Youth Care Manager in Nijmegen

• a varied and meaningful job in a professional and pleasant working environment where your input is valued;
• permanent employment for 32 to 36 hours per week;
• a salary between € 5294,- and € 11292,- (FWG 65/70/75/AMS Regulation), depending on education and experience 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, specialized care for youth and family. The Leo Kannerhuis is a Top GGZ specialized treatment department part of Youz. For the Youth treatment center of the Leo Kannerhuis in Nijmegen, we are looking for a Care Manager.

Do you want to apply your expertise to young people with autism and complex psychiatric issues? Do you get energy from further developing high-quality specialized care and from managing passionate professionals? Then this is your chance to provide direction to care, policy, and innovation within the Leo Kannerhuis in Nijmegen.

The Youth treatment center of the Leo Kannerhuis Nijmegen offers a coherent range of outpatient, part-time, and clinical treatment for young people with autism and complex comorbid issues. Together with young people and their families, we work on recovery, development, and sustainable social participation. From an integrated approach, we are dedicated daily to providing appropriate care that aligns with the needs of the young person and their environment.

This vacancy focuses on the outpatient clinic and the part-time teams of the treatment center in Nijmegen, where you will work intensively with your dual partner and the clinic's management couple.

As Care Manager, you provide direction to the further development of specialized autism care within the Leo Kannerhuis. You are responsible for the quality and content of care, the development of treatment programs, and the management of multidisciplinary teams. In doing so, you fulfill a key role in innovation, collaboration, and policy development. What makes this position special is that you combine your role as Care Manager with duties as a lead practitioner. This allows you to remain closely connected to daily practice and gives you direct influence on the quality of treatment and the strategic development of care.

You are a connecting and decisive manager. In this position, you translate the organization's policy to the location and implement care-related developments.

Furthermore:

• you provide leadership to professionals and teams in a coaching manner, so that policy and production objectives are achieved and a contribution is made to a sustainably healthy organization;
• you take initiative in developments and care innovations, including the development of integrated products;
• you switch gears quickly, you know what is happening in your field of work, and you proactively maintain contacts within and outside the organization;
• you participate in various management meetings and collaborate with internal and external partners;
• you perform client care in the role of lead practitioner.