Senior Social Worker - Singapore - Singapore Children's Society

Singapore Children's Society

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Singapore

4 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

To support and promote children's mental well-being through leading the team in developing evidence-informed group work and workshops for children, educators/parents, so as to support the holistic development of the child.

Conduct rigorous assessment and provide basic psychosocial, behavioural interventions to children in need.

The purpose is to ensure that child's mental well-being is supported so that they can grow up strong and healthy.

Scope of Job Role

To provide supervision of the practice team to develop, design, plan, facilitate, monitor, evaluate and review therapeutic group work to address issues of target groups (Target group: 712 years old). This includes supporting children's mental wellness through building resilience, supporting them to regulate their emotions, equipping them with protective behaviours, building their prosocial skills and other emerging needs
Implement intervention plans and monitor progress
Revise and evaluate effectiveness of intervention for children and/or caregivers
Maintain up to date case documentation
To work collaboratively with child's support networksparents, educators and community partners to address the needs
To support children inrisk identified on our helpline/chatline services through casework & counselling
Conduct risk assessment, safety planning and implement safety plans as appropriate
Liaise with agencies and make service referrals, when required
Work closely with Research Department to develop/refine evaluation tools for group work interventions

Job Requirements

Degree in social work/counselling/psychology or in related discipline or Post graduate diploma in social work
At least 5 years of experience working with children (712 years old), parents in counselling, casework, programme development and group work
Supervisory experience
Strong group work facilitation skills
Programme development
Case work and counselling skills
Good written and oral communication
Trained in SSSG
Traumainformed
Able to provide psychological first aid
Possess knowledge of the social service and school landscape/resources
Ability to do basic research and evaluation
Able to conduct environmental scans and assess community needs
Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
Strong engagement skills with various stakeholders
Able to work independently and in a team
Experienced in creative engagements for social service programmes in both virtual and facetoface formats
High levels of initiative