Guidance Officer

7 days ago

Singapore Children’s Aid Society Full time

2021 marks Children’s Aid Society’s 119th year serving the community. Through Children’s Aid Society’s two services, Melrose Home (35 Boon Lay Avenue) and Melrose Care (Blk 557, #01-63, Woodlands Drive 53), the Society aims to provide a holistic range of residential care, specialized therapy, and psychological services to support and empower the most vulnerable in our community through their challenges of adverse family circumstances, family violence, and child neglect.

**Job Summary**

This role is to assist Unit Leaders, Residential Care (RC) in the operations of the Home to ensure that all the residents are provided with quality care and protection. You will also provide proper supervision, guidance and quality care are delivered to the children or youths in an identified unit (approx. 10 to 15 residents) in Melrose Home.

**Roles & Responsibilities**

**Home Management**
- Programme Development:
Support and support the Unit Leaders and Senior Guidance Officers’ efforts in developing and implementing biopsychosocial or educational programmes in the unit.

**Resident Management**:

- Supervise residents’ physical needs - ensure residents received adequate food nourishment and support them in doing their laundry.

**Supervision of Residents’ Psychosocial Needs**
- Provide supervision and care to the residents.
- Actively promote the involvement of all residents in the Home’s social group, counter the isolation of individuals by others, nurture friendships between residents, and support those residents who for any reason do not readily “fit in” to the social group.
- Guide and develop socially acceptable behaviour in residents, in a manner that does not infringe on their rights or the rights of others, and which is consistent with sound behaviour management principles.
- To support the residents’ adherence to the Unit’s behaviour management system. This system gives clarity to the rules and requirements of the Home and sets clear expectations on how residents should relate to one another.
- Manage residents’ behavioural issues using a trauma-informed approach.
- Provide guidance for residents in supporting their growth and development and motivate/mentor the residents.
- Provide support for the positive social and emotional development of the residents.

**Health and Hygiene**
- Ensure the proper maintenance and cleanliness of the Home’s premises and the unit’s dormitory.
- Educate and reinforce acceptable personal hygiene standards to youth and children.
- Oversees the medical and health needs of the residents in the unit.

**Academic and Cognitive Needs**
- Oversees the academic needs of the residents in the unit.

**Crisis Management**
- Provide on-site incident or crisis management when necessary

**Supervision Outside of Melrose Home**
- To escort and supervise youths and children to and from the clinic, the hospital, the school or to attend programmes and activities outside the Home.

**Integrated Care Plans**
- In consultation with the Caseworker, support the Residents’ integrated care plans through the programmes delivered in the unit or through day to day tasks/activities

**Support Operations of Melrose Home**
- Undertake any other duties directed by Unit Leader and / or Manager, RC

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