Youth Worker |School|Hougang
Job Description
a) Outreach and engagement
• Engage and build positive relationships with identified students during and/or outside of curriculum hours;
• Engage and connect with higher needs students in community settings outside of school compounds;
• Engage, motivate and equip students with knowledge and skills to build socio-emotional skills and overcome life challenges;
• Conduct emotional management workshops for identified students to equip students with skills on how to better manage their emotions;
• Empower students with responsibilities and platforms to contribute back to the community/school and be meaningfully engaged;
• Work with school staff, in the crafting and implementation of the programme for high-needs students.
b) Case management and family engagement
• Provide case planning, management and counselling support customised to needs of students and families;
• Plan and conduct family engagement and intervention such as family sessions, telephone contact or home visits aligned with student’s needs.
c) Assessment and student identification
• Observe and identify key needs of students;
• Usage of identification and screening tools to assess students needs, when required;
• To discuss needs and intervention plans of identified students with relevant school personnel (Eg. Student management team personnel and school leaders).
d) School collaboration
• Provide relevant feedback and progress of students to school personnel;
• Provide support and consultation to school teachers on students needs and challenges.
e) Social Work Intervention (for identified students)
• Equip students with socio-emotional skills that develop students’ confidence, character and self-leadership through a hands-on, class-based programme;
• Enable students to translate their learning from the programme into multiple contexts including the home, class and community settings, thereby improving parent-child, teacher-student and peer relationships and sense of belonging to these multiple environments
