Youth Social Worker

• a varied and meaningful job in a professional and pleasant working environment where your input is valued;
• a permanent contract for 28-36 hours per week;
• a salary between € 4000,- and € 5294,- (FWG 55), € 4544,- and € 5901,- (FWG 60) 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.

Youz Leo Kannerhuis, specialist care for youth and family in the Arnhem Zuid treatment center, is looking for a Social Worker.

Do you want to work as a practitioner with young people with autism (ASD) and complex psychiatric issues AND play a key role in the treatment of these young people and their families? Do you have an eye for the complex issues of these families in which young people with autism (severely) stagnate in their development and get stuck in unhelpful patterns that have partly arisen due to the ASD of one or more family members?

Then this position at the Leo Kannerhuis is for you. Read more!

As a social worker, you work outreach in the home environment of young people (14-25 years old) with ASD and psychiatric multi-morbidity. You take the lead in complex treatment trajectories and focus not only on the young person, but on the entire family system.

The goal is to work together with the family on sustainable solutions, so that all family members become sufficiently competent in dealing with ASD and family functioning is restored.

You observe interactions within the family, intervene directly where necessary, and break through stalled patterns in communication and behavior. In doing so, you work systemically and offer treatment to both the young person and parents and the network.

Within this role, you are responsible for restoring safety, structure, and mutual relationships in families where capacity is often exceeded and pedagogical actions do not sufficiently align with the needs of the young person with ASD.

You are attached to the Arnhem Zuid treatment center and work intensively within a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, and occupational therapists.

• Outreach treatment in the home environment with the entire family
• Taking the lead in complex treatment trajectories
• Systemic analysis and influencing of family dynamics
• Breaking through communication problems and strengthening mutual relationships
• Providing psycho-education to young people, parents, and stakeholders
• Performing risk assessments and acting in crisis situations
• Coordinating care and aligning with external parties
• Translating treatment goals into practice within the family and network
• Intensive collaboration with practitioners and contributing to treatment policy