Mental Health Regional Coordinator

As a mental health regional coordinator, you will play an important role in the development and implementation of the Mental Health Network (MGN) and the low-threshold support points (LSP's) in Friesland. Based on the FrIZA transformation plan for Mental Health and Resilience, various organizations are working together on accessible, appropriate, and recovery-oriented care and support.

You ensure that this collaboration takes shape in practice. You bring parties together, strengthen regional networks, and translate shared ambitions into concrete actions and results. In doing so, you maintain an overview, identify opportunities and bottlenecks, and stimulate cooperation between care, welfare, and the social domain.

Within the Mental Health Network, you support the implementation and further development of important network functions, such as the Exploratory Conversation, the cross-domain case consultation (DOCO), and the mental health consultation function. You connect the organizations involved, monitor agreements made, and ensure that initiatives align well with one another. In this, you work closely with the network leader and project leaders of the MGN.

Additionally, you contribute to the development and implementation of low-threshold support points in the region. These offer residents an accessible place for a listening ear, information, advice, and recovery-oriented support. You connect municipalities, executing organizations, and other partners, and contribute to a coherent network that aligns with existing facilities and the needs of residents.

You form the link between policy and execution. You participate in regional and provincial consultations, bring in signals from practice, and monitor the progress of agreements. You also stimulate knowledge sharing, recovery-oriented working, and the development of a learning network. You will be given the space to work independently, take initiative, and, together with partners, shape the innovation of mental care and support in Friesland.

• A challenging and socially relevant role/assignment in which you contribute to the innovation of mental care and support in Friesland
• An important role in the development and implementation of the Mental Health Network and the low-threshold support points
• Intensive cooperation with municipalities, GPs, welfare organizations, mental health services (ggz), and other regional partners
• The opportunity to build regional networks, strengthen cooperation, and realize concrete results
• Plenty of room for personal initiative, responsibility, and professional development
• A temporary role/assignment for 36-40 hours per week, with a duration until 31 December 2027
• Engagement is possible via temporary employment, secondment, or on a freelance (zzp) basis. The possibilities and conditions will be coordinated in consultation

• You possess at least an HBO (higher professional education) level of working and thinking
• You have experience with project coordination, network development, or guiding implementation and change processes
• You have an affinity with mental health, recovery-oriented working, and the cooperation between care and the social domain
• You are a natural connector who establishes contacts easily and brings different organizations and interests together
• You know how to translate plans and agreements into concrete actions and maintain an overview of the progress
• You work independently, take initiative, and are result-oriented
• You possess strong communicative and organizational skills
• You have a sense for administrative relations and know how to move easily within different organizations
• You are able to identify opportunities and bottlenecks and make them discussable
• Experience within mental health services, GP care, the social domain, or municipal organizations, or alternatively, lived experience, is a plus. This also applies to knowledge of the social map and a relevant network in Friesland