Pastoral Care Officer (School)

V-SWIFT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 40 000 - 54 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

V-SWIFT PTE. LTD. is seeking personnel to support the Student Development Team in primary school settings in Singapore.

The role focuses on student engagement, pastoral care, and intervention with children and youths, collaborating with teachers and stakeholders. Responsibilities include mentoring, monitoring, and documenting student needs, building strong relationships, and promoting social-emotional development.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and work effectively with primary school students from diverse backgrounds.
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in education or social service sector involving work with children and/or youths.

Responsabilités

• Provide pastoral care, mentoring and support for identified students through regular engagement, monitoring and collaboration with the Student Development Team, teachers and relevant stakeholders.
• Build positive and trusting relationships with identified students to support their social-emotional well-being, resilience, character development and positive school experience.
• Develop students' social-emotional competencies, including self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.
• Equip students with practical strategies to strengthen self-regulation, conflict resolution, communication skills, positive peer interactions and responsible behaviour.
• Support discipline efforts in engaging students during controlled recess, corrective work and detention/suspension.
• Support efforts to reduce number of latecomers.
• Support efforts in patrolling along corridors, classrooms and after-school areas.
• Observe, identify and document the key needs of students, including behavioural, social-emotional, peer relationship, engagement and learning-related concerns via weekly updates.
• Report relevant cases, observations and concerns to the Student Development Team and School Leaders for further intervention and support where necessary.
• Maintain proper documentation of student engagement, intervention, and follow-up actions while ensuring confidentiality of student- related information.
• Provide weekly feedback to the Student Development Team on students’ needs, concerns and recommended follow-up actions, so that the school can better support the students.
• Conduct oneself professionally in all interactions with students, parents and school personnel, and work closely with the Student Development Team in supporting students.
• The personnel is expected to comply with the “Expectations of Instructor (Annex C)”.
• Support any other duties, programmes or student management-related work assigned by the school’s management during the stipulated working hours
• The Personnel should preferably possess relevant qualifications, training and/or certifications in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Child Development, Youth Work or related fields.
• The personnel shall minimally have the following skills and experience:

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Experience with children/youths

Description du poste

The Services required are set out as follows:

Scope of Services

The appointed Personnel is to support and work well with the school’s Student Development Team in matters relating to student engagement, pastoral care, and intervention work for primary school students.

Non-exhaustively, the Services expected would include the following

A. Student engagement and pastoral care

1. Provide pastoral care, mentoring and support for identified students through regular engagement, monitoring and collaboration with the Student Development Team, teachers and relevant stakeholders.

2. Build positive and trusting relationships with identified students to support their social-emotional well-being, resilience, character development and positive school experience.

3. Develop students' social-emotional competencies, including self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.

4. Equip students with practical strategies to strengthen self-regulation, conflict resolution, communication skills, positive peer interactions and responsible behaviour.

5. Support discipline efforts in engaging students during controlled recess, corrective work and detention/suspension.

6. Support efforts to reduce number of latecomers.

7. Support efforts in patrolling along corridors, classrooms and after-school areas.

B. Observation, Documentation and Reporting

1. Observe, identify and document the key needs of students, including behavioural, social-emotional, peer relationship, engagement and learning-related concerns via weekly updates.

2. Report relevant cases, observations and concerns to the Student Development Team and School Leaders for further intervention and support where necessary.

3. Maintain proper documentation of student engagement, intervention, and follow-up actions while ensuring confidentiality of student- related information.

Provide weekly feedback to the Student Development Team on students’ needs, concerns and recommended follow-up actions, so that the school can better support the students.

C. Professional Conduct and Other Duties

1. Conduct oneself professionally in all interactions with students, parents and school personnel, and work closely with the Student Development Team in supporting students.

2. The personnel is expected to comply with the “Expectations of Instructor (Annex C)”.

Support any other duties, programmes or student management-related work assigned by the school’s management during the stipulated working hours

The Personnel should preferably possess relevant qualifications, training and/or certifications in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Child Development, Youth Work or related fields.

The personnel shall minimally have the following skills and experience:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and work effectively with primary school students from diverse backgrounds.

At least one (1) year of relevant experience in the education and/or social service sector involving work with children and/or youths