Social Worker – Family Development Division

[Contract Position] Promote social mobility and development through social cohesion in the community. Help clients manage life challenges and achieve self-reliance. Work with the community to raise their capacity to cope with circumstances for improved social functioning and well-being. Responsible for ensuring operational and governance efficiency through supervision and evaluation. Responsibilities: Casework • Assess referral cases to ensure that they are suitable for intake • Establish rapport and build professional relationship with client and significant others (e.g. family, caregivers, etc.) • Identify and clarify the key issues to the problem situation, gather relevant information from clients and conduct needs and intake assessment to assess and identify severity, key risks and protective factors for intervention • Use different modes of engagement (e.g. home visit, telephone interview, face-to-face interview, etc.) for the purpose of assessment, intervention and monitoring Group Work • Assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of group work and provide recommendations for consideration • Assist in therapeutic groups that aim to develop target groups of clients Community Work • Assist in the conduct of environmental scanning and assessment of community needs through data collection and the conduct of basic analysis (e.g. collation of social data, conducting interviews or surveys, community mapping, analysis of social trends, etc.) Corporate Governance • Management reports/ documents to ensure accuracy and completeness • Ensure that work is being carried out in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines Operational Efficiency • Recommend service delivery improvements to senior management Organisation and Capability Development • Support to cultivate values and communicate the vision/ mission of the organisation to the team • Knowledge of educative, supportive and administrative functions • Ability to critically analyse academic literature for evidence-based approaches and practice enhancement Collaboration • Foster professional partnership across agencies • Participate in collaborative project work • Foster professional working relationship Requirements: • Degree, Graduate Diploma or Master in Social Work • Accredited Social Worker with relevant experience is an added advantage. • Fresh Graduates in Social work/ Counselling are welcome to apply. • Meticulous, team player and passion to serve the community • Good report-writing skills, time management skills, Interpersonal and Communication skills • Budget Planning/Finance Management experience is an added advantage. This is a contract position, convertible to a permanent role subject to the performance and divisional requirements. Our Welfare We aim to take care of your well-being. We provide • Career development opportunities • Flexible working hours • AWS/ Bonuses • Health insurance • Wellness programmes Interested candidates can send their resumes with current and expected salaries information. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. We thank all applicants for their interest. Please note that your response to this advertisement and communications with us pursuant to this advertisement will constitute informed consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of personal data by SINDA to carry out its business in compliance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. To learn more about SINDA’s Data Policy, please visit https://www.sinda.org.sg/data-policy/