Job Support Assistant - Part-Time

Professional Roles

• Train, coach and assess students and employees with special needs on-site to meet industrial standards and requirements of the nursing homes incorporating Work-readiness Skills and Work Habits – hard and soft skills.
• Support students and employees in integrating in workplace environment, including managing relationships with co-workers and supervisors
• Facilitate and support the implementation, review of the vocational education curriculum to enable students and employees with special needs to achieve competencies in both hard and soft skills.
• Preparing documents, reports and other communication materials, where necessary, for the purpose of communicating information to parents, documenting site observations or incidence reporting
• Monitor students and employees with special needs’ performance using CATs (Continuous Assessment Tools) and SWPs (Standard Work Performance)
• Provide on-site training/supervision as and when needed.
• Work with stakeholders that include trainees, their families, Professional Partners, Allied Professional, Job Coaches, instructors, alumni service team and Reporting Officers

Clinical Care

• Assist the nursing team in the delivery of nursing care to the residents by students and employees with special needs in the nursing homes.
• Assist the therapy team in the delivery of the therapeutic activities to the residents by students and employees with special needs in the nursing homes.
• Help to maintain a clean, safe and neat environment for the residents by students and employees with special needs in the nursing home.

Administration

• Provide administrative support for training and development activities under SG Enable
• Participating in meetings and trainings to develop relevant knowledge and skills
• Maintain confidentially in all aspects of participants, staff and organisation information
• Other duties as assigned by Care Programme Executive and/or Administrator

Pre-requisites

• A Diploma or GCE A level qualification
• Able to travel to offsite work locations, i.e. employer work sites, with possibility of more than one location a day
• Possess effective communication skills as required to communicate with external employers and workplace co-workers
• Strong organizational skills with strong detail orientation
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and challenging work environment
• Desire to learn about Autism and the passion to help special needs students/adults
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications