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Support Worker for Challenging Behavior

UtrechtOn site30 hours/week<3months

This role focuses on clients with highly complex care needs who are temporarily unable to stay at their home location. The stay at the specialized care facility is short-term, typically three to six weeks, with the aim of finding a suitable care and guidance context for the client.

What you do

  • You establish genuine contact with people exhibiting challenging behavior.
  • You gain knowledge of various client groups within the care organization and can quickly switch between these groups.
  • You seek effective interventions and align with the care context to which the client will return.
  • You dare to intervene in complex situations and experiment with interventions.
  • You engage in discussions with colleagues from different perspectives.
  • You collaborate with other support workers, coordinating support workers, behavioral experts, a complex case team, and the clients' original or future residential location.

What they ask

  • Interest in or experience with complex issues, such as intellectual disability care combined with psychiatric and/or forensic care.
  • A completed MBO 4 education in care and welfare, or another relevant care-related field such as applied psychology or forensic psychiatry.
  • Experience with the Triple-C treatment method and aggression management, or willingness to learn this.
  • Willingness to work irregular shifts, including day, evening, night, and weekend services.

Practical

  • Opportunities for training, coaching, and education for professional development.
  • You will be part of a close-knit and professional team with dedicated colleagues.

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