recognizable environment for every resident.

Thanks to these regular working hours, you have a nice balance between work and private life. Furthermore, you do not work night or sleep shifts.

You will join a dedicated and close-knit team where colleagues are there for one another. We find humor, collaboration, and attention for each other to be at least as important as good care.

Whether you start as Support Worker A or Support Worker B: your talent and commitment make the difference.

Curious about what it is like to work with people with a visual, auditory, and intellectual disability? Then watch the video below:

We are Bartiméus. With over 1,900 employees and about 850 volunteers, we are there for people in the Netherlands who are visually impaired or blind. Also for those who have multiple disabilities or experience problems with seeing due to, for example, non-congenital brain injury. We are there for their loved ones and for the professionals around them. They can turn to our expertise center, our outpatient service providers, our schools and residential facilities, and the various forms of day activities that we offer. We do everything in our power to make it possible for people with a visual impairment to lead the life that suits them and to develop to their full potential. Because it is not about what percentage you see. It is about what percentage you live. Bartiméus 100% living.

Who are you

You see opportunities where others primarily see limitations. You are patient, curious, and enjoy learning new ways of communicating. You get energy from building a bond of trust and find it important that every client experiences a pleasant day.

• You have completed an MBO healthcare education at a minimum of level 3 (level 4 when applying as Support Worker B).

• You have an affinity with day activities and with people with multiple disabilities.

• You bring calm, overview, and a safe atmosphere.

• You enjoy working together and are open to feedback and development.

• A meaningful job in which you truly make a difference.

• Internal training in Dutch Sign Language.

• A permanent contract immediately for 21 hours per week.

• Salary appropriate to your experience. Scaling is based on the CAO Gehandicaptenzorg and is gross per month based on a 36-hour work week.

  • Support Worker B (FWG 40): min. €2,951 and max. €3,980

  • Support Worker A (FWG 35): min. €2,649 and max. €3,708

• You do NOT have to work night and/or sleep shifts.

• Holiday allowance of 8%, an end-of-year bonus of 8.33% and an attractive flexible benefits system, through which you benefit from tax advantages on the purchase of, among other things, a (lease) bike, sports subscriptions, outings, a museum annual pass, and gift vouchers.

• Plenty of development and career growth opportunities in the form of an extensive induction program and an online offering of supporting training from 'GoodHabitz'.

Do you see yourself already working with the hearing and vision impairment day activity team? Then apply easily via the link on our vacancy page. You can respond to this vacancy up to and including Thursday, October 29, 2026. The first interviews may take place during the duration of this vacancy. Do you want to know more first? Call or WhatsApp Andrea van Diermen (recruiter) at 06 - 81 36 06 24 or send an email to wervingenselectie@bartimeus.nl.

We look forward to meeting you!

In addition - To start working with us, requesting a VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) is required. Additionally, a diploma and reference check are also part of the procedure.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. We handle our own recruitment.