Social Work Associate/ Assistant (SAAC)

Job Description Support professional practice in social work · Respond to crisis situations based on organisation's standard operating procedures

• Support in identifying areas of improvement in models of care and service delivery based on evidence-based practices
• Support in data collection for research projects

· Support the implementation of standards of care, organisational health policies, procedures and programmes Support department administration and operations · Perform administrative duties such as taking minutes at all relevant meetings, handle phone calls and emails enquiries and monitor budget spending

• Provide all the necessary administrative and statistical duties related to all admissions matters from application to the students are admitted to the school such as
• To schedule all the relevant interviews with parents
• To collate all relevant reports and send it to

the relevant parties -To collate and liaise with all relevant organisations such as SGEnable, SPED Schools, other SSAs, MOE AND MSF with regards to admissions and transitions

• To maintain admissions data in the Centre’s

Student and Client Management System for Means-testing duties -To support means-testing and financial assessments via income and expenditure -To administrate the Enabling Transport Subsidy means-testing scheme for St. Andrew’s Autism School -To upkeep all the necessary administrative and statistical duties related to this scheme

• To maintain and upkeep all the necessary data and record- keeping for this scheme for the purpose of submission to the relevant authorities such as SGEnable, NCSS and MSF as required
• To take on the liaison role in communicating with all parents and the Centre’s appointed bus vendor with regards to the scheme

· Participate in quality improvement initiatives · Conduct relevant audits in areas of job scope Support casework

• Support needs and intake assessment

· Support financial assessment of families using the ‘I&

• Support the evaluation of casework intervention processes and outcomes for improvements
• Support case

and care planning and goal setting · Support implementation of case and care plans and interventions · Support information and referral for services Support group work · Support implementation of group work interventions

• Support the evaluation of group work intervention processes and outcomes
• Support preparation and planning of group work interventions

Support programmes · Support evaluation of programmes · Support development and planning of programmes · Support implementation of programmes Support transition planning · Gathering of information on relevant resources and post-18 programmes to support graduates · Support discussions with families of graduating clients to plan for their transition and forward plans Support community development work · Support evaluation of community development initiatives for improvements · Support conduct of environmental scans and community need assessments · Support coordination and pooling of community resources and services · Support development and implementation of community development initiatives Job Specifications

• Diploma in Social Work (or equivalent qualification)
• Genuine passion for working with persons with autism, or a strong interest in contributing to the disability sector
• Experience in a disability or special needs setting is a bonus
• A collaborative team player with good communication skills, able to work well in a multi-disciplinary team