Social Work Associate (SAAC)

Job Description

Support professional practice in social work

. Respond to crisis situations based on organisation's standard operating procedures

. Support in identifying areas of improvement in models of care and service delivery based on evidence-based practices

. Support in data collection for research projects

. Support the implementation of standards of care, organisational health policies, procedures and programmes

Support department administration and operations

. Perform administrative duties such as taking minutes at all relevant meetings, handle phone calls and emails enquiries and monitor budget spending

. Provide all the necessary administrative and statistical duties related to all admissions matters from application to the students are admitted to the school such as

- To schedule all the relevant interviews with parents

- To collate all relevant reports and send it to the relevant parties

-To collate and liaise with all relevant organisations such as SGEnable, SPED Schools, other SSAs, MOE AND MSF with regards to admissions and transitions

- To maintain admissions data in the Centre's Student and Client Management System for Means-testing duties

-To support means-testing and financial assessments via income and expenditure

-To administrate the Enabling Transport Subsidy means-testing scheme for St. Andrew's Autism School

-To upkeep all the necessary administrative and statistical duties related to this scheme

- To maintain and upkeep all the necessary data and record- keeping for this scheme for the purpose of submission to the relevant authorities such as SGEnable, NCSS and MSF as required

- To take on the liaison role in communicating with all parents and the Centre's appointed bus vendor with regards to the scheme

. Participate in quality improvement initiatives

. Conduct relevant audits in areas of job scope

Support casework

. Support needs and intake assessment

. Support financial assessment of families using the I&

. Support the evaluation of casework intervention processes and outcomes for improvements

. Support case and care planning and goal setting

. Support implementation of case and care plans and interventions

. Support information and referral for services

Support group work

. Support implementation of group work interventions

. Support the evaluation of group work intervention processes and outcomes

. Support preparation and planning of group work interventions

Support programmes

. Support evaluation of programmes

. Support development and planning of programmes

. Support implementation of programmes

Support transition planning

. Gathering of information on relevant resources and post-18 programmes to support graduates

. Support discussions with families of graduating clients to plan for their transition and forward plans

Support community development work

. Support evaluation of community development initiatives for improvements

. Support conduct of environmental scans and community need assessments

. Support coordination and pooling of community resources and services

. Support development and implementation of community development initiatives

Job Specifications

. Diploma in Social Work (or equivalent qualification)

. Genuine passion for working with persons with autism, or a strong interest in contributing to the disability sector

. Experience in a disability or special needs setting is a bonus

. A collaborative team player with good communication skills, able to work well in a multi-disciplinary team