Psychiatric Care Home Counselor
A healthcare organization provides tailored mental healthcare. Together with clients, family, loved ones, and network partners, meaningful care is delivered. The organization focuses on inclusive care and strengthening resilience and self-management. With over 1200 employees, care and support are offered to people with psychological vulnerabilities, spread across hospitals, care homes, and sheltered living initiatives.
You will join a residential unit within the organization, consisting of 4 living groups, offering 24-hour guidance to adults with long-term, complex psychological vulnerabilities. A warm and structured living environment is created, focusing on recovery-oriented guidance.
What you do
As a counselor, you truly make a difference for patients and their loved ones. You guide, observe, and support them during their treatment.
- You organize and follow up on the daily guidance of residents, both individually and in groups.
- As an individual counselor, you involve the resident's context in the personal and social recovery process.
- You draw up trajectory plans, monitor their implementation, and evaluate them together with the interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, educators, nurses, and care assistants.
- You build a relationship of trust with residents and involve their family and network.
- You collaborate in an interdisciplinary team.
- You work in 24-hour care with early, day, and late shifts, including weekends. Exceptionally, you may be asked to cover night shifts.
What they ask
- You have a bachelor's or graduate/HBO5 diploma in a human sciences field. Some experience is a plus, but recent graduates are warmly welcomed and coached by a professional team.
- Experience or internships in mental healthcare are considered an asset.
- You align with a recovery-oriented approach and prioritize the autonomy and lived experience of residents and their network.
- You possess a good degree of independence and help shape the guidance.
- With your enthusiasm, openness, and flexibility, you maintain and contribute to a positive team dynamic.
- You recognize yourself in the DNA of every employee of the organization: engaged, connected, expert, and dynamic in our work.
Practical
Working at the healthcare organization is versatile, challenging, and engaging, within a socially relevant field. It requires commitment, provides satisfaction, and deserves appreciation. An active employee policy is pursued, focusing on a pleasant and caring work environment.
- A gross monthly salary for full-time employment ranging from €3,187 to €5,419, according to IFIC scale 14 or 14B. Salary placement is based on your diploma and relevant seniority.
- At least 47 days off (24 vacation days, 13 ADV days, and 10 public holidays) per year for full-time employment.
- Additional compensation (between 20% - 56%) for public holidays, evening, night, and weekend work.
- An engaging job with significant responsibility and room for personal initiative.
- Numerous growth opportunities: internal and external training, coaching, and career prospects.
- Active focus on a pleasant work-life balance.
- Easy accessibility with ample parking facilities and a pleasant, green work environment.
- Free hospitalization insurance
- Holiday pay & end-of-year bonus
- Meal vouchers
- Bicycle allowance or commuting allowance
- Discounts via social benefits platform
- Sports offerings
- Company restaurant at favorable prices
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