Social Worker - Toa Payoh, Singapore - Pertapis Education & Welfare Centre

Description

• Job Functions
• Ensure that residents comply with the Centre's Rules and Regulations.
• Setting up of Individual Care Plan for all residents
• Responsible for the Clinical Intervention components in the Centre (include counselling and caring services).
• Assist in ensuring safe custody of residents
• Work closely with other departments/government agencies/Healthcare institutions
• Ensure that the security measures are adequate in the Centre.
• Assist Deputy Head of Home in submission of reports of all serious incidents and occurrences of unusual and serious nature pertaining to staff and residents to the Home's Management Committee.
• Work in close liaison with law enforcement, welfare regulators and other related agencies.
• Assess potential clients prior to admission to ensure suitability.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure residents' suitability in the home and to assess and discharge when needed.
• Prepare reports for submission timely and submit for vetting by the Deputy Head of Home.
• Ensure that all records, accounts, documents and correspondence are properly maintained, kept current and uptodate.
• Maintain casefiles of all residents and ensure casefiles are updated.
• Facilitate group counselling, family sessions, onetoone sessions and maintain case recordings.
• Facilitate home/hospital visits and other significant tasks
• Work closely with the residents and their family for possible reintegration
• To present cases to the staff of latest updates
• Update residents' family of significant incidents/hospitalisation/happenings
• Responsible for the development of the Centre
• Provide support to the Operations of the centre
• Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Head of the Home, Licensee and Governing Board
• Responsible to lodge a Police report when necessary.
• Diploma or Degree in Social Work / Psychology/ Counselling
• At least 1 to 2 years of casework and counselling experience
• Good care management and counselling skills
• Certified in doing mandatory counselling cases will be advantages
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Meticulous and a team player
• Strong attention to detail and has the ability to work efficiently, accurately, as well as to follow up on pending items in a timely manner

• Health insurance
• Parental leave

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

• Performance bonus

• Professional Qualification (preferred)

• Social work: 1 year (preferred)