Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Montfort Care is a social service agency (SSA) committed to improving the lives of individuals, families and the community facing transitional challenges. We manage a portfolio of six key programmes including Family Service Centres, Child Protection Specialist Centre, Goodlife, YAH!, Grief Matters and Home bathing services. Our workforce size is about 300 employees; spread across 20 locations/centres across Singapore. Our HQ resides at 624 Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore. Our program centres are primarily located in Marine Parade, Mounbatten, Telok Blangah, Kreta Ayer, Agape Village @ Toa Payoh and Yishun.
Montfort Care will continue to grow our services and enhance our capabilities to impact more lives. With this goal in mind, we are hiring talent to join our team in our HQ functions, social service support and direct social services.
DESIGNATION : Social Worker (Eldercare)

RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities:

• Conduct casework management, including gathering information, conducting psycho-social assessment, identifying common needs and goals for intervention
• Provide basic counselling as required
• Plan, organise and implement community outreach activities, programmes and group work
• Perform evaluation and prepare reports for administrative investigation and intervention programmes
• Provide information and referral services to link Clients to appropriate social services
• Participate in research

• People-Oriented and have good interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Analytical ability & problem-solving skills to analyse information quickly and accurately, and formulate decisions and make recommendations
• Committed and can-do attitude
• Effective report writing skills
• Team Player
• Able to converse in local dialects or Malay language due to dialects/Malay-speaking clients
• Experience in working with mental health issues would be an advantage

• Possess Degree in Social Work or Degree with a Graduate Diploma in Social Work from an accredited institution
• Possess Degree in Counselling, Psychology from an accredited institution
• Accredited as Registered Social Worker with Singapore Association of Social Workers would be an advantage
• Prior experience as a social worker would be an advantage