Behavioral Specialist

You see complex cases as a challenge. A challenge where you make the difference.

Meet Hans. Hans is 38 years old and has multiple disabilities. Hans cannot see or hear well and has an intellectual and motor disability. Lately, he has been withdrawing more and more and shows tension when his food is offered. His mother is very worried and feels that Hans is becoming too thin. What would you do? Just an example of a case that you, as a Behavioral Specialist at Bartiméus, deal with on a daily basis.

Your role as a Behavioral Specialist at Bartiméus in Doorn and Zeist

You love your profession. In all its facets. From unraveling the question behind a client's behavior to advising on clinical care policy. You get energy from seeing all the puzzle pieces fall into place and the entire client system functioning optimally. So that your clients can live their best lives. You do this together with a treatment team consisting of Team Leader(s), Counselors C, and (para)medics within our residential care for adults and the elderly with a visual and multiple disability at the Doorn and Zeist locations. As a Behavioral Specialist, you are, together with the Physician for Intellectual Disabilities (AVG), the primary practitioner for the client. You can also always rely on your colleagues from the professional group. A pleasant group of about 15 Behavioral Specialists who take initiative based on trust and set priorities together. Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• Performing psychodiagnostic research and, in some cases, conducting individual treatment.

• Advising and guiding the client system.

• Offering practice-oriented expertise development, for example by providing psycho-education to counselors.

• Contributing to scientific research and innovation. Among other things, by further developing and implementing our ways of working, insights, and methodologies such as the LACCS program.

• Providing advice and acting as a knowledge partner for all stakeholders, both within and outside Bartiméus.

We are Bartiméus. With about 1,900 employees and over 850 volunteers, we are there for people in the Netherlands who are visually impaired or blind. Also if they have a multiple disability or experience problems with seeing due to, for example, non-acquired brain injury. We are there for their loved ones and for the professionals around them. They can turn to our expertise center, our outpatient caregivers, 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. 

As a decisive and committed Behavioral Specialist, you master the art of keeping multiple balls in the air at once. In doing so, you always think in terms of possibilities and work constructively and solution-oriented. Your down-to-earth and overarching perspective serves you well. This enables you to create the conditions for a client-centered treatment offering. You also possess a large dose of empathy. Combined with your excellent communication skills, this ensures that you communicate easily at different levels. Furthermore, for this position, you bring: 

Good to know: Bartiméus wants to promote the labor participation of people with a visual impairment. If you have a visual impairment, we ask you to apply with emphasis. 

• A challenging job with plenty of room for own initiative.

• A contract for 24 hours per week.

• Salary appropriate to your experience and education, based on the CAO Disability Care with a maximum of €7,115.- (FWG 65)  / €6,045.- (FWG 60) per month based on a 36-hour work week.

• 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'. 

Use the link on our vacancy page and the rest will follow naturally. You can respond to this vacancy up to and including November 22, 2026. Interviews may take place during the term of this vacancy. Prefer more information first? Call Stijn Harbers, Team Manager Adults MB, via 06 - 26 80 74 49. 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 desired. We handle our own recruitment.