Social Worker (Restorative Care Department – Case Management Service)

About Restorative Care Department:

Restorative Care Department (RCD) was started in 2006, with one Family Resource Centre located within Prison Link Centre (Changi) specializes in serving offenders, ex-offenders and their families through a variety of programmes.

Case Management Services (CMS) was launched in 2019 to provide short-term case management for releasing inmates. Its objectives are to assist clients and their families with reintegration into society, offer individual support and guidance for transitioning back into the community, and address criminogenic needs to prevent re-offending and relapse.

Responsibilities:

• Provide information and referral services for offenders, ex-offenders, and/or their next of kin
• Conduct risk assessment, social investigation, assessment, case formulation, intervention planning.
• Timely preparation and submission of reports and case recordings.
• Conduct meetings, sessions, workshops and programme to offenders, ex-offenders, and/or their next of kin
• Required to cover office duties at various centres

Requirements:

• Degree in Social Work or Degree with a Graduate Diploma in Social Work from an accredited institution
• Possess at least two (2) years of experience working in a similar setting (e.g. Social service agencies)
• Comfortable to work with offenders and ex-offenders in Police and Prison settings
• Able to work in a fast-pace and stressful environment.
• Required to work on weeknights and weekends on needs basis
• Has maturity, communication skills and interpersonal skills to work with professionals, and families from diverse backgrounds
• Able to develop empathy/ empathic responses, reflective capacity self-awareness.
• Adaptive with multi-tasking skills and problem-solving skills
• Personal effectiveness, independence, and good time management
• Has strong writing skills
• Team player

Work Location: Simei

Interested applicants are to submit their resume to recruit@fycs.org. Please visit www.fycs.org for more details.

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