Assistant Senior Social Worker or Social Worker (Fostering)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

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.

Children and Youth Group, Gracehaven Fostering seeks to provide a safe and secure home for foster children and young persons who are in need of care and protection.

Appointed by the Ministry of Social and Family Development in November 2017, Gracehaven Fostering seeks to partner foster families to provide an interim or long term alternative care in a home-based environment for foster children whose parents are unable to care for them.

RESPONSIBILITIES

About the Job

Children in foster care need passionate, skillful advocates. They find them in their foster care social workers, who oversee their cases and help children, and their families, manage the challenges of the foster care system.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and support for the Foster Child and Young Person
• Provide supervision and support Foster Parents
• Assess the suitability of new Foster Parents
• Provide support to the team in planning and execution of outreach events aimed at recruiting new foster parents and volunteers

 In addition for Assistant Senior Social Worker:

• Oversee cases under Fostering Agency (FA) to ensure professional standard of case management of foster Child and Young Person (CYP)
• To provide regular clinical supervision and case discussion with social workers

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree or Graduate Diploma in Social Work from a recognisable university
• Member of Singapore Association of Social Workers is preferred
• At least 2 years relevant experience
• Experience in working with children and youths and their families