Personal Support Worker in the Netherlands

As a personal support worker, you have your own caseload for which you are the primary point of contact. Together with the residents, you create support goals aimed at aging in a comfortable manner. The questions central to this are mainly focused on what makes residents happy and what they need to shape their lives with the limitations they have. You play an important role in the coordination of care surrounding residents and communicate extensively with residential support workers, external organizations, and the resident's social network. You regularly evaluate the goals and the support. Within this role, you are engaged in much conversation, but you also provide practical help where necessary. You build a relationship with the residents. The support of residents is the priority, but there is also plenty of room to shape the work together with the team. Each team member is the designated person in charge of a core task within the residential location, taking your preferences into account. In this work, your knowledge of the environment, networking, and carefully maintaining client files is also of great importance. The diversity of contacts and tasks makes the position a dynamic job with a lot of responsibility.

De Manege is a protected residential setting for 25 residents with social and/or psychological vulnerabilities. All residents have their own room, spread across three floors. The average age of our residents is 55 years. In our care, account must be taken of the aging resident. The issues faced by residents are diverse. The majority of our residents suffer from schizophrenia. People with anxiety and mood disorders, forms of autism, and low cognitive levels also live here. The team consists of residential support workers, personal assistants, night watchers, activity coordinators, cooks, domestic staff, and volunteers.

Kwintes supports people with a psychiatric or psychosocial vulnerability. 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 start from what is possible, even when it comes to your career. We work from trust and offer you a job with meaning, the space to be yourself, and to get more out of yourself. Do you also see more in people?

As a personal assistant in team Manege, we expect you to be able to deal with diverse types of clients struggling with various psychiatric vulnerabilities. We expect that you can both collaborate well with colleagues and make decisions independently. Plan and organize the necessary care. That you are honest and can give and receive feedback. That you enjoy thinking along about innovative ways to further develop clients and the team. And finally, you are a go-getter; you see what needs to be done and you show initiative.

In addition, we ask of you:

• A completed relevant HBO (higher professional education) degree.

• Preferably, you have experience as a support worker and knowledge of psychiatric and psychosocial conditions.

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

• A good salary between € 3,180 and € 4,273 based on 36 hours (CAO GGZ, FWG 45).

• 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% holiday allowance, you will receive a year-end bonus of 8.33%, and at Kwintes, we offer a balance budget of €1000 gross per year pro rata to your employment.

• An excellent pension scheme in which Kwintes contributes 50% and the possibility to lease a new (electric) bicycle.

• 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. Within a few working days, you will receive an initial response from us.
Would you prefer more information first? Please feel free to contact the recruiters via wens@kwintes.nl. They will be happy to tell you more!
The procedure consists of 2 interviews; if applicable, a shadowing session and the employment terms discussion will follow. Upon employment, we request a VOG (certificate of good conduct). This vacancy is posted both internally and externally. In the event of equal suitability, the internal candidate will take precedence.
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