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 for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Municipality of Zutphen: Applying for youth care for your child
Youth teams
The municipality of Zutphen has a Youth team (Jeugdteam) that provides advice about children from 0 to 18 years old. Young people up to the age of 18 can also contact the Youth Team themselves, if they have questions.
If you need help or if you want advice, you can contact one of our youth consultants.
The youth counselor
The youth consultant (jeugconsulent) will discuss the problem with you. The youth consultant offers help, support and also looks at the possibilities that the family's environment can offer. If necessary, the youth consultant ensures that the young person receives help from the right authorities. The youth consultant then looks at what is needed, together with the family and the aid agencies.
Fixed contact person for each family
Often there are several care providers involved. The youth consultant is your contact and supervisor of the family in the route to a solution. The youth consultant coordinates the help between the emergency services. The youth consultant ensures that there is one plan that all aid agencies and the family can rely on. In this way we coordinate the help and support from different agencies.
Please note: you can only apply for youth assistance if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.
Need help urgently?
- For urgent care, visit the Gelderland Youth Protection website or call 0900 - 99 555 99 (24 hours a day)
- Go to the Veilig Thuis (Safe Home) website or call 0800 - 2000 (24 hours a day)
In some cases, you may have to pay an ouderbijdrage (parental contribution).
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Zutphen
Visiting addresses
Henri Dunantweg 1
7201EV Zutphen
| Monday | 8.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 16.00 |
| Tuesday | 8.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 16.00 |
| Wednesday | 8.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 16.00 |
| Thursday | 8.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 16.00 |
| Friday | 8.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 16.00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
's Gravenhof 2
7201DN Zutphen
| Monday | 08:30 - 12:00 13:00 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 12:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 12:00 13:00 - 16:00 |
| Thursday | 08:30 - 12:00 17:30 - 19:30 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 12:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |