Job Details

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