Senior Social Worker (Youth Services)

SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER (Youth Services)

Job Purpose: Lead practice teams involved in casework, group work and programmes, including collaboration with partners and stakeholders. Provide practice supervision to practice staff and uplift the level of professional practice.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Case Management:

• Conduct risks and needs assessments by taking into account the integration of a range of information, which includes appropriate administration of risk and needs assessment tools and frameworks.
• Prepare, review and endorse social, triage and court reports.
• Formulate casework intervention plans within the organisation for complex and high risk cases and oversee the implementation of case plans and interventions for complex and high risks cases.
• Lead multi-disciplinary case conferences as part of the intervention process and guide junior workers in facilitating case conferences of a similar nature.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of case management plans of junior Social Workers and provide guidance accordingly.
• Use organisational frameworks to conduct a holistic assessment.
• Apply a logical thinking process of case conceptualisation and case assessment to arrive at a case intervention plan.

Group Work:

• Deliver and supervise the facilitation of groupwork design and oversee the intervention processes.
• Evaluate the progress and effectiveness of groupwork interventions within the organization to ensure that our services remain relevant.

Professional Practice:

• Demonstrate professional practice and role with clarity and confidence, and the ability to defend the role and practice in conversations with key stakeholders, in accordance with the organizational vision, mission, and best practice standards of the sector, including ethical, reflexive, and collaborative practice.
• Provide supervision to junior practitioners in demonstration of the role.

Programme Design and Implementation:

• Lead in needs assessment, programme design, and implementation of activities in line with organizational practice and stakeholders' requirements.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of the programme.
• Plan and carry out monitoring and evaluation accordingly.

Research:

• Review service delivery models aligned to evidence-based practices.
• Design and conduct research on practice and specified issues under guidance.

Community Work:

• Lead, design, implement, and evaluate new community outreach and community development initiatives by mobilising community resources, other social service providers, and volunteers.

Practice Supervision:

• Supervise junior and experienced social workers and engage in continuous personal development.
• Supervision must be conducted according to organizational supervision practice to ensure practice alignment and standard.

Requirements:

• Degree in Social Work or Graduate Diploma in Social Work from NUS/Monash/UniSIM or any other recognised university.
• ISP experience is an advantage.
• A good team player with good written and interpersonal skills.
• Passion to serve and to work with youths and their families.
• For Senior positions, a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with supervision experience.
• Must be registered with SASW Accreditation Board.

Qualification:

Degree in Social Work or Graduate Diploma in Social Work from a recognised university with minimum relevant experience at a Supervisory capacity.

Other Information:

Thank you for your interest and your application. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interview.