Intern Residential Support Worker (Young) Adults Autism

As a residential support worker, you guide and support adult clients using individual support plans. You are co-responsible for the implementation of these plans and play an important signaling role regarding the psychological well-being of residents. You stimulate the self-reliance and stability of clients, with the goal that they can participate in life in their living environment as independently as possible. You visit clients individually in their own apartments and offer practical support with daily activities where necessary, such as grocery shopping, exercising, day activities, cooking, and cleaning the home. You encourage clients to find solutions that suit their specific situation and to apply these sustainably. The bond of trust you build with clients forms the basis of your work. Additionally, you devise and facilitate suitable activities together with your colleagues. For example, there is a coffee drop-in twice a day for the entire location, and there are sports activities, evening walks, a creative evening, and a game night, among others. You also maintain client files, register relevant information, and perform associated administrative tasks.

The guidance of clients is the priority, but there is plenty of room for personal initiative and for shaping the work together with the team. The diversity of contacts and tasks makes this internship dynamic and educational.

• As an intern, you grow towards performing the tasks and duties of a residential support worker during your internship. You always do this under the supervision and responsibility of your practical supervisor and teammates. You never work a shift alone, but you can perform tasks independently within a shift.

As a training house, we guide and support approximately 20 (young) adults with ASD in their development towards independence, self-reliance, and personal autonomy. The goal is that they can eventually transition to a living situation with as little support as possible and can participate in society as independently as possible. The (young) adults stay with us for an average of two to three years before transitioning to a suitable living location.

We offer customized support and work from a position of equality and trust in the developmental possibilities of our residents. The autism team is fully in development. Driven by commitment and knowledge of autism, we build a relationship of trust with patience and offer the structure from which residents can work on their personal growth. During your internship, you will work irregular shifts.

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 restorative 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 the opportunity to get more out of yourself. Do you also see more in people? What do you bring to the table?

• You are following one of the following BOL programs: Personal Support Worker Social Care, Specific Target Groups, or Agogic Worker Mental Health Care, you are in the 2nd or 3rd year of your studies and are looking for an internship placement as of February 2027;

• You are open to working both morning and evening shifts (morning: 7:30 to 15:30, evening 14:00 to 22:00);

• You have a learning and reflective attitude: you actively contribute during internship meetings, can reflect on your own actions, and set personal learning goals.

• You enjoy working together, make an active contribution to the team, and are able to build and maintain relationships with clients in a professional and committed manner;

• You are self-assured, can set boundaries, and are able to perform tasks independently, where appropriate within your internship.

If you do your internship at Kwintes, you get the chance to gain experience within an interesting and versatile organization, laying a good foundation for your future. We offer special training and meetings for interns. Additionally, you receive:

• Professional guidance from experienced colleagues who support you in your development;

• A committed and self-managing team in which collaboration and learning from each other are central;

• An internship allowance of € 527,- gross per month based on a 36-hour internship week (in accordance with the CAO GGZ).