Social Worker - YCOP

SHINE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

SHINE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES seeks a dedicated professional to perform casework and counselling with youth, conduct outreach, and develop intervention programmes. You will engage families, collaborate with partners, and ensure thorough documentation across programmes.

The role involves group facilitation, programme design, and data collection for outcomes. Applicants should be committed to youth development and community wellbeing, with Singaporeans only.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Team player; capable of independent work.
• Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change.
• Pleasant disposition with willingness to learn.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and hardworking.
• Passionate about working with youth.

Responsibilities

• Casework and counselling using relevant casework theories.
• Engage, assess, provide intervention and evaluate practice.
• Assess client's risks, needs, level of functioning and required intervention.
• Understand youth at risk of juvenile delinquency and manage risks/protective factors.
• Demonstrate reflective practice.
• Conduct outreach to families where applicable to develop action plans.
• Engage other agencies to support the client holistically and sustainably.
• Ensure proper documentation and report-writing.
• Groupwork: plan, implement, evaluate group sessions and activities.
• System linkage, analysis and engagement to interpret policies and resources.
• Programme development and implementation with logic model/theory of change.
• Mobilise resources and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Manage programme budget and ensure cost effectiveness.
• Documentation and reporting across programmes.
• Administrative duties and other projects as assigned.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal

Team player and independent work

Quick thinking & adaptability

Pleasant disposition & willingness to學

Enthusiastic & self-motivated

Passionate about youth work

Job description

*Please do not include personal data such as NRIC number, date of birth, or residential address in your resume

Personnel Specification

1. Good communication and interpersonal skills
2. A team player and equally adept at working independently
3. Quick thinking, adaptable and responsive to change
4. Pleasant disposition with a willingness to learn
5. Enthusiastic and self-motivated, high personal effectiveness & hardworking
6. Passionate in working with youth

Key Responsibility Areas

1. Casework & Counselling
   • Utilise relevant casework theories into practice
   • Engage, assess, provide intervention and evaluate practice
   • Assess client's risks, needs, level of functioning and systemic intervention needed
   • Understand youth at risk of juvenile delinquency and manage associated risk and protective factors
   • Demonstrate reflective practice
   • 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 and sustainably
   • Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
2. Group Work
   • Prepare and plan groupwork sessions/intervention
   • Implement groupwork intervention effectively
   • Evaluate groupwork intervention processes and outcomes, group dynamics and needs
   • Respond to the needs of the groups and individuals in groupwork practice
   • Able to facilitate group discussions and project work confidently with challenging clients
3. Programme Development and Implementation
   • To systematically understand and 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
   • Consider systems dynamics and impact when designing and delivering programme
   • Mobilise resources and engage in collaborative work
   • Manage programme budget and ensure cost effectiveness
   • Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
4. 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 systemic-level intervention
5. Stakeholder Partnerships/ Volunteer engagement and development
   • Recruit, engage and develop volunteers
   • Mobilise volunteers and delegate responsibility
   • Provide relevant training/briefing for volunteers
   • Maintain positive working relationship with volunteers & program partners
   • Build rapport and professional relationships with stakeholders
   • Ensure proper documentation and report-writing
6. Evaluation & Research
   • Identify current trends
   • Gather relevant information for evaluation
   • Support in evaluation/research activities
7. 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
   • Support in consolidating photographs / videos and other forms of data for yearly reports
8. Administrative and other duties
   • Perform administrative duties
   • Other duties/projects as assigned

Singaporeans only

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidate will be notified