Work Requirements
1. Enjoys working with youth with mental health concerns and their caregivers
2. Min 1 year working experience with children/ youths
3. Area: West
Only Singaporeans
- We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified
Personnel Specification
1. Good communication and interpersonal skills, preferably bilingual
2. A team player and equally adept at working independently
3. Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change
4. Pleasant disposition with a willingness to learn
5. Enthusiastic and self-motivated
6. Enjoys working with children and youth
Key Responsibility Areas
1. Casework
- Utilise relevant theories into practice
- Engage, assess, provide intervention and evaluate practice
- Assess client’s needs, level of functioning and system intervention
- Understand client groups and manage associated risk and protective factors
- Demonstrate reflective practice
- Conduct outreach and engage client’s family, where applicable, to develop action plans to support the client
- Engage other relevant agencies to support the client holistically
- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
2. Group Work
- Prepare, plan, implement and evaluate groupwork sessions/intervention
- Attend to the needs of the groups and individuals
3. Programme Development and Implementation
- To systematically design sound social work intervention programmes with clear programme logic model/ theory of change
- Deliver programme and conduct outcome-based monitoring to ensure the successful accomplishment of its quantitative and qualitative objectives
- Consider systems dynamics and impact when designing and delivering programme
- Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work
- Manage programme budget and ensure cost effectiveness
- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
4. System Linkage, Analysis and Engagement
- Interpret relevant policies / schemes that impact on community and client groups
- Use knowledge of systems and availability of resources to represent clients’ needs so as to formulate assessment
- Empower clients to access needed resources
- Facilitate and initiate collaborative activities with stakeholders
- Conduct systems level intervention
5. Stakeholder Partnerships/ Volunteer engagement and development
- Recruit, engage and develop volunteers (when needed)
- Mobilise volunteers and delegate responsibility
- Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers, when required
- Maintain positive working relationship with volunteers
- Build rapport and professional relationships with stakeholders
- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
6. Evaluation & Research
- Identify current trends
- Gather relevant information for evaluation
- Support in evaluation/research activities
7. Documentation and Report Writing
- Ensure proper filing and documentation
- Ensure that proposals and written reports are clear and concise
- Document and maintain case/programme files and prepare reports according to required documentation standards
8. Administrative and other duties
- Perform administrative duties
- Other duties/projects as assigned
