School Part-Time Youth Worker

Job Scope:

• Outreach and engagement

. Engage and build positive relationships with identified students during and/or outside of curriculum hours

. Engage and connect with higher needs students in community settings outside of school compounds

. Engage, motivate and equip students with knowledge and skills to build socio-emotional skills and overcome life challenges

. Conduct emotional management workshops for identified students to equip students with skills on how to better manage their emotions

. Empower students with responsibilities and platforms to contribute back to the community/school and be meaningfully engaged

. Work with school staff, in the crafting and implementation of the programme for high-needs students.

• Case management and family engagement

. Provide case planning, management and counselling support customised to needs of students and families

. Plan and conduct family engagement and intervention such as family sessions, telephone contact or home visits aligned with student's needs.

• Assessment and student identification

. Observe and identify key needs of students

. Usage of identification and screening tools to assess students needs, when required

. To discuss needs and intervention plans of identified students with relevant school personnel (Eg. Student management team personnel and school leaders).

• School collaboration

. Provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel

. Provide support and consultation to school teachers on students needs and challenges.

• Social Work Intervention (for identified students)

. Equip students with socio-emotional skills that develop students confidence, character and self-leadership through a hands-on, class-based programme

. Enable students to translate their learning from the programme into multiple contexts including the home, class and community settings, thereby improving parent-child, teacher-student and peer relationships and sense of belonging to these multiple environments.

Requirements:

• Possess a social work degree (or have equivalent experience/qualifications in youth work) and
• Have at least 3 years of social work experience, possess skills related to rapport building, effective interpersonal interactions, problem-solving and programme planning and implementation.
• Experience in designing, planning and facilitating group guidance programmes for students.
• Competent in working with parents, school staff, community and stakeholders.

Location: Hougang

Salary: TBA

Contract Period: From 2 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025

Working Arrangement:

. Tuesdays to Fridays : 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m

. For school holidays, personnel will be notified by the Vice-principal on the actual working day.

Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted public holidays.

The exact working schedule will be confirmed by the school upon confirmation

EA License No: 96C4864

Reg. No.: R24121728