Social Worker (Targeted Interventions)

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About The Role

Be part of a team of dedicated social workers specialising in Youth-At-Risk programmes, where we work closely with youths who commit petty or drug offences and are serving pre-court diversionary programme in lieu of prosecution. We strive to create positive impact in the youth's lives, through enhancing the relationships and support system around them, helping them recognise their risks, needs, strengths and potentials through various interventions and strategies.

Key Responsibility Areas

1. Casework

- Utilise relevant theories into practice

- Engage, assess, provide intervention and evaluate practice

- Assess client's needs, level of functioning and system intervention

- Understand client groups and manage associated risk and protective factors

- Demonstrate reflective practice

- Conduct outreach and engage client's family, where applicable, to develop action plans to support the client

- Engage other relevant agencies to support the client holistically

- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

2. Group Work

- Prepare and plan groupwork sessions/intervention

- Implement groupwork intervention

- Evaluation groupwork intervention processes and outcomes

- Attend to the needs of the groups and individuals

3. Programme Development and Implementation

- To systematically design sound social work intervention programmes with clear programme logic model/ theory of change

- Deliver programme and conduct outcome-based monitoring to ensure the successful accomplishment of its quantitative and qualitative objectives

- Consider systems dynamics and impact when designing and delivering programme

- Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work

- Manage programme budget and ensure cost effectiveness

- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

4. System Linkage, Analysis and Engagement

- Interpret relevant policies / schemes that impact on community and client groups

- Use knowledge of systems and availability of resources to represent clients needs so as to formulate assessment

- Empower clients to access needed resources

- Facilitate and initiate collaborative activities with stakeholders

- Conduct systems level intervention

5. Stakeholder Partnerships/ Volunteer engagement and development

- Recruit, engage and develop volunteers (when needed)

- Mobilise volunteers and delegate responsibility

- Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers, when required

- Maintain positive working relationship with volunteers

- Build rapport and professional relationships with stakeholders

- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

6. Evaluation & Research

- Identify current trends

- Gather relevant information for evaluation

- Support in evaluation/research activities

7. Documentation and Report Writing

- Ensure proper filing and documentation

- Ensure that proposals and written reports are clear and concise

- Document and maintain case/programme files and prepare reports according to required documentation standards

8. Administrative and other duties

- Perform administrative duties

- Other duties/projects as assigned

Only Singaporeans

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be informed