Part-time School Youth Worker Hougang

Engage and provide support for students with at-risk behaviours. This includes (but is not limited to):

• To engage and support a number of identified at-risk students during school (where appropriate) as well as after school hours.

• Support can include exploring their goals and strengths, building their problem-solving and decision-making skills, and helping them manage relational conflicts.

• Working in collaboration with our team of school counsellors and Special Educational Needs (SEN) officers to respond to meltdowns or incidents in class for identified students.

• To provide pre and post-counselling support/reflections for students undergoing disciplinary consequences.

• To support counselling team in providing triaging and basic counselling support for other students where necessary.

Strengthen ecosystem of support for identified at-risk students

• To engage and support parents of identified students with at-risk behaviours, supporting them on parenting matters (e.g. parent-child communication, managing their child’s behaviours, setting boundaries/routines);

• To connect parents of students with at-risk behaviours to relevant social agencies (e.g. FSC/FGO) where additional interventions are necessary. This may include working to shift mindsets of parents in seeking help and addressing their concerns.

• To curate parent workshops and reach out to specific parents to invite them. This would include partnering with the school’s Parents Support Group (PSG) to coordinate such workshops (Target: 1 workshop per term).

• To work in partnership with school staff, existing social agencies and/or medical professionals to bolster ecosystem of support for the identified students.

Work in close collaboration with the school’s Student Development Team and existing partners

• To provide fortnightly updates (using school’s documentation template) to Head of Department/SEN on support provided for identified students and their parents, as well as any follow-up needed for students with related counselling or SEN issues.

• To share updates on identified students at our fortnightly Case Management Team meetings.

• To provide Head of Department/SEN a report at the end of each semester.

Requirements

Qualifications:

Youth Worker supplied should possess a social work degree (or have equivalent experience/qualifications in youth work)

Skills & Experience:

• Shall be registered with Ministry of Education (REMS)

• Have at least 3 years of social work experience, possesses skills related to rapport building, effective interpersonal interactions, problem-solving and programme planning and implementation.

• Competent in working with parents, school staff, community and stakeholders.

• Competent in basic counselling with youths.

• In addition, Personnel with basic or advanced certifications in counselling and who are bilingual will be an advantage

Contract duration:
From 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026 (Option Period: From January 2027 to December 2027)

Working Arrangement:

• 8 hours per day (excluding lunch) - approx. 2–3 working days per week

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

• For March, June, Sept and Nov-Dec school holidays, actual working days will be confirmed

• The exact working schedule will be confirmed by the school

• Will be notified at least 24 hours in advance if there is a need to report for work for additional ad-hoc sessions

Salary: $30 to $40 per hour (~$2,300 – $3,800 per month depending on deployment hours)

Location: Hougang

EA License No.: 96C4864
Reg. No.: R26161270 JOEY TAY YI TING