Job Summary
Purpose of job:
- Execution of support for casework under guidance of social worker for home visits to work with clients and caregivers after diagnosis of dementia.
- Support basic intervention tasks identified by social workers.
- Engagement of clients with dementia with meaningful activities such as cognitive stimulation or structured activities.
- Monitoring of client’s conditions and progress.
- Provide service linkage for client and caregivers.
- Provide admin, operational and logistic support for clients, programme, outreach and group work.
Key Responsibility Areas
- Passion to work with individuals/elderly diagnosed with early stage dementia and their caregivers.
- Basic befriending and emotional support for elderly.
- Carry out meaningful activities in engagement process.
- Support seniors and caregivers during service duration.
- Perform basic screening tools in health and mental health for seniors and caregivers.
- Support outreach, service linkage and referrals.
- Ensure proper documentation of case notes, assessment, records.
Requirements
Experience:
- Some experience in working with elderly clients and caregivers in the community setting
- Relevant working experience in healthcare or social service sector.
- Able to co-facilitate group work
Qualifications:
Professional Cert/Nitec/Diploma
Competencies
Must Have Competencies:
- Care assistance – Level 1
- Intervention Implementation – Level 1
- Social Service Programme Implementation – Level 1
- Group Work Intervention – Level 2
Good to Have Competencies:
- Client Supervision – Level 1
- Conflict Management – Level 2
- Social Service Programme Evaluation – Level 1
- Support Service to Seniors – Level 2
- Stakeholder Management – Level 1
Critical Core Skills:
- Communication – Intermediate
- Collaboration – Basic
- Customer Orientation – Intermediate
- Problem Solving - Basic
*Please refer to Technical Skills and Competency (TSCs) and Critical Core Skills (CCSs) in Skills Framework for Social Service Industry via this link SSG | Social Service (skillsfuture.gov.sg)
Please send your resume and expected salary to [email protected]
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
