Personal Support Worker Ambulant Gewoon Thuis

Gewoon Thuis offers clients both planned and unplanned support in their own home environment, in collaboration with care partners, facilities, and the social network, so that they can live independently faster and longer. As a Personal Support Worker, you are the pivot in the care surrounding clients. You support them with daily matters, set goals together for independence, and actively communicate with colleagues, care partners, the municipality, and the client's network. In doing so, you deploy various forms of care, such as trajectory guidance, budget coaching, or remote care via video calling. We are looking for a flexible, driven colleague who stands firmly in their shoes, is empathetic, can work independently, and collaborates well. You provide both planned and unplanned care, are part of the on-call service (including evenings and occasional weekends), and can rely on the team and the safety net during intensive situations. Clients often have complex or psychiatric issues, including psychotic vulnerability. You possess basic knowledge and a theoretical background, can assess situations well, recognize signals, and act professionally.

In short: You are the connecting factor that supports clients in their independence, with an eye for their own agency and tailored care.

In Flevoland, Gewoon Thuis supports 25 clients. In Almere, you will work in a subteam of 5 employees within Team Outreach, which consists of approximately 20 care professionals. The team has various specializations, such as youth, family shelter, forensic care, and outreach care. Within the team, knowledge is actively shared and colleagues support each other with casework. The Gewoon Thuis subteam offers a soft landing for clients who are moving from sheltered housing to living independently. At the same time, we are committed to preventing admission to sheltered housing. All team members work day shifts, intermediate shifts, and on-call shifts, and collectively determine the organization of activities.

At Gewoon Thuis, you get the chance to truly make a difference, help build a new form of support, and grow in your own profession. Together, we make care personal, involved, and decisive.

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 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?

We are looking for an accessible and involved support worker who can work well both independently and in a team. You are flexible, stress-resistant, assertive, and take charge in your guidance of clients. Although you work largely solo at clients' homes, we attach great value to the weekly team meeting. Here, we discuss not only work matters but also look at how everyone is doing and whether colleagues need support.

What else we expect from you:

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

• You have relevant work experience in mental healthcare (GGZ);

• You have experience with psychiatric disorders, psychosocial issues, and the presence approach;

• Building and maintaining relationships comes naturally to you;

• You have organizational and planning abilities;

• Preference is given to possessing a B driver's license and a car;

• You are flexible, collegial, goal-oriented, and optimistic;

• You stand firm in your shoes, can switch gears quickly, and have a natural authority;

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

• A good salary between €3,088 and €4,149 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 8.33% 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 through 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? Please feel free to contact Cheyenne Nasch via cheyenne.nash@kwintes.nl. She will be happy to tell you more! 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.
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