Assistant Senior Social Worker - Bedok North

Casework and Counselling

• 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's 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

Group Work

• 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

Community Work

• 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

Professional Development & Education

• 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
• Guide fresh/ junior social workers

Research

• Participate and support research
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team research projects Programme Development & Implementation
• Participate/ implement programmes (e.g. strengthening activities appropriate to clients' 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

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work/ Post Graduate in Social Work

Other Information

• At least six years' experience working in the social service sector, (Family Service Centre) preferably with clients with disability, neurocognitive and/or mental health issues
• At least two years' supervisory experience in the social service sector
• Good teamwork and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team; and a high level of integrity