Social Worker / Social Work Executive (KidSTART Practitioner)

CareCorner; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CareCorner is seeking a Social Worker / Social Work Executive (KidSTART Practitioner) to engage families, assess developmental needs, and coordinate multi-agency support for children and caregivers in the KidSTART programme.

The role involves collaboration with hospitals, community partners, and government agencies, plus some night visits and travel between East/North locations to ensure holistic family support.

Qualifications

• Degree or Grad Dip in Social Work or related discipline.
• Good understanding of Social Work values and ethics.
• Experience with vulnerable populations (e.g., low-income families).
• Experience in parent engagement and working with young children is a plus.
• Case management experience in social work sector.
• Willing to attend occasional night visits and travel between East/North locations.

Responsibilities

• Build child development knowledge and parenting skills among parents and caregivers.
• Enhance parent-child relationships and support age-appropriate developmental milestones.
• Provide intake, enrolment, and data management for referrals to KidSTART programme.
• Conduct needs identification and assessments to address family and child needs.
• Coordinate with community partners and teams to support services for identified children.
• Deliver parent engagement sessions and manage administrative case documentation.

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Social Worker / Social Work Executive (KidSTART Practitioner)

Roles & Responsibility:

The KSP will work with parents, caregivers, and relevant systems in the following areas:

• Building child development knowledge and parenting skills
• Enhancing parent-child relationships
• Supporting parents in enabling their children to meet age-appropriate developmental milestones
• Child safety and well-being
• Key life transitions (Primary School transition support)

This includes but is not limited to:

A Intake and Enrolment

• Process referrals from a variety of sources, including hospitals, community referrals, self-referrals, government agencies and other SSAs.
• Engage families about the programme, seek consent from and determine the eligibility of families for KidSTART programme.
• Collate and maintain accurate and complete set of data in SSNet and on internal databases on all referrals and intakes.

B Needs Identification and Assessment

• Conduct timely and regular screening and assessment using different tools and assessments (training provided) to ensure child’s developmental needs are met and support maternal/main carer’s well-being.
• Develop holistic child-centric case plans to coordinate the required support for the identified children.

C Case Coordination, Systems Linkages and Mobilisation

• Work closely with community partners/stakeholders to enhance service delivery and promote positive child development outcomes.
• Where needed, organise case conferences involving the relevant parties to coordinate support and address barriers in support for the identified children and families.
• Tap on a team of multi-disciplinary professionals to support health and developmental needs of identified children.
• Coordinate support for the identified children and their families through relevant KidSTART support or other resources.

D Education & Equipping

• Conduct regular parent engagement sessions to enhance caregivers’ knowledge, skills and parenting capacity based on the KidSTART curriculum.
• Upkeep and maintain all required administrative documentations including case notes.

Requirement:

• Degree or Grad Dip in Social Work or Degree in related disciplines with some experience in social work, previous experiences via internships or placements in related areas of work can be considered
• Good understanding of Social Work values and ethics
• Understanding of work with vulnerable populations i.e. low-income families
• Experience in parent engagement work and working with young children is a plus
• Case management experience in social work sector
• Should be comfortable and open to attend occasional night visits and straddle between different locations in East or North.