Social Worker (Community Social Work)

SHINE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community services organization in Singapore is seeking a candidate for stakeholder engagement and casework. The role involves collaboration with diverse stakeholders, assessing client needs, and developing social work intervention programmes. Candidates must have strong communication skills and experience in managing volunteer engagement. Only Singaporeans will be considered for this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
• Strong ability to assess client needs and manage risks.
• Ability to design and implement social work intervention programmes.

Responsibilities

• Engage and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
• Conduct outreach and assess client’s needs.
• Develop clear programme logic models.

Job description

Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

• Engage and collaborate with multiple and diverse stakeholders
• Follow up closely on action items and update stakeholders in a timely manner
• Build rapport and maintain professional relationships with stakeholders
• Maintain clear and concise communication with stakeholders, using data visualization tools appropriately
• Plan ahead and implement tangible actions alongside stakeholders
• Mobilise stakeholders for collective action
• Facilitate meetings and discussions with stakeholders
• Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

Casework

• Assess client’s needs, level of functioning and system intervention
• Understand client groups and manage associated risk and protective factors
• 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
• Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

Group Work

• Prepare and implement groupwork sessions/intervention
• Evaluation groupwork intervention processes and outcomes

Programme Development and Implementation

• To systematically 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
• Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work

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 systems level intervention

Volunteer engagement and development

• Recruit, engage and develop volunteers (when needed)
• Mobilise volunteers and delegate responsibility
• Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers, when required
• Maintain positive working relationship with volunteers
• Ensure proper documentation and report-writing

Evaluation & Research

• Identify current trends
• Gather relevant information for evaluation
• Support in evaluation/research activities

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

Administrative and other duties

• Perform administrative duties
• Other duties/projects as assigned

Only Singaporeans

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted