Request Youth Services

The municipality can offer various types of youth services. These may include:

• guidance during development
• Help with parenting questions
• support from a specialist
• or—if necessary—more intensive and long-term youth services

How do our professionals work?

We believe it’s important for parents and children to contribute their ideas and be involved in decision-making. That’s why we always explain clearly:

• What are the steps in the support process?
• what options are available
• what the benefits and consequences of those choices are
• and what preferences you and your child have

There is room for your questions, concerns, and emotions. You can let us know what is important to you and what doesn’t work for you. We’ll take this information into account when making the final decision about the type of assistance to provide.

Youth Services following a referral from a family doctor, medical specialist, or pediatrician

In addition to the municipality, you can contact a number of care providers to discuss additional support.  These healthcare providers offer short-term support themselves, can point you toward more appropriate forms of youth assistance, or can refer you to a specialist. If they refer you, they will collaborate with colleagues from Meerpunt. A colleague from Meerpunt then Meerpunt the process to ensure that, once the assistance has ended, your family can continue on its own or with lighter support.

These are the healthcare providers that Meerpunt works Meerpunt :

• GP
• Practice Assistant (POH-Youth in a General Practice)
• School Nurse
• Pediatric Nurse
• School Social Worker

Other legal referrers

In addition to the healthcare providers mentioned above, the court, certified agencies (youth protection and youth probation services), and medical specialists are also authorized to refer individuals to specialized youth services.

Please note: If you haven't Meerpunt with a Meerpunt staff member yet, please contact Meerpunt.

You will need DigiD to complete the form. 

Are you applying for youth assistance for a child 12 years and older? Then the child is required by law to give permission for the application.

Your child has DigiD on his or her own: 

• You start the application with your own DigiD. He/she can self-sign the application at the end using his/her DigiD login credentials.

Your child does not have a DigiD himself or herself:

• He/she must give permission if the Youth and Family Services worker contacts you. 

Youth aid, applications

Urgent 

Do you need immediate assistance? The municipality will always first check whether you are entitled to assistance. If so, the municipality will quickly grant permission so that assistance can begin immediately.

Investigation by the municipality

Within 8 weeks of your application, a staff member from the Youth and Family Assistance Team will call you to discuss the application. We’ll do this together with you and your child. We’ll assess how your child is doing and how things are going within the family.

If there is already a family group plan for your family, we will include it in the investigation. If the municipality is unsure whether youth assistance is needed, we will seek independent advice from an expert who is not involved in your case. You can get free help from someone who does not work for the municipality: a client support worker. They can help you think things through and give you advice.

Is more help needed? Then the staff member will work with you to see which facility is appropriate.

• www.meerpunt.nl
• Parenting and growing up
• Rules for youth assistance in Zoetermeer