Social Worker/counsellor/case Worker

2 weeks ago


Singapore Singapore Children's Society Full time

The KidSTART programme provides upstream support to children from low-income families in the areas of early childhood development, health, and social support.

As a KidSTART Practitioner, you will actively engage families and work closely with social / community partners and government agencies.

Through home visits, you will support parents through delivery of a range of child development strategies, assess, and monitor their children's health and development.

**Responsibilities
As a KidSTART Practitioner, you will be expected to:

  • Provide support, guidance, knowledge, and skills to enhance parents' capacity in nurturing child development through regular and consistent home visits.
  • Possess sound assessment skills on the needs and risks of children / parents / caregivers to ascertain the intensity and customisation of intervention.
  • Engage and cultivate a positive relationship with parents / caregivers to ensure that child development knowledge and skills are imparted effectively.
  • Create and facilitate learning opportunities for parents in the areas of parentchild interaction, developmentcentred parenting, and family wellbeing.
  • Motivate, assess, and enhance the parents' ability to conduct, practise and incorporate the knowledge and skills in child development.
  • Conduct screening and ongoing assessment of child development, maternal and family wellbeing.
  • Provide information and knowledge on medical, dental, mental health services, early childhood development, developmental issues, with support from a multidisciplinary team comprising paediatricians and nurses, allied health professionals, early childhood and social work consultants.
  • Collaborate and partner community and social service agencies (eg. FSCs, SSOs) to provide the necessary support for the families and their children, which includes regular case conferences and discussions.
  • Participate actively and contribute to discussions in team meetings, supervision sessions, training, and multidisciplinary case reviews.
  • Participate and be involved in the regular reviews of existing programmes and processes with the team. Committed to and participate in the evaluation and fidelity monitoring of service delivery through consistency in administrative work, provision of data and information on cases in a timely manner.

Job Requirements

  • Degree in Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Social Sciences, Early Childhood or equivalent.
  • 35 years of work experience in the social service sector or early childhood development and familiar with the needs of lowincome families.
  • Fresh graduates will be considered too. Experience working with families and/or children through volunteer work is an added advantage.
  • An excellent team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Possesses a keen interest in parenting and child development.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Strong organisational skills, with an ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines effectively.
  • Good writing skills for case management and comfortable with data collation for reporting purposes.
  • Passionate and committed to work with parents / caregivers and their children.
  • Empathetic towards the needs and challenges of parents / caregivers.
  • Capacity to reflect on key strengths and needs and motivated to enhance personal effectiveness and efficiency at work.
  • Flexible, nimble, and able to adapt to organisational changes.
  • Motivated towards learning and professional development.
  • Willing and able to work on some weekday evenings and weekends.


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