Melanie Brinkman has extensive experience in quality assurance and youth services, currently serving as a Kwaliteitsmedewerker jeugd at Gemeente Lochem since August 2019, focusing on youth, compulsory education, and student transportation. Prior to this role, Melanie worked as a Kwaliteitsmedewerker Participatie / Werk and Werkcoach at Gemeente Oldebroek from January 2018 to August 2019, and as a Projectondersteuner Participatiewet at Maandag® in 2017. Melanie also completed an internship in debt assistance at Budget advies bureau Deventer in 2015 and conducted research on preventive youth policies during an internship at Gemeente Rijssen-Holten. Educational credentials include a degree in juridisch kwaliteitsmedewerker within het sociaal domein from MarienburgGroep in 2019 and a degree from Saxion University of Applied Sciences, complemented by a HAVO diploma from csg reggesteyn.