Programme Coordinator (CREST)
Our client, AMKFSC Community Services is a leading community-based social service agency, which provides a holistic range of services to support children, youths, families and seniors at multiple touchpoints across Singapore.
Community Outreach Team (CREST), serves as a community safety network for people with or at-risk of mental health conditions, including dementia, and their caregivers. CREST conducts outreach events to increase mental health awareness and targeted case finding to identify those with mental health needs.
CREST works with clients aged 18 years and above.
Roles and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Supervisor, the Social Work Associate works closely with the team to serve clients and caregivers.
- Assist to plan, coordinate and execute outreach activities to educate the public, seniors and partner stakeholders on dementia and mental health awareness.
- Assessment and review information and referral service and monitoring of clients with mental health needs, and dementia.
- Networking with community partners.
- Administrative duties
Others
- Other work projects assigned by supervisor/ management
Desired Skills and Competencies
Technical Competencies:
- Minimum Diploma.
- IT literate.
Core Competencies:
- Good communication and social skills to work with different people.
- Pleasant personality.
- Team player, yet independent to carry out most functions.
- Strong interest in empowering and preserving the dignity of seniors and people at risk or with mental health conditions including dementia.
Preferred achievements / characteristics:
- Able to speak dialects will be an advantage as the elderlies there prominently speaks in dialects.
