Assistant Senior Social Worker​/Social Worker; KIP

The Salvation Army has been touching lives in Singapore since 1935 and we remain committed in serving the underprivileged in the community without discrimination. To us, every life is precious and we actively help those in need regardless of age, race or religion.

Throughout the years, we have established a comprehensive network of social services to meet a wide range of needs in our community. Our diverse programmes reach out to children who need care and protection, families in material need, ailing aged requiring quality nursing care and other needy segments in our society.

Our spiritual ministry also reaches out to the people in the community to provide counsel to those in need. We are there to help guide those in need towards finding their identity and purpose in life.

The Children and Youth Group (CYG) in The Salvation Army Singapore serves hundreds of vulnerable children and youth yearly. In line with our vision to provide a continuum of care to uplift those in need, our services span from preventive services, foster care and residential services to reunification support services for vulnerable children returning to their natural families after being removed due to safety concerns.

We believe that every child is precious and unique and children grow best in families. We also believe in the potential of every child and family to transform and thrive.

As an Assistant Senior Social Worker (ASSW) at Kids in Play, you are expected to provide guidance and leadership to other KIP staff in their clinical social work and therapeutic interventions to children, their caregivers and incarcerated parents.

Respond appropriately to crisis situations and recommend relevant intervention strategies in more challenging or high-risk cases that the team brings in, using her clinical experience

Support in case allocation and help monitor team caseloads to ensure we meet the KPIs set out by our funders.

Organize case review and clinical evaluation from time to time to ensure we maintain a high professional standard.

1.1 Register and orientate new families through the intake process and provide information and referral services.

1.2 Provide casework and counselling services and regular evaluation of our services, through home and prison visits as part of the intervention plan.

1.3 Meeting children and their caregivers in their family contexts, and inmates inside prisons for the purpose of intervention work. Aftercare services are also to be rendered to inmates after release from prison with the purpose of reintegration and reunification with their children and families.

1.4 Able to utilize therapeutic approaches and intervention strategies in working with children, caregivers, parents, couples and families.

1.5 Keep and maintain up-to-date reports, statistics, records, and case reviews

2.1 Lead in research and evaluation for the clinical perspective, helping the team assess and improve our service model.

2.2 Provide support to KIP in shaping the clinical direction for EMP/RB/CR.

3.1 Screen, recruit, train and develop volunteers for program as required.

3.2 Brief and de-brief volunteers regularly as part of training and equipping volunteers.

4.1 Plan and facilitate group work sessions for children and youth.

4.2 Plan and facilitate caregiver support groups.

4.3 Plan and execute parent training, and other workshops. These include sessions held for incarcerated parents.

5.1 Plan, execute and maintain the professional standards and framework of all KIP programs and activities for children, youth and families, that are aligned with the vision…