Allkin - KidSTART Social Work Practitioner / Counsellor / Case Manager

About Allkin

Founded in 1978 as Singapore's first family service centre, Allkin Singapore (formerly known as AMKFSC Community Services) is a leading community-driven social service agency that believes everyone has the potential to create positive change, regardless of age, race, or background.

Through our service offerings, strategic partnerships, and community initiatives, we unlock opportunities for vulnerable individuals and families to overcome life's challenges, pursue a brighter future, and inspire others to do the same. Today, Allkin uplifts and journeys with diverse communities such as children, youths, families, and seniors at close to 40 touchpoints across Singapore.

Social Work Practitioner / Counsellor / Case Manager (KidSTART)

Key Responsibilities & Duties include:

• To provide support, guidance, knowledge and skills to enhance parents' capacity in child development through regular home visits.
• To motivate, assess and enhance parent's ability to practise and apply the knowledge and skills in child development.
• To create and faciliate learning opportunities for parents in the areas of parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well-being.
• To provide information and knowledge on medical, dental, mental health services, early childhood development, developmental issues, with support from a multi-disciplinary team comprising paediatricians and nurses, allied health professionals, early childhood and social work consultants.
• To collaborate with community and social service agencies such as FSCs and SSOs to provide holistic support for families, which includes regular case conferences and discussions.
• To deliver tiered child development support / intervention based on level of needs and conduct screening and assessments.
• To fulfill all administrative duties, examples include upkeep of case notes and timely uploads onto the Social Service Net (SSNet) system.
• To attend all relevant trainings.
• All other duties, if required.

Candidate Profile:

• Diploma or degree in early childhood, psychology, nursing, social work, counselling or equivalent.
• Preferably at least 2 years of experience in early childhood development, or social service sector.
• Adaptable to organizational changes.
• Able to work on some weekday evenings and weekends.