Former fellow in training Youth Coach

As a former fellow of Yes We Can Clinics, we will internally train and educate you over a period of seven months, after which you can work independently as an Experienced Youth Coach.

Giving back what you have received. Former fellows of Yes We Can Clinics know better than anyone what this means and how valuable it can be. That’s why Yes We Can Clinics offers former fellows the opportunity to be trained internally. In our team of youth coaches, we have a spot available for a former fellow in training to become an Experienced Youth Coach.

Want to know more about the role of a Youth Coach (in training)?

The first six weeks, you’ll join the Yes We Can Academy and get to know Yes We Can Clinics again. This time, not as a fellow but as a colleague. You’ll be trained to become a Youth Coach and will also obtain the necessary training and certifications (such as handling aggression). In the remaining months, you will work within the Youth Coach team.

You will work on a 4 days on, 4 days off shift. During your working days, you’ll stay at our clinic in Hilvarenbeek. At the end of this seven‑month programme, if both Yes We Can Clinics and you agree, we will offer you a contract as a Youth Coach.

Your shift starts today, but since you’re taking over from your colleagues, you arrive on Tuesday evening for the handover. When you wake up on Wednesday morning, you grab a cup of tea and chat with your colleagues before heading to the fellows. In the morning, the community meeting is scheduled, where all the fellows gather. You check in with the fellows along with a Counsellor, and you play a significant role as you’ve read up on the fellows’ treatment the previous evening.

After this session, it’s time to bid farewell to the fellows who have completed their 10 weeks of treatment, a special moment. They leave behind the place where they have worked hard on themselves. As a coach, you have been a big part of this period, so you celebrate this moment as a big brother or sister. You make it an unforgettable farewell, and you wish the fellows lots of happiness and love.

After a free evening, where you had dinner with colleagues and/or worked out, you wake up fresh and energetic at 6:30 AM. First, you have a cup of coffee to wake up, and then you, along with your colleagues, wake up the fellows with energy. Today, your task is to organize an active morning gym session. You come up with fun moves and motivate the fellows to participate actively.

If a fellow doesn’t want to join, you recognize that behaviour from your own time in the clinic, so you have a motivating and activating conversation with this fellow. At 7:30 AM, you, along with 20 fellows and your colleagues, have breakfast together. Then, you come up with a sporty activity that focuses on teamwork. There’s no fixed script, but you adapt to group dynamics and connect a relevant theme to the activity.

The fellows work on a teamwork task, learn boxing techniques in the Dojo, and do some training in the Crossfit box. At the end of the day, you provide a brief report on how each fellow did and how the group dynamics were on that Thursday.

In the morning, you have some free time and sleep in. It’s lunchtime! As a coach, you start and finish lunch with a discussion about a personal story from your own treatment at Yes We Can. Then, you go over the afternoon schedule. During the meal, you and your colleagues maintain an overview of the group. The coaches are focused on creating a recovery‑oriented atmosphere in the group.

After lunch, you and your colleague coach take a few fellows to the climbing forest and guide them in climbing and overcoming their fears on the high ropes course. You assist and motivate the fellows while also teaching them how to handle their emotions in a healthy way. You know better than anyone how nerve‑wracking it was to tackle the high ropes course for the first time, so you often draw on that experience in the afternoon.

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