Residential Support Worker in the Netherlands

In the monumental Raadhuis in Soest, you will make a difference for clients as a residential support worker. A varied, creative job in which your ideas are truly welcome. Do you want to work at a special location? The Raadhuis is a beautiful, monumental building where a warm and creative atmosphere is central. Here, you guide and support clients in their daily lives and personal goals. No two days are the same! You help with practical matters such as groceries, cooking, or making appointments. You also offer a listening ear during a walk or guide a creative activity. Creativity is encouraged at this location. For example, there is a swimming activity for clients every Tuesday, creative afternoons are organized, and karaoke nights are regularly on the program. Do you have a fun idea of your own? Your input is more than welcome. In addition to individual guidance, you also play a role in group guidance. You are present during communal meal and coffee moments and ensure structure and a pleasant atmosphere. Together with your colleagues, you offer clients a safe and stimulating environment. You work in a small, enthusiastic team with a diverse target group and varying shifts (early, late, and on weekends). Occasionally, you will also work a sleep shift.
Residential support worker Daan loves to talk about his day:

"In my work as a residential support worker, no two shifts are the same. One day I am drinking coffee and taking a walk with residents, and the next day I am making a song together with a resident that we then record immediately. Additionally, I am busy with tasks regarding, for example, the quality of care or internship/BBL supervision. The variety in activities and in types of shifts appeals to me greatly. This keeps me challenged and allows me to continue conveying my enthusiasm to our residents."

You will be working at the Het Raadhuis location in Soest. The target group at this location consists of people with mental vulnerabilities, addiction issues, and potentially a judicial background (TBS, RM). This location offers individual protected living and guidance to clients in a group setting. There are 3 different groups that differ in the degree of structure and guidance provided. Clients can rely on guidance 24 hours a day.
Team Steenhoffstraat is a diverse and enthusiastic team with 'heart for the cause'. Young, old, man, woman, 'hardcore' or brand new; everything is represented in this team. Great importance is attached to offering tailored care to the clients, in which they enjoy thinking out-of-the-box. The team consists of various roles such as residential support workers, personal guides, sleep wardens, and residential care workers, who work closely together. They like to give space to everyone's personal qualities and perspectives, allowing you to give your own unique shape to what you do within the framework of your work!
In addition to the team having heart for their clients, they also have it for each other. People truly look out for one another and take care of their colleagues. Additionally, conviviality and a pleasant working atmosphere are highly valued.

Curious about your new workplace? Watch the location video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ml6uF9_U3I

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?

You have the right qualifications and knowledge to guide clients with a mental vulnerability. Additionally, you are flexibly deployable and contribute to safe and professional care.

• Completed relevant MBO level 4 healthcare education. Or you are in the final year of a relevant HBO/WO healthcare education.

• Experience within psychiatry, work experience, or an internship.

• Willing to work day, evening, and weekend shifts.

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

• A salary between € 2,888 and € 3,917 based on 36 hours (CAO GGZ, FWG 40).

• 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!

The procedure consists of 2 interviews; the 1st interview is with the recruiter and the 2nd interview is on-site with 1 or 2 colleagues and a client. A shadowing moment may follow, and afterwards, the employment conditions discussion. Upon employment, we request a VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct). This vacancy is posted internally and externally.

Nice job, right? We expect to fill this position ourselves and consider recruitment a waste of both your time and ours.