School Youth Worker (Bedok)

BUSINESS EDGE PERSONNEL SERVICES PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

BUSINESS EDGE PERSONNEL SERVICES PTE LTD seeks a counsellor/mental health advocate to strengthen school-based support for identified students with high or additional needs in Bedok. The role focuses on upstream and academic support, plus interest-based programmes, with a focus on building resilience and social-emotional skills.

The successful candidate will mentor youths-at-risk, act as a positive role model, and work with teachers to monitor progress and provide case-based guidance.

Qualifications

• Must have passion for working with students-at-risk and their families.
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to collaborate with diverse views.
• Emotional stability and resilience for challenging cases.
• Ability to engage, build rapport and counsel youths-at-risk.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen during-school and after-school support for students with high needs (Upstream Support, Academic Support, Interest-based programmes).
• Provide mentoring and teaching of social-emotional competencies and life skills by experienced personnel.
• Create a psychologically safe environment and serve as a positive adult role model outside family settings.
• Collaborate with schools to provide feedback on student progress and consult teachers on student needs.

Skills

Counselling background

Education

Education qualifications in counselling/psychology/social work/social sciences

Job description

Job Scope:

• Strengthen the during-school and after-school support and engagement of identified groups of students with high needs and/or additional needs. (E.g., Upstream Support, Academic Support and Interest-based programmes)
• Build their mental and emotional resilience through targeted mentoring and teaching of social-emotional competencies and life skills by personnel experienced inworking with students with additional needs/high needs.
• Create a psychological safe environment and being a positive adult role model outside these students' family environment to reinforce sound morals and values and acceptable social behaviours.
• School collaboration: To provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel, and provide support and consultation to the teachers on students' needs and challenges.

Requirements:

• Personnel should preferably possess education qualifications in counselling / psychology / social work / social sciences, or equivalent qualifications in social / youth work
• Track records must include social and/or youth work experience in schools or organisations, preferably with a minimum of three (3) years of experience in the field.
• Passion and disposition for working with students-at-risk and their families, and a positive belief in their potential.
• Cultural sensitivity, collaborative and an openness to diverse views.
• Emotional stability, resourcefulness and resilience.
• Ability to engage, establish rapport and counsel youths-at-risk
• Ability to manage complex cases and provide relevantadvice to school personnel on such cases.

Working Hours:

• Mondays: 7.30am to 1.30pm
• Tuesdays: 7.30am to 4.30pm
• Wednesday: 7.30am to 1.30pm
• Thursday: 7.30am to 4.30pm
• Friday: 7.30am to 3.30pm

Contract Period: 9 months (Jan 2027 to May 2027, July to Oct 2027) (estimated: 4 Jan 2027 to 29 Oct 2027)

Services are not required on Saturdays, Sundays, gazetted public holidays,MOE-designated days off-in-lieu and school holidays, as well as March (15 - 19 Mar), June (31 May - 25 Jun), September (6 - 10 Sep)

Location: Bedok

EA License No.: 96C4864

Reg No.: R26159658 BRANN LEONG CHUN HOE