Social Worker / Executive (Social Work), CYS (KidSTART)

Social Worker / Social Work Executive

Job Scope / Responsibilities

The KidSTART Practitioner's (KSP) role is to provide targeted assistance to children and families enrolled onto the KidSTART programme via a home visitation model. The KSP will work with parents, caregivers, and relevant systems in the following areas:

1. Building child development knowledge and parenting skills
2. Enhancing parent-child relationships
3. Supporting parents in enabling their children to meet age-appropriate developmental milestones
4. Child safety and well-being
5. Key life transitions (Primary School transition support)

This includes but is not limited to:

A. Intake and Enrolment

1. Process referrals from a variety of sources, including hospitals, community referrals, self-referrals, government agencies, and other SSAs.
2. Engage families about the programme, seek consent from, and determine the eligibility of families for the KidSTART programme.
3. Collate and maintain an accurate and complete set of data in SSNet and on internal databases on all referrals and intakes.

B. Needs Identification and Assessment

1. Conduct timely and regular screening and assessment using different tools and assessments (training provided) to ensure the child's developmental needs are met and support maternal/main carer's well-being.
2. Develop holistic child-centric case plans to coordinate the required support for the identified children.

C. Case Coordination, Systems Linkages and Mobilisation

1. Work closely with community partners/stakeholders to enhance service delivery and promote positive child development outcomes.
2. Where needed, organise case conferences involving the relevant parties to coordinate support and address barriers in support for the identified children and families.
3. Tap on a team of multi-disciplinary professionals to support the health and developmental needs of identified children.
4. Coordinate support for the identified children and their families through relevant KidSTART support or other resources.

D. Education & Equipping

1. Conduct regular parent engagement sessions to enhance caregivers' knowledge, skills, and parenting capacity based on the KidSTART curriculum.
2. Upkeep and maintain all required administrative documentations including case notes.

Qualifications

1. Bachelors Degree in Social Science / Social Work or equivalent. Those without Social Service Qualification will be taken in as Executive (Social Work)
2. Experience in working with families, case management, assessment writing is important
3. Agility in adapting to changes and the rigours of a home visitation model
4. Speak at least a basic level of Mandarin to cater to Mandarin speaking clients is a plus

Other Information

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