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Personal Counselor Housing First Youth

South HollandHybrid28 hours/week<3months

This assignment involves a maternity leave replacement within a team that supports young people and works with them towards a better future.

  • The focus is on young people aged 18 to 27 who have experienced homelessness and need support in building a stable future.
  • The Housing First methodology is central, where young people immediately receive their own home, without a time limit.
  • From this stable foundation, space is created to work on recovery, independence, and future prospects.
  • You can provide long-term support to young people and invest in sustainable change.

What you do

  • You step into the world of young people who have often experienced a lot.
  • You support them with various daily challenges, such as finances and administration, upbringing, self-care, psychological health, and finding or maintaining suitable daily activities.
  • You are not only a counselor but also someone who listens, motivates, confronts, and together with the young person, looks for the next step.
  • You take the time to get to know young people and connect with what they need.
  • Through involvement, patience, and genuine interest, you build a relationship of trust.
  • You work outreach and offer accessible guidance that connects with the living world of young people.
  • You guide young people with multiple problems and encourage them to take as much control as possible over their own lives.
  • You are professionally close: involved and accessible, without taking over the young person's responsibility.
  • You record agreements, draw up guidance plans, and monitor progress together with the young person.
  • You discuss complex cases with colleagues and consult with chain partners to organize appropriate support.

What they ask

  • Completed HBO (higher professional education) degree in Social Work or similar.
  • Experience in guiding young people with multiple problems.
  • Strong communication and administrative skills.
  • Flexible attitude and understanding that guidance does not always fit within regular office hours.
  • Availability on Tuesdays and additionally on Wednesdays or Fridays.
  • You are a Christian (Catholic, Protestant, etc.) and can articulate what that means to you.

Practical

  • Salary: Collective Labor Agreement (CAO) Social Work scale 8 (minimum €3,571 and maximum €5,326 gross per month for a 36-hour week).
  • Development: career budget of 1.5% and access to an internal academy.
  • Travel expense scheme: mileage allowance or NS Business Card and a bicycle plan.
  • Extras: 170 leave hours for a 36-hour week, vitality days, 8.3% year-end bonus, 8% holiday allowance, pension accrual, and €75 sports budget per year.

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