Student Welfare Off - Student Care [ITE College East]

ITE Institute of Technical Education; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

GovTech invites applications for a social work role focused on holistic support for ITE students-at-risk. You will work with students, families, and community partners to enable continued education and access to resources.

Responsibilities include assessment, home visits, referrals, data documentation, and collaboration with government agencies for holistic care. Requires credentials in social work and strong commitment to youth welfare.

Qualifications

• Credentials in a relevant social work discipline will be an advantage.
• Preferably with at least 2 years of direct clinical work/casework in the social service sector with youth and families.
• Good knowledge of social services landscape in Singapore.
• Demonstrated passion and disposition for working with youth and families; culturally sensitive and collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Engage and connect with students and their challenges.
• Provide case assessment and set goals/outcomes with students and families.
• Visit students’ homes or relevant locations for assessment and support.
• Refer students and families to relevant stakeholders within and outside ITE.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to provide holistic care and support to students.
• Document, track, monitor and report on cases.

Skills

Social work

Education

Bachelor/Mellow in Social Work

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

What the role is

You will provide holistic social work support to ITE students-at-risk and will be part of the professional team, working with students and their families, community partners and relevant stakeholders within ITE with objectives such as enabling students to complete their studies, facilitating family work with relevant agencies and accessing resources (eg financial).

What you will be working on

Some of the tasks which you are expected to perform include:

• Engaging and connecting with students and their challenges
• Providing case assessment and goals/outcome of the work with students and their families.
• Visiting students’ homes or other relevant locations for assessment/support.
• Referring students and families to relevant stakeholders within and outside ITE to render necessary support.
• Collaborating with relevant stakeholders (e.g. departments within ITE, government and community agencies) to provide holistic care and support to students.
• Documenting, tracking, monitoring and reporting (including collation of relevant data) of students’ cases.
• Re-integrating or transition support for students.
• Implementing psycho-social-educational programmes

What we are looking for

• Candidates with credentials in a relevant discipline (e.g. social work) will have an advantage.
• Preferably with at least 2 years of direct clinical work / casework experience in the social service sector, working with youth and their families.
• Good knowledge of social services landscape in Singapore.
• Passion and disposition for working with youth and their families Cultural sensitivity, collaborative and an openness to diverse views.
• Emotional stability, resourcefulness and resilience.
• Proficient in office applications/software

Note : Contract till 30 Jun 2027.

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