Cancer Navigator

2 months ago


Singapore Ain Society Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The core duty of the Cancer Navigator is to provide care and support for children, adolescents, and young adult cancer patients through psycho-social and emotional support, which contributes to the patient’s overall well-being and improved quality of life.

  • Provide support and assistance for the client depending on their needs (newly diagnosed, actively receiving cancer treatment, palliative/end-of-life, survivorship)
  • Provide psycho-social and emotional support for clients and their caregivers
  • Link clients with relevant and suitable resources and services (such as financial assistance, food rations, transportation, mobility equipment, medical consumables etc.)
  • Follow up with community partners to ensure continuity of care after referrals
  • Refer client for counselling, and spiritual or mental health support as and when the needs arise
  • Provide information or coordinate for clients to receive psychoeducation from medical/healthcare practitioners which could help them have better understanding of the cancer diagnosis, and its treatments and side effects
  • Maintain relationship and communicate frequently with clients and caregivers to assess their coping as they navigate their cancer journey
  • Advocate for the needs of cancer patients and create awareness on cancer through community programs and publicity campaigns
  • Document case recordings according to interventions provided for the client
  • Facilitate support group session
  • Carry out assigned administrative or coordinating duties

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

  • Degree in Counselling, Psychology
  • Demonstrated experience in case management and supporting people impacted by illnesses/multiple adversities
  • Skills in demonstrating warmth and empathy to individuals impacted by illnesses/multiple adversities
  • Interest in providing support for individuals/families from the lower socio-economic status
  • Open to work with clients of various age groups (children, adolescents, young adults, middle adults, older adults)

Other Requirements:

  • Able to coordinate logistical requirements for in-house and external programmes
  • Able to work on weekends as required by supervisor if the need arises (for outings with clients, support group sessions, outreach programmes
  • Ability to travel for home-visits

Tell employers what skills you have

Referrals
Psychology
Interpersonal Skills
Treatment
Consumables
Administration
Mobility
Transportation
Interventions
Publicity
Advocate
Wellbeing
Team Player
Adolescents
Case Management
Able To Work Independently

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