Roles & Responsibilities
· An experienced professional who is insightful, resourceful, responsible and willing to mentor and supervise a team of social workers, social work associate/caseworker(s).
· Maintain a caseload as assigned by the Head of Home and provide individual casework, group-work intervention action plans including behavioural management of residents in care.
· Develop and facilitate group work for residents with the social team
· Monitor the residents’ progress in the Home and develop an Individualised Care Plan for each resident to work towards the eventual rehabilitation and reintegration into the community.
· Mobilise community resources and serve as a link between the resident and these resource systems as necessary.
· Coordinate social services through the case management approach by working with other professionals and non-professionals significantly involved in the care of the resident.
· Conduct home visit for a safety assessment of the home leave environment.
· Prepare and vet all internal and external reports (ICP, Review Committee, Discharge, etc) and attend relevant meetings
· Assist and oversee the development and the implementation of programmes/events relating to residents’ rehabilitation, wellbeing and volunteers’ management. Conduct evaluation of such programmes/ events and suggest areas of improvement, if necessary.
· Keep and maintain up-to-date records, reports and reviews of such programmes/events.
Requirements
· Must possess Degree in Social Work/Graduate Diploma in Social Work
· Must be willing to work with male destitute persons with Psychiatric conditions living in an institution
· Registered with SASW Accreditation Board is preferred with at least 5 years of experience
· Good report writing and interpersonal skills
· A good team player
· Demonstrate expertise in Casework, which involves end-to-end engagement with stakeholders, case assessment, goal-setting, the design, implementation and review of intervention plans, and documentation of case information. Play a contributory role in Group Work, Community Work and Programme Development in the organisation
COMPETENCY AND PROFICIENCY LEVEL
Must-Have Competencies
· Advocacy and Representation – Level 5
· Case and Care Planning – Level 5
· Casework Evaluation – Level 5
· Social Service Programme Development – Level 5
· Social Service Programme Evaluation – Level 5
· Social Service Programme Implementation – Level 5
· Stakeholder Management – Level 5
Good-To-Have Competencies
· Collaborative Practices Across Disciplines and Sectors – Level 5
· Diversity Awareness and Management – Level 5
· Emergency Response and Crisis Management – Level 5
· Ethics, Values and Legislation – Level 5
· Practice Supervision – Level 5
Critical Core Skills
· Communication - Intermediate
· Developing People - Advanced
· Collaboration - Advanced
· Adaptability - Advanced
· Decision Making – Advanced
*For more information, please refer to Technical Skills and Competency (TSCs) and Critical Core Skills (CCSs) in Skills Framework for Social Service Industry via this website https://www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/skills-framework/social-service
