A care organization helps people with intellectual and/or psychological disabilities to lead as normal a life as possible. The focus is on what is possible. The organization is spread across more than 200 locations in the Groningen and Drenthe regions. Collaboration between clients, their personal network, and professionals is central. Within a specific residential facility, 23 clients reside, divided into four groups: two children's groups, one youth group, and one adult group.
Each group works with its own core team. All clients have an intellectual disability and share the need for a safe, predictable environment. Much work is done with supportive communication, such as gestures, pointers, photos, and pictograms. Additionally, choice boards (PECS), pointing books (PODD), speech computers, calendars, and/or concepts may be used. This role focuses on the children's and/or youth groups, which involve an intensive target group with high care complexity.
Clients vary in age, level of intellectual disability, and support needs, with additional issues such as attachment problems, trauma, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), genetic conditions, and medical problems. Tailored support is essential. The children's groups house eight children up to eighteen years old, mostly clients with severe intellectual disabilities (EVB+) and complex care needs. The youth group consists of seven young people aged 12 to 20, with varying levels of intellectual disability (from LVB to EVB+).
What you do
- Guide children and young people according to their daily program.
- Provide structure and safety throughout the day.
- Support Activities of Daily Living (ADL) where necessary.
- Stimulate clients' independence and self-direction.
- Continuously respond to clients' behavior and signals.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues to provide the best possible support.
- Ensure a thorough handover at the end of the shift.
- Respond to challenging behavior (restlessness, verbal and physical aggression) with calm and insight.
- Contribute to a safe and humane living environment.
- Verbally announce activities and support them with pictograms or word images.
- Keep agreements to ensure safety and trust.
- Encourage clients to make their own choices and perform tasks independently.
- Actively engage with clients' personal interests by undertaking appropriate activities together.
Profile
- Be resilient and maintain calm and overview in complex situations.
- Have an eye for small signals and respond sensitively and appropriately.
- View behavior as a form of communication.
- Be patient and see small steps as valuable progress.
- Enjoy collaborating with colleagues, be open to feedback, and think in terms of possibilities and solutions.
- Be reliable and consistent.
- Give clients space to experience self-direction.
What they ask
- Relevant diploma at a minimum of MBO level 3.
- Experience with (or interest in) complex care needs.
- Knowledge of, or willingness to acquire knowledge of, the Triple-C methodology.
- Affinity with the target group.
- Flexible attitude for working various shifts (day, evening, sleep, and weekend shifts).
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