Clinical Psychologist Youth in The Hague

Youz Leggelostraat, part of Youz and the Parnassia Group, is looking for a clinical psychologist for the Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) team in The Hague.

Do you want to fulfill a substantive leadership role within specialist MBT care for children, adolescents, and their families? Do you like working from a mentalizing, systemic, and development-oriented framework with a complex target group? Then we would like to meet you.

The MBT team at Youz Leggelostraat offers specialist treatment to children and adolescents aged 6 to 23 who are struggling at school, at home, and in relationships, often in the context of attachment issues and (emerging) personality issues. We work according to the principles of Mentalization Based Treatment, with an eye for the individual and their system.

The MBT offering includes MBT-K, MBT-Family, MBT Youth, MBT Ambulatory Plus, MBT Intensive, and MBT Expressive Therapy (MBT-BT), among others. Treatments take place in groups, individually, and with families.

As a clinical psychologist and lead practitioner, you are responsible for:

• conducting intakes, psychodiagnostic research, and indication setting within the MBT framework, and drafting, implementing, and evaluating treatment plans;
• providing individual, group, and systemic/family therapy according to MBT principles;
• substantively managing, coaching, and supervising basic psychologists, therapists, and other practitioners;
• monitoring treatment quality, progress, and effectiveness as a lead practitioner, and actively contributing to substantive development via MDTs, intervision, supervision, and training;
• maintaining cooperation with chain partners and further developing and safeguarding MBT care within Youz, appropriate for the various age groups.

You will work at the Leggelostraat location in The Hague, which is easily accessible by public transport. The team is characterized by an open, involved, and reflective working atmosphere, in which mentalizing is not only the content of treatment but also forms the basis of collaboration.

You recognize yourself in the following profile:

• you are a BIG-registered clinical psychologist with an affinity for or experience in working with children, adolescents, and families with complex problems;
• you have an interest in or experience with Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) or are motivated to further train in this;
• you work systemically, carefully, and reflectively, even under pressure;
• you find it enjoyable and important to have a substantive coaching role within a multidisciplinary team;
• you are focused on collaboration and actively contribute to the quality and development of the treatment.

A positive Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required for this position. Reference checks and diploma verification are part of the procedure.