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Youth Worker flexible team

North HollandOn site36 hours/week<3months

The organization accommodates young people aged 13 to 18 who have often experienced a lot. These young people need attention, safety, structure, and regularity. As a youth worker, you guide them 24/7, focusing on their personal development and their path to greater independence. You help them shape their future, both within and outside the country.

What you do

  • Conduct substantive discussions with young people
  • Maintain contact with external organizations and aid workers, such as guardians, schools, and general practitioners
  • Ensure a safe and livable residential environment
  • Serve as a visible point of contact for young people
  • Work closely within a team and participate in meetings and intervision discussions to ensure quality
  • Support various teams as part of the flexible team

What they ask Education.

  • Relevant HBO or university degree (Social Work, MWD, SPH, CMV, Teacher Training, Pedagogy, Psychology, or another degree within Social Sciences)
  • SKJ registered or have the possibility to obtain SKJ registration within two years
  • A relevant MBO education combined with SKJ registration is also possible

Work experience.

  • Minimum 1 year of work experience as a youth worker, youth outreach worker, social worker, or supervisor in youth care, youth assistance, mental health care, general care, and/or welfare work

Personality.

  • Stand firm
  • Be empathetic with a big heart for youth, without losing professional distance
  • Be clear in setting boundaries

Flexibility.

  • Be available for day, evening, night, and weekend shifts (night shifts are always waking shifts)

Practical

  • You always work with at least one other colleague
  • Possibility to transfer to a permanent team

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