Social Worker - THK Family Service Centres (Fresh Grads Welcome!)

THYE HUA KWAN MORAL CHARITIES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service charity in Singapore is seeking a qualified social worker to engage clients and implement care plans tailored to their needs. This role involves facilitating group work, conducting community assessments, and participating in professional development. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and possess strong interpersonal skills, cultural awareness, and a commitment to family services.

Responsibilities

• Engage clients and significant others in a therapeutic manner to understand their needs.
• Manage and overcome reluctance and resistance to change.
• Implement and follow up on care plans to address client needs.
• Draft social reports for complex cases.
• Conceptualise and identify appropriate approaches to develop care plans.
• Target and reach out to individuals for group work.
• Conduct environmental scans and assess community needs.
• Engage in learning opportunities to develop skills.
• Participate and support research in multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Independent, creative, flexible thinking

Good people skills

Understanding of diverse cultures and races

Patience, love, passion, and commitment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Job description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

THKMC was incorporated on 13 October 2011 as a charity to provide multiple social and welfare services to the community at large, and achieved an Institute of Public Character (IPC) status on 18 November 2011. THKMC is the charitable arm of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society, which lives by the mission – To Serve Mankind – to help anyone who needs help regardless of their race, religion, colour, language, creed and culture. THKMC today serves more than 70,000 beneficiaries through more than 70 programmes across five Services, which include Disability, Early Intervention for Children, Family, Seniors’ Community, and Therapy.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Casework – Engagement & Assessment

• Engage client and significant others (e.g. family, caregivers, etc.) in a therapeutic manner to understand their needs
• Manage and overcome reluctance and resistance to change

Casework – Case Review & Documentations

• Implement and follow up on care/ case plans and interventions to determine the suitability of care/ case plans in addressing client’s needs and modify them where necessary
• Draft social reports for complex cases to be reviewed by supervisor

Casework – Goal Setting & Intervention Plans

• Conceptualise and identify appropriate approaches to develop care/ case plan for client
• Help clients to develop and choose strategies and formulate viable plans
• Represent case in case conference

Group Work

• Target and reach out to individuals and/ or targeted groups who may benefit from group work conducted by organisations/ agencies
• Plan, implement, monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic group work to address issues of target groups
• Facilitate high risk therapeutic group work under supervision

Community Work

• Conduct environmental scans and assess community needs
• Design, develop and implement community-specific development programmes (e.g. aging community in a specific neighbourhood)
• Participate in community development initiatives and provide recommendations for consideration

Professional Development & Education

• Engage in learning opportunities (e.g. participate in community of practice meetings to develop skills and capabilities)
• Attend professional development courses to acquire professional knowledge and skills

Programme Development & Implementation

• Participate/ implement programmes (e.g. strengthening activities appropriate to clients’ profile)
• Review and refine programmes to target client groups or other stakeholders/ partners/ agencies
• Identify service gaps in response to client needs and make recommendations to improve service provision of programmes

Research

• Participate and support research
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team research projects

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Social Work from universities recognised by the Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB) of Singapore
• Independent, creative, flexible thinking and able to motivate staff
• Good people skills
• Has strong understanding of the diverse cultures and race
• Has patience, love, passion and commitment in the family services