Community Resource, Engagement and Support Team (CREST), serves as a community outreach for people with or at risk of mental health conditions including dementia and their caregivers. CREST conducts outreach events/activities to promote and increase mental health awareness as well as targeted case finding to identify those with mental health needs.
The Programme Executive (CREST) is a support role who provides the daily administrative and operational support to the team, for the purpose of CREST service development and implementation. He/ She organizes the logistics &/or resources to ensure the smooth running of CREST services. He/ She may also be involved in coordinating outreach events and activities.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Outreach to community in providing administrative or logistical support to the team in running client-related support and other CREST activities
- Assist in coordinating and planning outreach and engagement events with other community partners and agencies.
- Conduct screening for clients referred from other service partners and those at risk within the community with an agreed upon identification tool (AMT / EBAS / etc).
- Provide dementia/mental health awareness and information on managing dementia, coping strategies for all clients reached out, including those identified to be at risk, and their caregivers.
- Provide basic emotional support to all clients or caregivers of persons with dementia/metal health or at risk of dementia/mental health issues.
- Assist Social Workers in monitoring assigned clients and to follow-up on client needs until the handover is completed.
- Coordinate care support to client where necessary.
- In-charge of timely data collation and quarterly report submission, as well as generate reports, in accordance to the CREST programme.
- Store and maintain data and documents, in accordance to the CREST programme requirement, as well as the prevailing personal data protection and security guidelines.
- Plan, develop, and conduct home-based or centre-based cognitive stimulation engagement activities for CREST client and their caregiver.
Candidate Requirements
- Possess a diploma certification or relevant social service certification.
- Non-Diploma holder with social service experience will be considered.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Passionate to work in the mental health sector and community service sector.
- Outgoing and sociable personality with keen interest to work with people on one-to-one basis or centre-based group activity.
- A well-organised, meticulous team player who can also work independently.
