Social Worker - YCOP

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Personnel Specification

1. Good communication and interpersonal skills

2. A team player and equally adept at working independently

3. Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change

4. Pleasant disposition with a willingness to learn

5. Enthusiastic and self-motivated, high personal effectiveness & hardworking

6. Passionate in working with youth

Key Responsibility Areas

1. Casework & Counselling

- Utilise relevant casework theories into practice

- Engage, assess, provide intervention and evaluate practice

- Assess client's risks, needs, level of functioning and systemic intervention needed

- Understand youth at risk of juvenile delinquency 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 and sustainably

- Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

2. Group Work

- Prepare and plan groupwork sessions/intervention

- Implement groupwork intervention effectively

- Evaluate groupwork intervention processes and outcomes, group dynamics and needs

- Respond to the needs of the groups and individuals in groupwork practice

- Able to facilitate group discussions and project work confidently with challenging clients

3. Programme Development and Implementation

- To systematically understand and 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 systemic-level intervention

5. Stakeholder Partnerships/ Volunteer engagement and development

- Recruit, engage and develop volunteers

- Mobilise volunteers and delegate responsibility

- Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers

- Maintain positive working relationship with volunteers & program partners

- 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

- Support in consolidating photographs / videos and other forms of data for yearly reports

8. Administrative and other duties

- Perform administrative duties

- Other duties/projects as assigned

Singaporeans only

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidate will be notified