Social Care Associate - Singapore - Unity Denticare

Unity Denticare

Verified Company

Singapore

1 week ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

About Us:

NTUC Health Co-operative Limited (NTUC Health) is an NTUC social enterprise that provides a comprehensive and integrated suite of quality and affordable health and eldercare services to meet the growing needs of families and their dependents. Building on more than four decades of experience and expertise, NTUC Health is among the largest senior day care, nursing home and home personal care providers in Singapore. It also offers other services for seniors such as an active ageing hub, senior activity centres, community support for vulnerable seniors, and a sheltered / senior group home. In addition, it runs a chain of dental clinics, and a family medicine clinic

NTUC Health is one of the largest community health and eldercare providers in Singapore. We want to make a difference in our community by continuously exploring and expanding our services.

At our nursing homes, we develop services and deliver care with our residents at heart, especially those with dementia and other conditions requiring round-the-clock care.

In this role as a Social Care Associate, you shall work with other care staff to conduct engagement activities to improve well-being, cognitive function and social participation of the seniors in our nursing home.

You are responsible for ensuring that nursing home residents are meaningfully engaged through activities that take into account their interests, habits and therapeutic goals.

If you are passionate about engaging seniors and enjoy a collaborative work environment, you will be able to create a fulfilling and rewarding career for yourself.

Engage residents and family members frequently to gain insights and create engagement activities to support the residents' therapeutic and social wellbeing objectives.
Conduct daily engagement activities with the residents on an individual or group basis.
Support therapeutic and social well being objectives of care plans through active engagement of the residents.
Develop activities for residents according to their preferred choice of activities (e.g. cooking, hobbies and games).
Perform delegated administrative work in the relevant areas of job scope such as systematic recording of engagement activities to facilitate reviews and analysis
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Preferably "N" level qualification or at least 2 years of experience in customer service, programme planning or facilitating activities
Passionate to serve the elderly
Pleasant disposition, approachable and has a service oriented personality
Selfmotivated individual who is willing to learn and has a growth mindset
Excellent listening and communication skills
Proficient in Google Suite Workspace Applications (Gmail, Google sheet, Google doc)

Other Information:

Additional Advantageous Skills:

Prior exposure in healthcare or social work settings or as an individual caregiver to your own loved ones would be advantageous
Ability to speak other languages including Mandarin and dialects, Tamil, Malay will be advantageous.

The employee may be required to work on some weekends and weekday evenings to conduct engagement activities and cater to residents' needs.