Assistant Senior Social Worker

SHINE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Shine Children and Youth Services in Singapore invites qualified professionals to join our team as a social services practitioner. The role focuses on casework, group work, programme development, and systems linkage to improve access to resources for children and youth.

You will conduct needs assessments, formulate intervention plans, engage families and stakeholders, and contribute to outcome-based monitoring and research.

Qualifications

• Competent in social work practices.
• Good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Team player and equally adept at working independently.
• Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change.
• Willingness to learn and grow professionally.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Enjoys working with children and youth.
• Singaporeans only.

Responsibilities

• Conduct needs and risk assessment for complex/high risk cases.
• Formulate, implement, and evaluate casework intervention plans.
• Engage stakeholders for assessment and intervention.
• Conduct outreach and engage client's family to develop action plans.
• Manage ethical dilemmas with information from multiple sources.
• Facilitate and lead low/moderate risk case conferences in multi-disciplinary settings.
• Utilise theories and techniques and adapt tools for intended outcomes.

Skills

Social work

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Job description

*Please do not include personal data such as NRIC number, date of birth, or residential address in your resume*

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Casework

• Conduct needs and risk assessment for complex/high risk cases.
• Formulate, implement, and evaluate casework intervention plans.
• Engage stakeholders for assessment and intervention
• Conduct outreach and engage client's family, where applicable, to develop action plans
• Manage ethical dilemmas while taking into account range of information independently
• Facilitate and leadlow/moderate risk case conferences in multi-disciplinary settings
• Utilise and articulate theories and techniques and customise the use of tools and approaches for intended outcome

Group Work

• Use appropriate approaches indifferent groups /settings
• Conduct specialised groups for specific outcome
• Assess and capitalize group dynamics to create positive impact
• Manage and guide the management of challenging behaviours

Programme Development and Implementation

• Develop specific programmes targeted at service gaps and service delivery issues with clear programme logic model/ theory of change.
• Deliver programmes and conduct holistic outcome-based monitoring
• Assess and use group dynamics to create positive impact
• Manage and guide the management of challenging behaviours
• Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work with key stakeholders

Systems linkage, Analysis and Engagement

• Identify and analyse service gaps and trends, make recommendations/proposals to enhance community and client access to needed resources
• Engage and mobilise community resources/ key stakeholders to support the implementation of services.
• Develop and implement systems development initiatives
• Adopt appropriate strategies to negotiate and influence systemic changes together

Evaluation & Research

• Identify gaps and trends in research and/or practice
• Design research on practice and specified issues under guidance
• Analyse academic literature for evidence-based approaches and practice

Leadership / Supervisory Skills

• Assist management in motivating the staff team towards SHINE's vision and mission
• Assist in building the staff team towards fulfilling professional goals
• Supervise/mentor/coach less experienced staff
• Guide the delivery of social services by team to ensure adherence to Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, governance and agenda at system level

Administrative and other duties

• Perform administrative duties
• Other duties/projects as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

• Competent in social work practices
• Good communication,presentation and interpersonal skills
• A team player and equally adept at working independently
• Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change
• Pleasant disposition with a willingness to learn
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Enjoys working with children and youth
• Only Singaporeans

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified