Social Work Associate - Family Development Division

[Contract Position]

This is a contract position that can be converted to a permanent role, subject to performance and divisional requirements.

JOB PURPOSE:

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.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Casework

• Establish rapport and build professional relationships with clients and significant others (e.g. family, caregivers, etc.)
• Identify and clarify the key issues to the problem situation, and gather relevant information from clients and conduct needs and intake assessments to assess and identify severity, key risks and protective factors for intervention

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.)
• Ability to build and negotiate collaborations/ partnerships with stakeholders in social sector for community development and re-integration

Corporate Governance

• Consolidation of 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

• Highlight areas of enhancement and provide inputs to improve the operational efficiency and quality of social service provided
• Recommend service delivery improvements to senior management
• Delivery of services to ensure that they adhere to service standards, performance indicators and operating guidelines

Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in Social Work
• Relevant experience in the Social Service Sector will be an advantage
• Meticulous, team player and passionate to serve the community
• Good report-writing skills, time management skills, Interpersonal and Communication skills
• Budget Planning/Finance Management experience is an added advantage.
• Able to participate in SINDA-wide events, as required

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.

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