Adult Peer Support Worker

Parnassia is looking for enthusiastic peer experts for various mental healthcare teams in The Hague.

Do you enjoy supporting clients during their recovery process, utilizing your own lived experience? Do you enjoy researching together with the client what recovery means to them? And do you find providing recovery-oriented care essential for recovery? Then we are looking for you!

When you start working as a peer expert within Parnassia, you contribute to the development and provision of client support during treatment.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team that provides outpatient (psychiatric) care to clients within one of the neighborhoods in The Hague.

Your duties

• independently making contact with clients and maintaining it;
• independently and flexibly organizing your own work and schedule;
• providing both individual support and group support to clients;
• facilitating recovery groups for clients;
• you have an advisory and coaching role regarding the healthcare professionals in your team with respect to lived experience and, among other things, participate in treatment plan discussions;
• representing the clients' perspective from your lived experience and building a bridge between the healthcare system and the client's lived reality by, among other things, providing requested and unsolicited advice within the team;
• you promote recovery-oriented working within the team by, among other things, providing expertise development and working in a de-stigmatizing manner.

Are you a peer expert who wants to work in a team where recovery is the keyword? Then read on!

We require:

• you get energy from supporting clients during their recovery process;
• you enjoy working independently, in which you get the opportunity to organize your own schedule;
• in possession of a relevant completed education as a peer expert (at least MBO 4 MZ);
• you have relevant work experience as a peer worker;
• you have experience with life-disrupting events and experience with receiving care regarding psychiatric treatments and recovery;
• you have knowledge of the most important treatment and guidance options and of the social services map.

To be eligible for this position, a positive Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required.
Checking references and verifying diplomas are part of the application procedure.

• a varied and meaningful job in a professional and pleasant working environment where your input is valued;
• a one-year contract with a view to permanent employment for 18-36 hours per week;
• a salary between € 2735,- and € 3560,- (FWG 35) based on a 36-hour work week;
• excellent employment conditions in accordance with the GGZ collective labor agreement, with all kinds of nice extras. Click here for more information about our employment conditions.

Parnassia, specialist in geriatric psychiatry and severe psychiatric disorders, is part of Parnassia Groep.

Do you have any questions or would you like more information about this vacancy? Please contact André van Duin, peer expertise coordinator, via 06-10831748 or Lynn Ledder, peer expertise coordinator, via 06-51750827.