Job Description
Intake and Admission
· Conduct family interviews for intake assessment prior to admission of students/clients.
· Conduct need assessment for families and attend to families’ area of concern prior to admissions for the students/clients.
· Perform means-testing for students/clients and placement on SAAC subsidies and welfare programmes.
Clinical & Case Work Management
· Manage student/client through client engagement, information gathering, case assessment (BPSS, risk & needs assessment and other relevant assessment tools), case conceptualisation, case planning and intervention plans for best students’/clients’ outcomes.
· Identify presenting/underlying issues so as to design a care plan to enhance/maintain and promote psychosocial functioning of students/clients.
· Conduct visits to school/centre, home or hospital to provide supportive counselling - Advocate for the protection of student’s/client's dignity and rights.
· Document bio-data of students/clients in system for records, complete timely case documents (Case session recordings, follow-up recordings, risk and needs assessment, social reports, etc.)
Programme Development
· Assist in the development of programmes through data collection and analysis.
· Assist in implementation and promotion of programme to target client groups or other stakeholders/partners/agencies.
Group Work
- Develop, implement, facilitate group therapy sessions to build resilient and better social support systems and networks for targeted groups (client and caregiver).
- Conduct evaluation of the targeted programmes for service improvement.
Community Networking and Collaboration
· Assist in the conduct of environmental scanning and assessment of community needs through data collection and the conduct of basic analysis.
· Collaborate with community partners and healthcare professionals in wholistic client management so as to mobilise community resources to meet client's needs.
Job Specifications
· Possess a Bachelor Degree in Social Work / Graduate Diploma in Social Work, preferably with 2 – 4 years of relevant experience
· Experience in working with special needs children/adults would be an added advantage
· Mid-career change professionals are welcome to apply
· Fresh graduate may be considered
· Eligible for professional registration with SASW
· Pro-active work attitude with good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
· A team player who is able to work effectively and harmoniously within a multidisciplinary team setting
· Able to work independently and effectively under pressure
· Proficient in MS Office
