Youth Worker |School |Upper Serangoon Road |Part Time

WSH Experts Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

WSH Experts Pte Ltd is seeking a dedicated school counsellor to engage and support identified at‑risk students during school hours and after school, helping them set goals and build problem‑solving skills. Collaborate with our team of counsellors and SEN officers to respond to incidents, provide triage and basic counselling, and support students through disciplinary processes.

You will strengthen the ecosystem by engaging parents, linking families to social agencies, coordinating PSG workshops,

Responsibilities

• Engage and support identified at‑risk students during school hours and after school, helping them set goals and build problem‑solving skills.
• Collaborate with our team of counsellors and SEN officers to respond to incidents, provide triage and basic counselling, and support students through disciplinary processes.
• Provide fortnightly updates to Head of Department/SEN on support provided and follow‑ups for students and parents.
• Engage parents of at‑risk students, connect families to relevant social agencies, and coordinate parent workshops with PSG.
• Work in partnership with school staff and social agencies to bolster the ecosystem of support for identified students.
• Share updates at Case Management Team meetings and provide reports at the end of each semester.
• Prepare and deliver termly reports to the Head of Department/SEN.

Job description

Job Description

The Services required are set out as follows:

1. Engage and provide support for students with at-risk behaviours.

• To engage and support a number of identified at-risk students during school (where appropriate) as well as after school hours. Support can include exploring their goals and strengths, building their problem-solving and decision‑making skills, and helping them manage relational conflicts.
• Working in collaboration with our team of school counsellors and Special Educational Needs (SEN) officers to respond to meltdowns or incidents in class for identified students.
• To provide pre and post counselling support/reflections for students undergoing disciplinary consequences.
• To support counselling team in providing triaging and basic counselling support for other students where necessary.

2. Strengthen ecosystem of support for identified at-risk students

• To engage and support parents of identified students with at-risk behaviours, supporting them on parenting matters (e.g. parent-child communication, managing their child's behaviours, setting boundaries/routines);
• To connect parents of students with at-risk behaviours to relevant social agencies (e.g. FSC/FGO) where additional interventions are necessary. This may include working to shift mindsets of parents in seeking help and addressing their concerns.
• To curate parent workshops and reach out to specific parents to invite them. This would include partnering with the school’s Parents Support Group (PSG) to coordinate such workshops (Target: 1 workshop per term).
• To work in partnership with school staff and/or social agencies to bolster ecosystem of support for the identified students.

3. Work in close collaboration with the school’s Student Development Team and existing partners

• To provide fortnightly updates (using school’s documentation template) to Head of Department/SEN on support provided for identified students and their parents, as well as any follow‑up needed for students with related counselling or SEN issues.
• To share updates on identified students at our fortnightly Case Management Team meetings.
• To provide Head of Department/SEN a report at the end of each semester.