Officer to Care | Disability Care Assistant in Training

You are needed. Not to keep order, but to provide safety, peace, and trust. As an officer, you are used to assessing situations quickly, communicating clearly, and remaining calm when emotions escalate. In disability care, you apply those qualities for people who need your structure and support every day. Through a paid work-study program at Ipse de Bruggen, you will grow step by step into a disability care assistant.

At Ipse de Bruggen, we believe you must be able to learn a new profession properly. That is why, during your first months, you are given the space to gain experience, discover, and develop yourself.

You will follow:

• A recognized MBO education in disability care
• Various internal trainings and courses
• Personal coaching and guidance on the work floor
• A comprehensive introduction program
• Practical learning within an experienced team

For the first six months, you will be deployed as surplus staff. This provides you with extra guidance and allows you to learn the profession at your own pace. In this way, you will develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence step by step to start working independently as an assistant.

As an officer, you are used to being alert to what is happening around you. You signal tensions, make contact with different people, and remain calm when situations become challenging.

That experience comes in handy in disability care. You guide people with an intellectual disability and difficult-to-understand behavior. In doing so, you look beyond what you see immediately. Behind behavior often lies a need, emotion, or question that someone cannot properly verbalize.

You offer clarity, structure, and safety and help clients to live as independently as possible. Together with colleagues, you create an environment in which clients feel seen, heard, and understood.

No day is the same. It is precisely your knowledge of people, resilience, and ability to work in a de-escalating manner that makes the difference here.

• You possess at least a VMBO-kader diploma, a completed MBO-2 education or higher, or relevant work experience within police, enforcement, security, defense, or a similar work environment.
• You remain calm and professional when situations become complex or emotional.
• You are a strong communicator and can set clear boundaries when necessary.
• You are good at observing and see signals that others sometimes miss.
• You want to combine working and learning and develop yourself into a disability care assistant.

At Ipse de Bruggen, we support people with an intellectual disability in living, working, and life. At this location, we guide clients with an intellectual disability and difficult-to-understand behavior.

Our clients sometimes experience tension, unrest, or emotions that are difficult to understand or express. This can manifest in verbal or physical behavior. Precisely then, peace, predictability, clarity, and trust make the difference.

That is why we are looking for people who do not shrink from a challenge. People who stand by clients, even when things get difficult. People who can say: "I am here for you."

Curious about our colleagues? click here or view the videos via this URL: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5l111DgPhCJaIa0C7OAA-mfqcFmOxS8a.

A unique opportunity for a new career

• A paid work-study position within disability care
• Onboarding as surplus staff for the first 6 months
• A recognized MBO education fully reimbursed
• Internal trainings and courses
• Personal guidance and coaching

The employment conditions

• A training employment contract, contract hours in consultation between 24 and 32 hours.
• All training costs are paid, and you receive 4 hours of study leave per school day.
• A gross monthly salary (up to 21 years) between € 1,983 - € 2,732 based on 36 hours, in accordance with CAO disability care apprentice.
• A gross monthly salary (from 21 years) between € 2,420 - € 3,708 based on 36 hours, in accordance with CAO disability care.
• End-of-year bonus of 8.33% and 8% holiday allowance
• Travel allowance and free parking on the premises
• An introduction program to ensure you start well-prepared
• Various training, course, and education opportunities
• Annual € 750 tax benefit for, among other things, the purchase of a phone, laptop, tablet, bicycle, or the membership of your sports club
• The possibility to buy and sell extra leave hours in a tax-efficient manner.

Because you often work with vulnerable clients at Ipse de Bruggen, we are very careful in our selection policy. For this reason, the application for a Certificate of Conduct (VOG), checking references, and requesting information from the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate are part of the selection procedure.

For information, you can contact our team via info@werkenbijipsedebruggen.nl.