School Youth Worker | Geylang

Job Scope

• To interact with identified students on a regular basis over a prolonged duration (approximately 4 months) and provide positive mentoring and counselling support for students.

• To connect with identified students, build positive relationships and contribute to the holistic development of the students.

• To plan and conduct intervention programmes, including house visits where necessary, customised to students’ needs and aligned to the school’s efforts in character development.

• To observe and identify some of the key needs of the students and to report such cases to the Student Management Key Personnel and/ or School Leaders for further intervention and support.

• To attend case review/ case management meetings with relevant school personnel to provide feedback on students’ needs, programme experience and concerns, so that the school can better support the students.

• To conduct themselves professionally in their interactions with the students and school personnel, and work with the Student Management and Student Development teams in supporting the students.

Requirements

• Preferably at least 3 years of working experience. Relevant experience in the social service sector, working with and supporting at-risk students and families.

• A tertiary qualification in counselling/ psychology/ social work, or relevant experience and expertise.

• Registered with MOE.

• Required to be registered Social Workers in Singapore or be supervised by a registered Social Worker and have experience or training in fields related to social and emotional learning.

• All Youth Workers should be able to engage and motivate the students in acquiring knowledge and skills via hands-on approach and be skilled in facilitation.

• He/ she should have a passion and disposition for working with at-risk students and their families, and a positive belief in their potential.

• All Youth Workers should be competent to handle the tasks and responsibilities assigned.

• Able to provide a list of current and past training conducted for similar programmes from 1 Jan 2023.

Contract Duration: From 3 Aug 2026 to 6 Nov 2026 (14 weeks)

Working Arrangement

• 4 days a week: 8am to 4pm (28 hours per week), inclusive of 1hr lunch break. Exact days to be confirmed with Subject Head, Student Well-being.

• Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays and gazetted public holidays

• There may be an extension of working hours due to exigencies for service.

• The school reserves the right to stipulate the work hours when required and subjected to mutual agreement by both parties.

Location: Geylang

EA License No.: 96C4864

Reg. No.: R26161270 JOEY TAY YI TING