Veilig Thuis Rotterdam Rijnmond strives to work together with those directly affected, residents, volunteers, and professionals to make a demonstrable contribution to the lasting elimination of domestic violence and child abuse in Rotterdam and fifteen surrounding municipalities.
"A safe home for everyone."
This socially significant, dynamic organization has an opening for a new member of the supervisory board with a legal background, effective January 1, 2024.
Are you an experienced regulator who, drawing on your knowledge of relevant legislation and future changes in the social context, as well as your understanding of the VTRR’s implementation practices, is driven to contribute to this important task?
Safe Home Rotterdam Rijnmond
Municipalities are responsible for protecting their citizens from violence in dependent relationships (domestic violence and/or child abuse) and are tasked with establishing a “Safe Home Organization” at the regional level. Since January 1, 2018, Veilig Thuis Rotterdam Rijnmond (VTRR) has played a key role as an independent organization in fulfilling the social mission of ensuring a safe home for all residents of Rotterdam Rijnmond (ages 0–100). VTRR’s role is to clarify, in cases where other partners in the care chain (including Rotterdam Rijnmond Youth Protection, general practitioners, hospitals, mental health partners, and schools) are unable to do so, what is happening within the dependent relationship and what intervention is appropriate to achieve immediate and long-term safety.
VTRR provides advice and support to victims, perpetrators, children, and professionals alike. VTRR intervenes in unsafe situations, coordinates efforts among partners, and monitors whether safety has been achieved and maintained. In doing so, VTRR offers hope for a future where people can once again live in safety. To ensure that VTRR provides maximum added value within the system, clarity regarding its role—and, in particular, the implementation of interventions appropriate to the extent and severity of insecurity within a family system—is of great importance. The ability to coordinate quickly with partners and to organize case management with the appropriate partner is essential in this regard. VTRR works for and in collaboration with fifteen regional municipalities, namely: Albrandswaard, Barendrecht, Capelle aan den IJssel, Goeree Overflakkee, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Lansingerland, Maassluis, Nissewaard, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam (including Hoek van Holland), Schiedam, Vlaardingen, and Voorne aan Zee.
VTRR is divided into four regions to ensure close alignment with local partners and infrastructure. The VTRR team consists of expert process managers, behavioral scientists, and medical officers.
VTRR’s key values include decisiveness, collaboration, a systems-oriented approach, expertise, and transparency.
The Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board of VTRR
VTRR has a single-member board. The director has ultimate responsibility for managing VTRR. Together with the managers, the director forms the Executive Team.
The Supervisory Board consists of five members with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. Members are appointed for a four-year term, with the option to extend this term once. The Supervisory Board meets with the CEO at least six times a year. A delegation from the Supervisory Board regularly attends consultation meetings between the CEO and the Works Council.
Duties of the Supervisory Board
The VTRR Supervisory Board adheres to the Healthcare Governance Code, and its primary responsibilities are:
- Overseeing the continuity of the organization.
- Ensure that the statutory objectives are achieved.
- Oversight of the institution's strategy and risks.
- Assessing internal risk management and control systems.
- Auditing financial statements.
- Ensuring the quality and safety of healthcare.
- Compliance with laws and regulations.
The supervisory board acts as the employer of the executive board and advises and supports it on policy matters. They serve as critical discussion partners, identify opportunities and risks based on their expertise, and offer both solicited and unsolicited advice.
Vacancy on the Board of Supervisors
Due to the early departure of one of the members of the supervisory board effective January 1, 2024, a vacancy has arisen for a member with legal expertise. The new member to be recruited will join the Quality and Safety Committee, preferably as its chair. The new member will be appointed upon the recommendation of the Works Council.
General requirements for a member of the supervisory board:
A member of the supervisory board possesses an academic level of thinking and working and is socially active. A member is capable of assessing the policy, strategy, and performance of the board and possesses the specific expertise required for his or her role. A member of the supervisory board has an affinity with the work and objectives of VTRR, possesses general supervisory qualities and experience, demonstrates a balance between engagement and supervisory detachment, is capable of acting as a sparring partner for the board, and oversees the functioning of VTRR.
Specific requirements for the member of the supervisory board with a legal background:
- As chair, is capable of shaping the Quality and Safety Committee in terms of both process and substance.
- Has knowledge of, in particular, the relevant legislation (the Social Support Act and the Youth Act), the GDPR, and governance;
- Has insight into and knowledge of relevant broad societal and current administrative developments and, based on this, is able to develop scenarios for the present and the future;
- Has insight into the day-to-day operations of a complex multi-stakeholder organization such as VTRR, recognizing it as a source of quality but also of (reputational) risks;
- Understands the social significance and sensitivity of VTRR’s work and can apply this understanding to their supervisory role;
- Endorses the objectives and values of VTRR and is able to apply them at the supervisory level.
Additional requirements
The fast-paced nature of VTRR’s field of work requires members of the supervisory board to be resilient and steadfast. In addition, VTRR is looking for a team member who is humorous, energetic, warm, empathetic, and a team player.
Because the supervisory board strives for a balanced composition in terms of diversity in all its facets, given the current composition of the board, a bicultural background for the new member is desirable.
An affinity for or familiarity with the Rotterdam Rijnmond region or with metropolitan dynamics is a plus.
Information
For more information about VTRR, please visit the website www.veiligthuisrr.nl
Compensation
The compensation is based on the NVTZ guidelines under the WNT-2.
Interested?
VTRR is being assisted in the recruitment and selection process for this position by the executive search firm Colourful People. For more information, please contact senior partner Sandra Lutchman via WhatsApp at 06-40744074 or s.lutchman@colourfulpeople.nl. You can express your interest by uploading your resume and cover letter—specifying which position you are applying for—no later than October 20, 2023, using the “Apply” button at the bottom of this page.
Important dates:
- The deadline for responses is October 20, 2022.
- The preliminary interviews with Sandra Lutchman will take place on October 26.
Interviews with the selection committee are scheduled for the week of November 6–10, 2023. Following the selection process, the appointment will be made by the relevant aldermen.
Please keep the above date open for potential interviews.
