Internship Neighborhood Team for Adults

Year 3 or 4th year HBO Social Work or Applied Psychology 10 months, 28 -32 hours

Do you want to make a difference for adults (18+) with a disability in one of the neighborhood teams in Rotterdam? Then we are looking for you!

As an intern at MEE Rotterdam, you will work within the neighborhood team for adults (18+) with a disability from Rotterdam.

Together with the neighborhood team member, you will visit the client at home. Together, you will look at what the problem is and what solutions are available. Together with the neighborhood team member, you will support the (helping to) solve or prevent complex issues in various areas of life. You can think of finances, housing, work, and social interaction with people. It always concerns multiple problems.

You will get acquainted with providing basic assistance. If extra support is needed in addition to this assistance, you will learn how to engage long-term support. For example, via a Wmo arrangement. Additionally, you will learn how case management works in practice and how you can shape this. If different partners are involved in supporting the client, the neighborhood team member performs the case management and lays out the lines of communication. The neighborhood team member is the central point of contact for the client and other professionals.

You will do your internship in a challenging, complex, and varied environment. Your workplace will be at one of the Vraagwijzer locations of the municipality of Rotterdam.

In the neighborhood team, you will be guided by professional and highly committed employees. An experienced neighborhood team member will be your permanent point of contact as an internship supervisor. They will always stand by you and look at what you can do yourself. That is how we treat our clients, and that is how we treat our interns. It is in our DNA.

During your internship, you will increasingly take on more tasks independently. You will do this at your own pace, in consultation with your internship supervisor. We challenge you, but we do not overtax you.

· Deepening your knowledge of the various target groups of MEE Rotterdam;

· Experience in a wide range of multiple client questions, clarification of needs, case management, and trajectory guidance;

· Providing relevant information and advice to the client and his/her network;

· Applying for Wmo arrangements or Wlz indications;

· Knowledge and experience in activating and strengthening the client's network;

· Experience in providing basic assistance to the client and his/her network.

Start of the internship: February 2027, 10 months for 28-32 hours per week. Please express your interest as soon as possible by applying; we look forward to receiving your motivation letter and CV! The interviews will take place at the end of October and beginning of November.

You can upload your letter and CV via the "Apply" button. For questions about this vacancy, please contact the HR department via hr.mee@meerotterdam.nl.

Contact details;

MEE Rotterdam Rijnmond Boompjes 554 3011 XZ Rotterdam www.meerotterdam.nl

· You are a 3rd or 4th year student in an HBO program in Social Work or Applied Psychology.

· You are looking for an internship for 28-32 hours for a duration of 10 months.

· You are enthusiastic about challenges and enjoy taking them on.

· Flexibility and resourcefulness are qualities that characterize you.

· You have a strong capacity for self-reflection and can collaborate well. These qualities are essential to support vulnerable clients with a disability in gaining and maintaining control over their way of living.