Outpatient Practitioner Youth in the Netherlands

At Youz, you get the space to use your knowledge and experience for young people who need specialist help. You work together with committed colleagues who dedicate themselves daily to good care.

• a meaningful position within specialist youth mental healthcare;
• employment of 24 hours per week;
• working days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday;
• employment conditions in accordance with the GGZ collective labor agreement (CAO);
• a salary according to the applicable salary scale: € 4000,- and € 5294,- (FWG 55).

Youz, specialist care for youth and family, is looking for an Outpatient Practitioner for the Avalon department in Gouda for 24 hours per week.

Are you a committed practitioner who helps young people actually apply learned skills in practice? Then read on.

At Avalon in Gouda, we offer an intensive treatment program to young people aged 14 to 18 who have become stuck in multiple areas of life. Think of young people who, for example, no longer go to school and deal with psychological problems such as anxiety and mood complaints, mild personality issues, autism, or ADHD. Often, outpatient treatment alone is not sufficient and a more intensive treatment offer is needed.

Avalon consists of two treatment groups. Within this setting, together with your colleagues, you offer an intensive and coherent treatment program. You are present at the treatment group, where you guide young people in practicing and developing new skills. Additionally, you are a mentor to a number of young people and conduct individual conversations with them.

An important part of your work is the translation from the treatment group to daily life. You help young people to apply the skills they learn during treatment outside of the treatment group as well. In doing so, you are a connecting factor between the treatment, the young person, and the network around them.

You will join a treatment team with short lines of communication. The team consists of a healthcare psychologist, psychiatrist, psychologists, (outpatient) practitioners, a psychomotor therapist, an expert by experience, and a parent counselor/systemic therapist worker. As a result, you work closely with various disciplines and can coordinate quickly with one another.

You have an affinity with young people who have become stuck in multiple areas of life and find it a challenge to work together with them on recovery and development. You are visibly present in the group, can connect well with the living world of young people, and know how to motivate them to put new skills into practice.

Concretely, this means you:

• are present at the treatment group and guide young people during the treatment program;
• are responsible for a number of young people as a mentor and conduct individual conversations with them;
• support young people in applying learned skills in their daily living environment;
• maintain contact with parents, caregivers, and other involved parties to strengthen the transfer to practice;
• work together with colleagues on the treatment plan and the progress of the treatment.