Social Worker/Counsellor/Case Worker (Youth Service)

Social Worker / Counsellor / Caseworker - Pre-Family Guidance Order (Pre-FGO), Family Guidance Order (FGO), and Integrated Service Provider (ISP)

Job Description

• Work with youths and families on Family Guidance Order (FGO), and Integrated Service Provider (ISP) related work.
• Conduct assessment, casework & counselling, and groupwork for youth-at-risk / youth offenders and their families.
• Collaborative work with external stakeholders (MSF, Youth Court, Law Enforcement Agencies and Schools)
• You will also be required to contribute to other ad-hoc projects within the team and organisation.

Requirements

• Degree in social work, counselling, or psychology, or related discipline.
• At least 1-2 years experience in working with youth and family will be preferred.
• Resilience in supporting clients through crises that arise during intervention.
• Able to be creative and relentless in engagement of potentially resistant at-risk youths and their families.
• Open to working flexibly outside office hours to match families schedules when needed.
• Open to delivering intervention to families in their homes.
• Counselling skills and knowledge of the social service landscape.
• Strengths based in practice orientation.
• Able to manage complex cases independently.
• Adaptable and takes initiative.
• Insightful and reflective.
• Good report writing skills.