Applying for youth care for your child
Do you want to to apply for youth care (jeugdhulp) for your child? For example, because your child needs extra care or support? You can apply for this at your municipality. You can also contact a youth team (jeugdteam) directly. A youth team supports young people and their families when they need help with growing up and parenting.
You can use a personal budget (persoonsgebonden budget – PGB) to pay for youth care. A PGB is an amount of money that can be used to purchase care or support for personal reasons.
Contact your municipality for youth care for your child. Your municipality provides advice on youth care and will determine the best kind of support for your child. It will do so together with you and your child. The municipality also ensures that your child has access to youth care.
Every municipality implements its youth support differently. Some municipalities have a neighbourhood team (wijkteam) in each neighbourhood, while others have a youth and family centre (Centrum jeugd en gezin).
You can also directly contact your neighbourhood team. A school, GP or sports club can also refer you. The municipality also has a list of youth teams and neighbourhood teams.
This is how it works in your (future) place of residence
Youth care
Please note: you can only apply for youth support if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.
The Sociaal Team (Social Team) at De Post offers help and advice on care, welfare, upbringing and growing children. Please call +31 543 543 960 between 9:00 and 12:00 on workdays to make an appointment with a professional of the Sociaal Team. You will discuss together what kind of care you need.
The Ondersteuningsteam (Support Team) offers help to juveniles and/or their parents and arranges short-term aid and support. The Team helps children and young people from the age of 0 to 23 who live in Winterswijk. If needed, the Team offers second-line youth care services. Call + 31 88 811 81 18.
Contracted care providers
You can make use of the care purchased by the municipality. To do so, you need a referral from the youth counsellor, your GP, a certified institution or a medical specialist, such as a paediatrician. Please consult sociaaldomeinachterhoek.nl for a list of the providers of specialist youth support with which the municipality has concluded a contract.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
- De Post: telefoon +31 543 543 960
- Ondersteuningsteam Oost Achterhoek: telephone +31 88 811 81 18 or mail info@ondersteuningsteamoa.nl
The municipality pays the costs for the contracted care providers.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Winterswijk
Visiting address
Stationsstraat 25
7101GH Winterswijk
| Monday | 9.00 - 20.00 |
| Tuesday | 9.00 - 17.00 |
| Wednesday | 9.00 - 17.00 |
| Thursday | 9.00 - 17.00 |
| Friday | 9.00 - 13.00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |