Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - #1124472

The Social Worker works in the field of Social Work. He/She is qualified and trained to provide interventions and programs, perform community development work and uplift the professional practice in Social Work. He/She conducts casework and group work as well as implements and evaluates community development activities and programs to address service gaps in the community. He/She provides supervision to his subordinates.

A team player who is committed and service-oriented, the Social Worker works in institutional settings, communities, social service agencies, and hospitals. He also works in collaboration with other agencies and ministries in the course of his work.

• Perform stakeholder engagement and partnerships.

• Conduct needs and intake assessments.

• Perform case and care planning and goal setting.

• Implement case and care plans and interventions.

• Review casework interventions for improvements.

• Conduct closure of cases upon achieving sustainable service outcomes for clients, families and communities.

• Maintain case notes and documents and prepare social reports.

• Plan, facilitate and evaluate group work interventions.

• Support, implement and evaluate community development initiatives.

• Plan, implement and evaluate programmes to address service gaps.

• Guide volunteers and placement students in their work.

• Support professional development of staff within the organisation.

• Participate in research to uplift the professional practice in social work.

• Identify areas of improvement in models of care and service delivery based on evidence-based practices.

• Respond to crisis situations based on organisational standard operating procedures.

• Provide clinical supervision to staff and interns (for Senior Social Worker).

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Social Work or Graduate Diploma in Social Work recognised by the Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB)

Other Information

• Qualify to be accredited as Registered Social Worker (RSW) or Registered Social Worker-Provisional (RSW-P) with SWAAB