Are you a committed and independent professional who enjoys making a difference for older adults with psychiatric vulnerabilities? Then this assignment is for you. For the Elderly Day Treatment, a healthcare organization is looking for an enthusiastic nurse or mental health social worker. The Elderly Day Treatment offers specialized treatment to older adults with various psychiatric problems.
Together with a multidisciplinary team, you support clients in strengthening their self-reliance, improving their quality of life, and maintaining control over their daily functioning. In a warm and professional environment, you guide groups and individual clients. You pay attention to the unique life phase and life history of each client and align with their personal treatment goals.
The treatment focuses, among other things, on providing structure, psychoeducation, recovery support, strengthening coping skills, and promoting social contacts. In this way, you contribute to a safe and stimulating environment where clients can work on their recovery and well-being.
What you do
- Guide and support clients within the day treatment program
- Actively contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plans
- Facilitate group activities and therapeutic components of the program
- Work closely with colleagues, relatives, and chain partners around the client
- Contribute ideas about the further development and quality of care within elderly day treatment
Profile
You are a committed and enthusiastic healthcare professional with an affinity for geriatric psychiatry. You enjoy guiding groups, have an eye for the individual client, and contribute to a safe and recovery-oriented treatment environment. With your professional and positive attitude, you support clients in increasing their well-being and self-reliance.
What they ask
- A completed HBO (higher professional education) degree in Nursing (with BIG registration) or Social Work (mental health social worker)
- Affinity with older adults and mental healthcare
- Enjoys working with groups and possesses good communication skills
Desired.
- Experience with group therapy is a plus
Practical
At the Elderly outpatient clinic of a healthcare organization, the elderly target group is treated for psychiatric disorders where life phase problems, cognitive problems, and/or somatic comorbidity play a role. The clinic is well-positioned in the region with locations in various cities, which has led to a sustainable collaboration with chain partners.
Within the Elderly outpatient clinic of this healthcare organization, collaboration takes place with, among others, psychiatrists, psychologists, specialized therapists, and nurses. The starting point of all treatments is to work with the client on the path to recovery. If, given the illness and age, full recovery is no longer possible, clients are enabled as much as possible to maintain control over their lives.
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