Out-of-Home Youth and Family Worker OJA!

24–28 hours per week | One-year contract | Apeldoorn

Working together to foster growth and resilience within the Apeldoorn Education and Youth Support team
The OJA! team is all about creating opportunities for young people and families – will you join us? At CJG Apeldoorn, we are looking for an experienced outreach youth and family worker for our OJA! team (Education and Youth Support Apeldoorn). In this varied role, you’ll support families so they can move forward under their own steam. You’ll work both in primary and secondary schools and at home within the family system. You’ll observe and support the young person, the teacher and the family, and advise them on how to tackle challenges together. Are you the outreach youth and family worker we’re looking for? Then read on! 

Here’s what you’ll be doing
As a community-based youth and family worker, you are a flexible professional who works independently and is not afraid to take responsibility. You think and act creatively and have an open, inquisitive attitude. Together with other professionals and families, you draw up a family plan based on OJA!’s vision and methodology.

• You put the interests of the child and the family first and actively work to improve the functioning of the family and the child at school, from a systemic perspective;
• You discuss requests for help with the family, teacher and/or school counsellor, and encourages those involved to come up with and implement solutions themselves;
• You carry out a comprehensive analysis of the family situation and take all areas of life into account;
• You can deal with conflicting interests and safeguards the common goal.

You’ll be working in a close-knit team, with a supportive team leader and a behavioural scientist who will provide you with subject-matter support.

Working for CJG Apeldoorn
Would you like to come and work for us? That means working in an organisation dedicated to ensuring children grow up and are brought up in a healthy way. We are an open organisation, where we work together to build a strong prevention programme and where everyone’s talents count.

Here’s what we offer you
We believe it’s important that you feel at home here and have the opportunity to develop. That’s why we offer you:

• A position involving 24–28 hours per week;
• Salary in accordance with scale 9 of the Youth Care Collective Agreement (depending on qualifications and experience);
• End-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
• Opportunities for personal and professional development;
• €20 gross contribution towards health insurance;
• An attractive pension scheme through PFZW, a travel allowance and a generous leave entitlement.

What to bring
For this role, we are looking for a committed professional with an understanding of children and experience in youth care. You understand the issues facing families and are not afraid to take action when necessary. In addition, you have strong communication skills and are able to give and receive feedback; you are also resilient under pressure and can handle conflicting interests. You recognise yourself in the following:

• A completed higher professional education (HBO) degree in MWD, SPH or Pedagogy;
• You have at least 5 years’ experience in both community-based youth care and an educational setting, or specific experience of working with the education sector;
• SKJ or BIG registration is compulsory;
• Knowledge of systemic approaches, behavioural and developmental problems, and child and adolescent psychiatry;
• A Category B driving licence and your own transport.

For this appointment, we ask you to provide a valid Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG).

Would you like to apply or find out more?
Interested? Then apply via the button below. For more information about the role, please contact Anouk Bomhof, Assistant Team Leader a.bomhof@cjgapeldoorn.nl.

The interviews will take place in week 39.

We do not welcome approaches from recruitment agencies in response to this advert.