Youth Worker |School |Bishan

Job Description

The Services required are set out as follows:

Canopy Management and Engagement

1. Work closely with Gear Up Committee teachers to ensure the smooth

running of Canopy, including establishing a system to track and ensure

accountability for the loaning and return of games and items by students.

2. Maintain firmness and uphold ground rules while remaining

approachable and professional in interactions with students.

3. Engage and build positive relationships with students during stipulated

Canopy hours and when running Canopy programmes.

Programme Planning and Implementation

4. Collaborate with Gear Up Committee teachers to plan and implement

programmes and workshops catering to the needs of smaller, targeted

groups of students who need greater after-school supervision.

5. Equip students with socio-emotional skills through Canopy programmes.

6. Foster a sense of school connectedness and sense of belonging to the

school, by utilising the affordances of the Canopy to build positive

relationships with and among students.

7. Provide support as an additional staff member for Learning Journeys or

Excursions for students identified for Canopy programmes.

School Collaboration and Communication

8. Provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel.

9. Provide support and consultation to school teachers on students needs

and challenges.

10. Provide administrative support to school teachers on matters relating to

Canopy programmes and students where needed.

Student Needs Assessment and Support

11. Observe and identify key needs of targeted students.

12. Utilise identification and screening tools to assess targeted students

needs, when required.

13. Discuss needs and intervention plans of identified targeted students with

relevant school personnel (e.g. student management team personnel

and school leaders).