Family Resource Centre (FRC) was set up in 2006 to provide specific services to inmates and their family members with the following objectives:
- To provide assistance to inmates and their families who are in need of support, at any point during the incarceration phase (e.g. in the areas of financial hardships or managing family-related issues).
- To provide assistance through aftercare support for releasing inmates who are without family support on their transition back to the community.
Responsibilities:
- Provide information and referral services for offenders, ex-offenders, and/or their next of kin
- Conduct risk assessment, social investigation, assessment, case formulation, intervention planning.
- Timely preparation and submission of reports and case recordings.
- Conduct meetings, sessions, workshops and programme to offenders, ex-offenders, and/or their next of kin
- Required to cover office duties at various centres
Requirements:
- Degree in Social Work or Degree with a Graduate Diploma in Social Work from an accredited institution
- Possess at least two (2) years of experience working in a similar setting (e.g. Social service agencies)
- Comfortable to work with offenders and ex-offenders in Police and Prison settings
- Able to work in a fast-pace and stressful environment.
- Required to work on weeknights and weekends on needs basis
- Has maturity, communication skills and interpersonal skills to work with professionals, and families from diverse backgrounds
- Able to develop empathy/ empathic responses, reflective capacity self-awareness.
- Adaptive with multi-tasking skills and problem-solving skills
- Personal effectiveness, independence, and good time management
- Has strong writing skills
- Team player
Work Location: Bedok, Cantonment, Woodlands
Interested applicants are to submit their resume to [email protected]. Please visit www.fycs.org for more details.
