Engagement & Assessment
- Engage clients and significant others (e.g. family, caregivers, etc.) in a therapeutic manner to understand their needs.
- Manage and overcome reluctance and resistance to change.
Case Review & Documentations
- Implement and follow up on care/ case plans and interventions to determine the suitability of care/ case plans in addressing client’s needs and modify them where necessary.
- Draft social reports for complex cases to be reviewed by Supervisor.
Casework – Goal Setting & Intervention Plans
- Conceptualise and identify appropriate approaches to develop care/ case plan for clients.
- Help clients to develop and choose strategies and formulate viable plans.
- Represent case in case conference.
Group Work
- Target and reach out to individuals and/ or targeted groups who may benefit from group work conducted by the organisations which include external organisations & agencies.
- Plan, implement, monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic group work to address issues of target groups.
- Facilitate high risk therapeutic group work under supervision.
Community Work
- Conduct environmental scans and assess community needs.
- Design, develop and implement community-specific development programmes (e.g. aging community in a specific neighbourhood)
- Participate in community development initiatives and provide recommendations for consideration.
Professional Development & Education
- Engage in learning opportunities (e.g. participate in community of practice meetings to develop skills and capabilities)
- Attend professional development courses to acquire professional knowledge and skills.
- Supervise interns and/ or students on placement (applicable only for Senior Social Worker position)
- Mentoring Junior Social Workers and Social Workers Associates (applicable only for Senior Social Worker position)
Programme Development & Implementation
- Participate/ implement programmes (e.g. strengthening activities appropriate to clients’ profile)
- Review and refine programmes to target client groups or other stakeholders/ partners/ agencies.
- Identify service gaps in response to client needs and make recommendations to improve service provision of programmes.
Research
- Participate and support research.
- Engage in multi-disciplinary team research projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Social Work from universities recognised by the Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB) of Singapore
- Independent, creative, flexible thinking and able to motivate staff.
- Good people skills
- Has strong understanding of the diverse cultures and race.
- Has patience, love, passion, and commitment in the family services.
