As a personal counselor, you provide support to people who desperately need it. You guide participants with addiction and psychological vulnerability, often coming from desperate situations such as homelessness or trauma. For many, this is a crucial step towards stability. You identify care needs, make indications, and offer appropriate guidance with the goal of transitioning to their own place or follow-up care. Even for participants who stay longer, you build a bond and offer space for joy.
You are a conversation partner and motivator, helping them make the right choices and shape their lives positively. You manage your caseload, co-decide on care planning, and apply your expertise within clear frameworks. The work focuses on recovery-oriented care, structure, opportunities, and perspective, to guide people towards an existence as independent as possible.
What you will do.
- Individual guidance: Build a professional, trusting relationship with participants and coach them in making positive choices.
- Tailored care: Develop a personal care plan with the participant, translating wishes, needs, and goals into concrete actions.
- Recovery-oriented work: Stimulate growth and self-reliance, and support the development of skills for meaningful daily activities and future prospects.
- Pleasant living environment: Actively contribute to a stable, protected living environment where participants feel seen and heard.
- Building bridges: Towards independent living, society, and chain partners, to enable participants to (re)participate.
Profile
- Relevant HBO-level education completed (Social Work, SPH, MWD, Nursing, etc.).
- Ability to connect and affinity with the specific target group.
- Strong personality, capable of working independently and collaborating in a driven team.
- Flexible for irregular shifts (no night shifts), with a schedule known two months in advance and a fixed weekly day off.
- Christian identity (Catholic, Protestant, or other) and able to articulate what this means to you.
Practical
- Salary according to CAO Sociaal Werk, scale 8: minimum € 3,571 and maximum € 5,326 gross per month for a full-time employment, plus irregular hours allowance.
- Growth opportunities: Career budget and internal academy for development.
- Positive work atmosphere: Good team dynamic, space for consultation, feedback, and respectful collaboration.
- Leave: 170 leave hours for a full-time contract (36 hours).
- Travel allowance: Kilometer allowance, NS Business Card, bicycle plan.
- Extras: Individual choice budget (year-end bonus of 8.3% and holiday allowance of 8%), pension scheme, and sports budget.
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