Job Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Since October 2011, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities (THKMC) was incorporated as a charity with an IPC status to provide multiple social and welfare services to the community at large. THKMC provides assistance to the various groups in our community through more than 60 programmes and services for the elderly and the sick, families, persons with disabilities, and children. We help anyone in need with full respect to their race, colour, creed, language, culture and religion. We have more than 90 programmes and services, reaching out to more than 55,000 people in the community. Together, as ONE THKMC \xe2\x80\x93 Empowering the Community.
DESIGNATION : Social Worker

RESPONSIBILITIES


Casework \xe2\x80\x93 Engagement & Assessment

• Engage client and significant others (e.g. family, caregivers, etc.) in a therapeutic manner to understand their needs
• Manage and overcome reluctance and resistance to change

• Implement and follow up on care/ case plans and interventions to determine the suitability of care/ case plans in addressing client\xe2\x80\x99s needs and modify them where necessary
• Draft social reports for complex cases to be reviewed by supervisor

• Conceptualise and identify appropriate approaches to develop care/ case plan for client
• Help clients to develop and choose strategies and formulate viable plans
• Represent case in case conference

• Target and reach out to individuals and/ or targeted groups who may benefit from group work conducted by organisations/ agencies
• Plan, implement, monitor, evaluate and modify therapeutic group work to address issues of target groups
• Facilitate high risk therapeutic group work under supervision

• Conduct environmental scans and assess community needs
• Design, develop and implement community-specific development programmes (e.g. aging community in a specific neighbourhood)
• Participate in community development initiatives and provide recommendations for consideration

• Engage in learning opportunities (e.g. participate in community of practice meetings to develop skills and capabilities)
• Attend professional development courses to acquire professional knowledge and skills
• Supervise interns and/ or students on placement (only if offered as Senior)
• Guide fresh/ junior social workers (only if offered as Senior)

• Participate/ implement programmes (e.g. strengthening activities appropriate to clients\xe2\x80\x99 profile)
• Review and refine programmes to target client groups or other stakeholders/ partners/ agencies
• Identify service gaps in response to client needs and make recommendations to improve service provision of programmes

• Participate and support research
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team research projects

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree majoring in Psychology, Counselling or Social Work from universities recognised by the Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB) of Singapore with 2 - 3 years of experience
• Mature, independent, creative, flexible thinking and able to motivate staff
• Good people skills
• Malay/Tamil language proficiency is required for case management of Malay/Tamil speaking families
• Has strong understanding of the diverse cultures and races
• Has patience, love, passion and commitment in the family services