Youth Worker |School|Hougang

The Services required are set out as follows:

a) 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.

b) 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.

c) 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).

d) School collaboration

. Provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel

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

e) 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