Night Attendant

Beschrijving van de functie

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In March 2022, Belgian Red Cross Flanders opened a reception center to temporarily accommodate Ukrainian refugees, pending their transfer elsewhere. With this new emergency reception center, Red Cross Flanders aims to be prepared for a much larger influx of refugees and to eventually have 1,200 places available. At the moment, this transit center is evolving into a real reception center for both Ukrainian refugees and applicants for international protection, so we are looking for new colleagues.

Functiebeschrijving

- You are jointly responsible for the practical organization of the reception center;
- You ensure adequate application of the internal regulations;
- You are jointly responsible for the psychosocial counseling of applicants for international protection;
- You take care of administrative (mail, etc.) and logistical tasks (stock management, etc.);
- You ensure a good information flow;
- You have a signaling function to the center manager.

Jouw profiel

- You have at least a secondary education degree in a people-oriented field and have gained experience in conversation techniques (and can discuss sensitive issues)
- You have experience in working with people from different cultural backgrounds
- Ideally, you have several years of experience in psychosocial counseling of people in vulnerable situations (e.g., as an educator, social worker, counselor, etc.)
- You are willing to work in a shift system with weekend shifts and are flexible.
- You are fluent in English, the spoken language in our center. Other languages are a plus.
- You have a valid work permit.
- You work fluently and efficiently with different applications within MS Office.
- You are an organizational talent and administratively accurate.
- You are empathetic and diplomatic, but can also set clear boundaries.

Taalvaardigheden

- Engels (troef)

- Begrijpen : Onafhankelijk - (B1)

- Schrijven : Onafhankelijk - (B1)

- Lezen : Onafhankelijk - (B1)

- Spreken : Onafhankelijk - (B1)

Voordelen van de betrekking

- Full-time position (38h/week);
- Waking nights from 9:45 pm to 8 am, working on a cycle of 7 consecutive nights alternating with 7 consecutive days off;
- Replacement contract with emergency shelter clause: duration depends on government assignment in the context of organizing emergency shelter for applicants for international protection. The contract will be to replace our collegue, but we're not sure how long this will be;
- Your salary is determined according to barema scale 224 in Joint Committee 319. You can find the scales at https://werkenbij.rodekruis.be/barema. For this position we refer to 'Barema's Opvangcentra'. Red Cross Flanders recognizes half of your total work experience in this scale;
- For working at night, you will receive an average shift bonus of 24,93%;
- Meal vouchers of 8 Euro per day;
- Group insurance and possibility of joining hospitalization insurance (with personal contribution);
- Commuting by train is fully reimbursed - in a bus subscription we intervene 75%, a net bicycle allowance of 0,36€/km; reimbursement of other means of transport (car, motorcycle) is in accordance with sectoral and legal rules.

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