Working Hours

• Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (inclusive of 1 hr lunch break)
• 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.

Qualifications

• Social Workers supplied should possess a social work degree (or have equivalent experience/qualifications in youth work)

Skill & Experience

• 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.
• All personnel supplied should be contracted by a MSF-appointed Integrated Service Provider for school social work

Key Responsibilities

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

• Co-create and implement a regular after-school engagement programme for students who need greater after-school supervision, working with the GEAR-UP Committee members.
• Foster a sense of school connectedness and sense of belonging to the school, by utilising the affordances of the SPACE Room to build positive relationships with students.
• 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 such as The Scaffold 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.