Therapy Assistant (Occupational Therapy) - Jurong West

Catholic Welfare Services, Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Medical and Dental reimbursement

Meals during duty-hours

Job summary

St Joseph's Home in Jurong West invites applications for a Therapy Assistant (Occupational Therapy). You will work with Occupational Therapists to design personalised therapy plans, prepare equipment, and assist residents through daily activities, transfers and bedside sessions.

The role requires compassion, strong team skills, and language ability in English plus another language. Join a dedicated team delivering high-quality care to elderly residents and children in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of GCE N Levels with a pass in English.
• Compassionate nature with the desire to serve the elderly and children.
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to speak and understand at least one language from Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Hindi, Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese.

Responsibilities

• Collect residents' life stories to tailor occupational therapy plans and plan quarterly activity calendars.
• Source, organise and prepare equipment, materials and resources—through purchase or donations.
• Deliver activity trolleys to designated locations and ensure readiness for use.
• Assist with transfers to wheelchairs or chairs and escort residents to activity sites.
• Facilitate activities under supervision, ensuring steps are followed to meet KPIs.
• Clean and tidy therapy trolleys and equipment after activities and return to storage.
• Evaluate activity impact via observational assessments and identify positive outcomes.
• Maintain inventories and stock, monitor and replenish equipment and materials.
• Plan daily and annual cleaning and sanitising of therapy equipment and storage areas.
• Store, label and organise therapy items in storage areas.
• Document attendance for residents and clients in written or electronic form.
• Participate in departmental projects and events with responsibilities assigned.

Skills

Compassionate

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

GCE N Levels English pass

Job description

St Joseph's Home, a Person-centred residential healthcare facility located in Jurong West, is redefining the way we take care of our elderly, and would like to invite suitable candidates to apply for the position of:

Therapy Assistant (Occupational Therapy)

Job Description:

• Collect residents' life stories to collaboratively create personalised occupational therapy plans and prepare a quarterly activity calendar, shared with all departments for coordination.
• Work with Occupational Therapists to source, organise and prepare all necessary equipment, materials and resources-through purchase or donations-for smooth delivery of planned therapeutic activities.
• Deliver activity trolleys to designated locations-including common areas, Care Rooms, garden and external spaces, the ground floor Club and identified residents' bedsides-ensuring they are ready for use.
• Prepare residents for activities by assisting with transfers to wheelchairs or chairs, escorting them to and from activity sites and appropriately readying those participating in bedside sessions.
• Under the direction of Occupational Therapists, facilitate activities-independently or with other staff-at various activity points, ensuring all steps are performed correctly and efficiently to meet key performance indicators.
• Clean and tidy all activity trolleys and activity points after activities by packing up, sanitising and cleaning equipment and materials as needed and returning trolleys to their designated storage areas.
• Work with Occupational Therapists to evaluate the impact of activities on residents by conducting observational assessments, analysing findings and identifying ways to achieve positive outcomes.
• Perform housekeeping duties in collaboration with Occupational Therapists by maintaining and updating inventories, monitoring and replenishing equipment, materials, linen, stationery, sundries, ensuring all procurement and stock management processes are properly followed.
• Plan and execute daily and annual cleaning and sanitising of therapy equipment, materials, resources, storage areas, following proper standard procedures.
• Ensure all therapy equipment, materials and resources are correctly stored, tagged and labelled in an orderly manner within therapy storage areas.
• Documenting all activity attendances, in the correct manner, whether in written or electronic form of all residents and/or clients.
• Participate in departmental projects by attending committee meetings, contributing ideas, feedback and fulfilling assigned responsibilities during event days.

Key Requirements:

• Minimum of GCE N Levels with a pass in English
• Compassionate nature with the desire to serve the elderly and children
• A team player with good interpersonal and communications skills
• The ability to speak and understand a minimum of at least 1 of the following: Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Hindi, Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese

Benefits:

• Annual leave, Medical and Dental reimbursement schemes
• Meals during duty-hours will be provided

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.