Social Work Associate/ Youth Associate At Crest-Youth @ East (Bedok)

CREST-Youth @ East conducts mental health awareness and outreach

education to the community. It also provides mental health screening for youths and engages them for ongoing monitoring and support. CREST-Youth @ East also works actively with youth agencies, schools, and community partners to provide holistic care for youths and their families.

Responsibilities:

Basic Emotional Support

· Manage client through client engagement, information gathering, case assessment (BPSS, risk &
needs assessment and other relevant

assessment tools), case conceptualization, case planning and

intervention plans for best clients’ outcomes

· Provide supportive counselling to clients through Face-to-Face and/or

Online means

· Conduct visits to school/centre, home or hospital

· Advocate for the protection of client's dignity and rights

Screening

· Screen referred young persons for mental health distress

· Recognise different levels of distress and provide relevant resources and basic supportive counselling via phone and face-to-face

· Identify presenting/underlying issues so as to design a care plan to enhance/maintain and promote psychosocial functioning of clients

· Link youths or caregivers with appropriate services for continuity of care

Programming

· Conduct risk assessments and ensure safety plans

· Monitoring youths at risk of mental health issues

· Facilitate group activities in collaboration with the centre team

· Plan, coordinate and accompany youths for outdoor activities as well as collaborate with team on such outings

· Plan and coordinate social recreational activities and events

· Ensure safety and well-being of youths and caregivers at all times in and out of centre

· Inform professional staff of critical situations involving conflict, violence and other emergencies promptly

· Manage and/or assist in crisis intervention

Outreach and Co-Lab

· Be involved in outreach initiatives to raise mental health literacy in young people and the general public

· Coordinating, planning and creating social media posts for outreach

· Coordinate volunteers, co-lab partners, mentees and interns, and ensure proper documentation

· Source for and liaise directly with persons-in-charge of various agencies or groups who provide youth volunteers

Administration and Evaluation

· Perform administrative duties (complete case notes, compile basic statistics and reports, file documents, handle public enquiries through phone, email and face-to-face)

· Administer K10 evaluation to youths and caregivers, and ensure proper documentation

· Assist Head and Admin Officer in Annual Report or statistics collation when necessary

Operations

· Coordinate and design monthly programme calendar

· Manage day-to-day operations of centre (e.G. opening and closing of centre, stocktaking, maintaining walk-in area and displays, overall crowd control)

· Coordinate and attend to all visits to the centre

· Report and follow up on any faulty equipments or furniture promptly to ensure smooth operation of the centre

· Ensure maintenance of premises and property

Other Duties

· To work on ad-hoc SAMH projects, community outreach programmes and events, ie World Mental Health Day, YOUth Alive!, etc.

Requirements:

· Diploma in Social Work, Counselling or Psychology preferred or health &
management, human services, dance

· Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint

· Experience with and having skills in the arts (visual arts, music, drama, dance, etc.), sports and/or events management will be an added advantage

· Fresh graduate or 1-2 years of experience

· Independent and able to work in a team

· Motivated, energetic, enthusiastic and passionate to serve youths