Care Assistant Elderly Care to Trainee Support Worker Disability Care in the Netherlands

Do you work as a care assistant in elderly care and are you ready for a next step? Make the transition to disability care and become a support worker in training. You will build a bond with regular clients, get more room for personal attention, and see their development up close. With your experience, you are much needed to make a real difference.

As a care assistant, you dedicate yourself to others every day. In disability care, you get the chance to make even more impact. You have more time for guidance, more continuity in contact, and more opportunities to truly build something with clients. You support clients with daily activities such as:

• personal care;
• eating and drinking;
• household tasks;
• leisure activities;
• providing structure and clarity.

In addition, you ensure a safe, pleasant, and trusted living environment. Because you often work with the same clients, you get to know them well and can contribute to their development and independence.

You work varying shifts during the day, in the evening, and on the weekend.

You are caring, patient, and derive energy from supporting people. With your experience as a care assistant in elderly care, you know how important personal attention and good care are. Additionally:

• you would like to grow into a role as a support worker in disability care;
• you are open to obtaining an MBO 3 or MBO 4 diploma;
• you can work both independently and together with colleagues;
• you have an affinity with people with an intellectual disability;
• you contribute to an environment in which clients feel seen, heard, and valued.

You are needed to provide clients with the attention, guidance, and structure with which they can get the best out of themselves every day.

Within this traineeship, you grow step by step into the position of support worker in disability care. You combine working and learning, so that you gain practical experience immediately and develop yourself into a care professional.

The training courses are mostly provided at Landgoed Ursula in Nieuwveen. Depending on the training offer, you can choose for:

• MBO3 Social Care Support Worker;
• MBO3 Caregiver IG;
• MBO4 Personal Support Worker Specific Target Groups;
• MBO4 Nurse.

With a fully funded education, professional guidance, and an educational workplace, you lay a strong foundation for a future in disability care. Your commitment makes a daily difference for people with an intellectual disability.