Care & Welfare Assistant for the Elderly

As a residential care worker, you support clients with their daily care and well-being. ADL and personal care form an important part of your work. You help clients with washing, dressing, toileting, and other daily care moments. In addition, you provide support with household tasks, such as grocery shopping, cooking, and keeping the home clean. You make time for a chat, offer a listening ear, and work together with clients to ensure a pleasant, cozy living environment. You notice changes in their well-being and coordinate specific details with the residential support team. With your personal attention and involvement, you ensure that clients feel safe and at home.

De Windehof is a sheltered housing location with a total of 35 residents living in their own apartments. Work is carried out by 2 teams, divided across 2 buildings. In building A, residents with a form of autism are supported, primarily (young) adults. In building B, support is provided to adults around 60 years old with various mental health vulnerabilities. In this position, you will work for building B. View the location video below for a first impression.

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Kwintes supports people with psychiatric or psychosocial vulnerabilities. We offer our clients professional help with living, working, and learning, to lead as independent a life as possible. You can find us in many different places in the center of the country; from Flevoland to Gouda. Recovery is a meaningful concept in the support that Kwintes offers. Employees of Kwintes rely on the recovery capacity of clients and support this process. We experience connection with our 2000 colleagues and together we commit ourselves every day to helping people. At Kwintes, we focus on what is possible, even when it comes to your career. We work from trust and offer you a meaningful job, the space to be yourself, and to get more out of yourself. Do you also see more in people?

In the position of residential care worker, it is important that you are client-oriented. In addition, you are well able to organize and plan your own work independently. You can collaborate well and are open to new developments. You can set priorities and boundaries. Furthermore, you bring:

• An MBO level 2 Care and Welfare Assistant diploma. Or you are in the final year of the mbo 4 Social Care program.

• Work experience in a caregiving role and affinity with the mental healthcare (GGZ) target group.

• You are willing to work varying shifts, including evenings and weekends (no sleep shifts).

• A job in which you make a difference every day!

• A salary between € 2,504 and € 3,180 based on 36 hours (CAO GGZ, FWG 25)

• Your first contract is a temporary contract. If we are happy with each other, your next contract will be for an indefinite period.

• In addition to the statutory 8.33% holiday allowance, you receive an end-of-year bonus of 8.33%, and at Kwintes, we offer a balance budget of €1,000 gross per year pro rata to your employment. Our lease scheme for the most beautiful and best (electric) bicycles is also worth mentioning!

• An excellent pension scheme in which Kwintes contributes 50%.

• A wide range of education, training, and coaching; both through our Learning & Development department and via external parties.

Enthusiastic? We look forward to your response via our website. You will receive an initial response from us within a few working days. Would you prefer more information first? Feel free to contact Fabiënne Koenen (recruiter) via fabienne.koenen@kwintes.nl or via Whatsapp at 06-21326180. She will be happy to tell you more!

Want to know more about this position? Please contact Hennie Kersten (residential supervisor) via 06-50969992 | H.Kersten@kwintes.nl or Annette Tielbeke (personal counselor) via 0629663195 or annette.tielbeke@kwintes.nl.

The procedure consists of 2 interviews; the 1st interview is with the recruiter and the 2nd interview is on location with 1 or 2 colleagues and a client. If applicable, a shadowing moment and the employment conditions interview will follow. Upon employment, we request a VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct). This vacancy is posted both internally and externally.

Nice position, right? We therefore expect to fill it ourselves, and we find acquisition a waste of your and our time.