Head of Social Work and Caregiver Support

St. Andrew’s Autism Centre (SAAC) is a non-profit organisation for the education, training, and

care of persons with autism and their families.

SAAC comprises St. Andrew’s Autism School (SAAS) and St. Andrew’s Adult Autism Services

(SAAAS), serving children, youths and adults with autism. SAAAS runs two Day Activity Centres

(DACs) at Siglap and Sengkang, and St. Andrew’s Adult Home (Sengkang), Singapore’s first

residential facility designed and built to meet the needs of adults of autism.

SAAC seeks to enable people with autism to lead dignified and meaningful lives.

We invite interested and qualified persons to join us to meet the physical, social, emotional and

spiritual needs of our students, clients and residents; to provide behavioural support, life skills

training, family support and public education.

**HEAD OF SOCIAL WORK AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT**

**ST. ANDREW’S AUTISM CENTRE**

**JOB DESCRIPTION **

Oversee the planning, development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation of tiered

system of services, tapping on the specialised clinical skillsets of social workers to deliver

the necessary support to caregivers of our students, DAC clients and residents with

autism. This may include thoughtful deployment of the social workers to lead colleagues

in the management of complex cases requiring various parties to play different roles, in

order to deliver holistic support to students, clients and residents.

Collaborate with colleagues in the Allied Professional team (psychologists, occupational

therapists, and speech and language therapists) to develop holistic approaches for the

development and care of students, clients and residents, with particular emphasis on

Social Workers’ role in strengthening the support of their caregivers.

Provide direction, supervision and guidance to Social Workers to deliver holistic

caregiver support. This includes leading Social Workers to facilitate admissions and

referrals, and helping caregivers to navigate the availability of community resources.

To lead the team of Social Workers to support the families of the students, clients and

residents, to enable caregivers to better care for the students and clients, by building

networks with other agencies and partners, e.g. Family Service Centres, Social Service

Offices, CDCs, other social service agencies offering specialised services, etc.

Work with CEO and Heads of Services (School Principal, Head of Adult Services and

Head of Home) to conceptualise and implement enhanced systems of caregiver support.

This would include the design of support structures to take into account the more

complex needs of caregivers of persons with moderate to severe autism.

Oversee the administration of the department.

Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

**JOB SPECIFICATIONS **

Be a registered social worker, with at least 5 years of experience (preferably in the
disability sector), including 3 years of experience in a leadership role.

Strong leadership and clinical supervision skills to guide, grow and develop the team of
Social Workers

Good interpersonal and communication skills, and able to work effectively within a
multidisciplinary team setting

Good understanding of the unique context of working in a setting which serves persons
with autism, or have a willingness and desire to learn about autism

Most importantly, have a desire to be a serving leader.

Remuneration and point of entry will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested

applicants, please send your resume and relevant supporting documents to:
will be notified.