Ambulatory Behavioral Specialist

Working within the mental health polyclinics of an expertise center, focused on specialized diagnostics and treatment.

• Target group: children and adolescents (under 18 years) with psychological complaints and (a suspicion of) a mild intellectual disability, including their family.
• Part of a close-knit multidisciplinary treatment team including psychiatrists, (GZ-)psychologists, orthopedagogues (-generalists), behavioral scientists, and systemic therapists.
• Flexible working environment: at the polyclinic, at home, at school, or other relevant locations.
• Short lines of communication between therapists and management.
• The expertise center contributes nationally to the best possible care for people with intellectual disabilities and stimulates learning, deepening, and innovation.

What you will do.

• Execute intensive ambulatory treatment trajectories within families with complex support needs.
• Work methodically and goal-oriented on behavioral change, strengthening parenting skills, and improving systemic dynamics.
• Support the behavioral scientist and contribute to a good life for children, adolescents, and their families.
• Combine diagnostic insights with system-oriented treatment interventions.
• Collaborate intensively with parents, children, their network, and other involved professionals.
• Coordinate complex treatment trajectories and analyze family and parenting dynamics.
• Implement evidence-based interventions from IAG (Intensive Ambulatory Family Treatment) and system-oriented work.
• Identify risks and act adequately in safety issues, such as domestic violence and neglect.
• Perform screening and assessment together with the primary therapist.
• Independently perform simple diagnostic questions.
• Conduct multidisciplinary meetings, evaluations, and plan discussions.
• Independently draw up, execute, and evaluate treatment plans under the responsibility of the primary therapist.
• Be an integral part of the LVB-GGZ polyclinics, always involving the entire system.
• Work closely with parents, teams, and network partners, who often have different perspectives and interests.
• Clearly translate diagnostic findings and treatment advice from the primary therapist to all stakeholders.
• Be resilient, able to deal with resistance, and capable of taking an overarching view and acting accordingly.
• Take initiative, take responsibility, and ask for support when needed.
• Early identification of where additional support or quality improvement is needed.