Job Description

Job Scope:

• Outreach and engagement

• Engage and build positive relationships with identified students during and/or outside of curriculum hours;

• Engage and connect with higher needs students in community settings outside of school compounds;

• Engage, motivate and equip students with knowledge and skills to build socio-emotional skills and overcome life challenges;

• Conduct emotional management workshops for identified students to equip students with skills on how to better manage their emotions;

• Empower students with responsibilities and platforms to contribute back to the community/school and be meaningfully engaged;

• Work with school staff, in the crafting and implementation of the programme for high-needs students.
• Case management and family engagement

• Provide case planning, management and counselling support customised to needs of students and families;

• Plan and conduct family engagement and intervention such as family sessions, telephone contact or home visits aligned with student's needs.
• Assessment and student identification

• Observe and identify key needs of students;

• Usage of identification and screening tools to assess students needs, when required;

• To discuss needs and intervention plans of identified students with relevant school personnel (Eg. Student management team personnel and school leaders).
• School collaboration

• Provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel;

• Provide support and consultation to school teachers on students needs and challenges.
• Social Work Intervention (for identified students)

• Equip students with socio-emotional skills that develop students' confidence, character and self-leadership through a hands-on, class-based programme;

• Enable students to translate their learning from the programme into multiple contexts including the home, class and community settings, thereby improving parent-child, teacher-student and peer relationships and sense of belonging to these multiple environments.

Requirements:

• Possess a social work degree (or have equivalent experience/qualifications in youth work) and
• Have at least 3 years of social work experience, possess skills related to rapport building, effective interpersonal interactions, problem-solving and programme planning and implementation.
• Experience in designing, planning and facilitating group guidance programmes for students.
• Competent in working with parents, school staff, community and stakeholders.

Location: HougangSalary: TBAContract Period: From 2 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025Working Arrangement:

• Tuesdays to Fridays : 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m

• For school holidays, personnel will be notified by the Vice-principal on the actual working day.

Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted public holidays.The exact working schedule will be confirmed by the school upon confirmationEA License No: 96C4864Reg. No.: R24121728

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