On Jan. 1, 2022, the Mutsaersstichting, Xonar and MET ggz started the Youth Crisis Service in North and Central Limburg.

Together with Freddy van der Veen (Manager EPA Pilot in Friesland), Hans Kroon (Trimbos) Koen Westen and Margreet Groen (CCAF), colleague Pim Candel traveled to Virborg in Denmark. The Dutch delegation was there at the invitation of one of the three Danish regions that wants to get started with the “Frisian approach to FACT.”

In early 2021, Levvel5 (formerly Lijn5 NH), a crucial regional provider of LVB care in North Holland, was found to be in serious financial trouble. The situation was such that the continuity of the organization, and thus the continuity of care, was at risk. Discontinuation and ensuring a smooth transition of clients appeared to be the only option.

The Kop4 region, consisting of the municipalities of Den Helder, Schagen, Hollands Kroon and Texel, are working together on a future-proof Social Domain.

Launching expertise network VG & addiction

Alliade, de Zijlen, Trajectum, Vanboeijen and VNN have formed a partnership around clients with complex intellectual disabilities. These are people who, in addition to the intellectual disability, have additional problems (such as mental health problems or addiction) that result in behavior that is difficult to understand.

Today we launch the EHdK podcast: The Care of Tomorrow, where we explore, highlight and deepen the future of Dutch healthcare.

Do you want to be there? Then be quick! There are a limited number of places available.

We look back on a successful seminar on Youth Care and Security. We would like to sincerely thank you for your attendance and contribution. Here you can find all the presentations.

If your boss is your immediate colleague

Working with your boss? Teun Soederhuizen appeared in Het Financieele Dagblad this weekend to talk about what that’s like.

The recently updated “Handreiking Zak- en kleedgeld” (2023) is a document that provides comprehensive guidelines for the provision of pocket and change money to youth in youth care institutions in the Netherlands. The Handreiking was created in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the Ministry of Justice and Security, the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG), Jeugdzorg Nederland, the Vereniging Gehandicaptenzorg Nederland and EHdK and was published on December 19, 2023. The Handreiking has been drawn up to ensure that youths who stay in a youth care institution and do not (cannot) receive pocket and clothing money from their parents are provided with this.

The Development Program “Municipal Field in Connection with the Juvenile Justice Chain in District East Netherlands” has been launched.

This is how it can be done

The Netherlands places the most children out of home compared to other countries in Europe. Annually there are about 19,000 of them. As a result, over 43,000 children in the Netherlands are currently living away from home.

The municipalities of Den Helder, Schagen, Hollands Kroon and Texel, in cooperation with partners within the Social Domain, under the guidance of EHdK, have drawn up the cross-domain regional Social Domain Vision for the period 2024-2029.

Reducing suicides within an organization is complex and requires perseverance. As a manager, you want to put this issue high on the agenda and commit to improvement. At the same time, you want to be there for your teams and strive for a safe, open culture.

Coming together to make a difference – Nadine.

With more than 20 years of experience in youth care, Nadine has seen a lot in the field of care for vulnerable youth. Together with Brian Esselaar, she founded EHdK with the goal of improving youth care, among other things. In this interview, she shares her insights on the changes in youth care since 2007. She also tells how the Youth and Safety Eastern Netherlands program puts us with the first leg into the future.

The program, launched in the Eastern Netherlands, aims to prevent juvenile crime by connecting municipalities and juvenile justice partners. Nadine shows why programs like this one are so important and the impact it makes for youth, municipalities and professionals.

Working visits are important when working as a consultant. As a ‘newbie’, I experienced the impact of such a visit in various projects, such as, for example, the cooperation around the complex VG target group in the Northern Netherlands. A working visit to one of the clients in this project made an immediate impression on me. Being in contact with the people you do it for gives your work extra charge.

It is now two years since I started as a consultant at EHdK, and I am not so new anymore. I now have more than ten projects, one seminar, one major launch, twenty training days, two guest lectures, two strategic summits, two Christmas celebrations and, above all, many experiences behind me. The main thing I have learned in the past year is that you only understand what you are doing it for when you know who you are talking about. At EHdK, we are focused on understanding what we are talking about. That’s why I’m taking you through the value I see in looking along on the shop floor.

An integrated approach must match local realities

In the complex landscape of care for people with severe mental illness (EPA), one lesson has become clear over the years: a successful integrated approach must connect to local realities. Maarten and Pim, consultants at EHdK, emphasize this in their work and in their recent collaboration with the ‘t Gooi region, where together they helped develop a “Gooi EPA approach.”

The standard of good commissioning practices is an important topic if municipalities want to work well with their providers to achieve ambitions. Watch the webinar back. From 45th minute Nadine is speaking.

Of all the suicides that take place in the Netherlands, 40% are already in contact with a social worker. With this knowledge, last fall a small group of youth care and GGZ administrators joined forces to tackle this topic together in the Administrative Course on Suicide Prevention. The goal is to put a magnifying glass on their own organization, culture and structure over the next year in a number of sessions. What can they as directors mean and do to further prevent suicides?