Social Work Associate

SHINE Children and Youth Services; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES in Singapore is seeking a dedicated individual to support program development and implementation for children and youth. The role involves planning and executing projects, engaging with stakeholders, and providing casework support.

The ideal candidate should have good communication skills, be a team player, and enjoy working with children and youth. Familiarity with MOE schools and community resources is advantageous.

This position is open only to Singaporeans and offers opportunities for dynamic engagement across various programmes and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering programmes in MOE schools or familiarity with MOE requirements will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivering of programs to meet objectives and outcomes.
• Plan and execute projects and events.
• Prepare and plan groupwork sessions.
• Recruit, engage, and develop volunteers.
• Support case and care planning and goal setting.
• Conduct environmental scans and school needs assessment.
• Perform any other administrative duties as required.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Team player

Dynamic

Pleasant disposition

Enthusiastic and self-motivated

Experience with children and youth

Job description

Personnel Specification

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• A team player and equally adept at working independently
• Dynamic, quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change
• Pleasant disposition with a willingness to learn
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Enjoys working with children and youth
• Experience delivering programmes in MOE schools or familiarity with MOE requirements will be an advantage.

Key Responsibility Areas

Programme development and implementation

• To support the design and delivering of programs to meet objectives and outcomes
• Plan and execute projects and events
• Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work
• To identify areas of need
• Ensure proper documentation and support report-writing
• Manage programme budget and ensure cost effectiveness

Groupwork

• Prepare and plan groupwork sessions
• Implement groupwork sessions
• Evaluate groupwork intervention processes and outcomes
• Attend to the needs of the groups and the individuals

Stakeholder Partnerships / Volunteer engagement and development

• Recruit, engage and develop volunteers
• Manage volunteer / stakeholder database
• Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers, when assigned
• Build rapport and professional relationships with stakeholders

Casework Support

• Support needs and intake assessments
• Support case and care planning and goal setting
• Support implementation of case and care plans and interventions
• Support the evaluation of casework intervention processes and outcomes for improvements
• Support closure of cases upon achieving sustainable service outcomes for clients, families and communities
• Write case notes and documents

School Programme Development Work

• Support conduct of environmental scans and school needs assessment
• Support coordination and pooling of community resources and services
• Support development and implementation of school programme development initiatives
• Support evaluation of school programme development initiatives for improvements

Administrative Support

• Collate and compile statistics for analysis for programme and research projects
• Perform any other administrative duties or projects, as required

Location: Islandwide

Only Singaporeans