Social Worker (KidSTART)

About KidSTART Department:

KidSTART provides upstream support to children from low-income families in the areas of early childhood development, health, and social support. As a KidSTART Practitioner, you will actively engage families and work closely with social / community partners and government agencies. Through home visits, you will support parents through delivery of a range of child development strategies, assess, and monitor their children’s health and development.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support, guidance, knowledge, and skills to enhance parents’ capacity in nurturing child development through regular and consistent home visits.
• Possess sound assessment skills on the needs and risks of children / parents / caregivers to ascertain the intensity and customisation of intervention.
• Engage and cultivate a positive relationship with parents / caregivers to ensure that child development knowledge and skills are imparted effectively.
• Create and facilitate learning opportunities for parents in the areas of parent-child interaction, development-centred parenting, and family well-being.
• Motivate, assess, and enhance the parents’ ability to conduct, practice and incorporate the knowledge and skills in child development.
• Conduct screening and ongoing assessment of child development, maternal and family wellbeing.
• Collaborate and partner community and social service agencies (eg. FSCs, SSOs) to provide the necessary support for the families and their children, which includes regular case conferences and discussions.
• Commit to and participate in the evaluation and fidelity monitoring of service delivery through consistency in administrative work, provision of data and information on cases in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• MUST possess minimum Degree in Social Work.
• At least 1 year experience in social service, working with families.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Organised and adaptable to changes.
• Passionate about working with children and families with an interest in early childhood development.

Work Location: Choa Chu Kang

Work Hours/Timing: 9-6pm, Mon-Fri with occasional week nights and weekends

Interested applicants are to submit their resume to . Please visit for more details.