Programme Executive / Youth Worker

Charitable Organisation

About Us

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.

The Youth Development Centre is one of CYG's services and reaches out to latch-key young people from low to middle income families to guide them towards a more purposeful life, live out their dreams and contribute well to society.

As an outreach centre, the staff and volunteers engage the youth with a variety of sports, music and social activities to impart life skills that will help them build a strong foundation for their future. We run a drop-in centre to provide young people in the community with a safe and conducive place to hang out. We also run youth mental health programmes such as resilience building to help youth thrive. Through our youth mental health programmes we reach out to youth in the community as well as at risk youth in residential care. We also provide supervised access services for vulnerable children and youth.

Further, Youth Development Centre is also an incubator for new services such as youth mental health.

About the job

PRIMARY JOB OBJECTIVES :

The Youth Development Centre (YDC) will provide Youth Mental Health programmes which include a drop-in centre service for at-risk youths from low to middle-income families, psychoeducation and therapeutic group work sessions for youth in schools and their families struggling with mental health, and other preventive and remedial community programmes aimed at helping youth and families cope with mental health issues. We also provide specialized supervised access services for vulnerable families.

The Programme Executive would need to plan, implement, facilitate and evaluate all programmes in YDC, conduct volunteer management and community need assessment to measure and enhance programme relevance and effectiveness to bring about quality service and standards.

We are looking for someone with a "Can Do" spirit who has the ability to pioneer new ground, creative in problem solving, and with a passion for making a difference the lives of vulnerable youth and families. It will be a bonus if you have experience working with child protection risks and/or mental health issues.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Drop in :

1. Ensure smooth running of daily operations of YDC, from planning to execution of current and new programmes and activities that will develop youths' social, emotional and psychological competencies.

2. To connect with youths, build positive relationships and contribute to the holistic development of youths.

3. Work with key stakeholders and volunteers to implement and conduct services for youths and their families.

4. Work with youth and their families in accordance with YDC approved settings, maintaining professional and purposeful relationships, displaying a sound understanding of equality, respect, and valuing individuals' diversity.

Youth Development Programmes :

5. To plan, develop and execute youth mental health programmes and services in the community, partnering schools, FSCs, hospitals, etc.

6. To conduct periodic needs and outcome assessments to evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of key programmes.

7. To engage the various stakeholders working with the youth and their families

Professional Development :

8. Maintain professional knowledge, ethics and skills, and initiate personal responsibility for self-development and training.

9. Keep up to date with the current trends of the social service sector as well as the needs of vulnerable youths and their families.

Administration :

10. Provide professional support to access services by undertaking administrative tasks, sharing information and responding to queries.

11. Ensure facilities and logistics needs of the centre and office are well taken care.

12. Ensure efficient use of resources and work within approved budgets for all access services activities and services.

13. To conduct administrative tasks such as case recordings, prepare presentations and data for reports, and in maintaining the facilities of YDC.

14. Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required of you by the management team.

Job Requirements

• Experience with working with youth mental health preferred.
• At least 1 year of experience working with youth.
• Flexible and open to new initiatives as and when YDC incubates a new service.

Core Competencies

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Understands issues relating to youth mental health and youth engagement
• Able to connect youth.

Duty Hours

10.00am to 7pm Monday to Friday (inclusive 1 hour for lunch)

Working Location

The Salvation Army
Children and Youth Group - Youth Development Centre Address :
65 Kallang Bahru, #01-305. Singapore 330065

Diploma or Degree in Psychology, social work or any other relevant discipline from an accredited institution.