3010 Youth Worker / Tanah Merah MRT

Name of Authority: Bedok View Secondary School

Contract Period: 28 December 2026 to 20 November 2027

Personnel to be deployed at the following hours:

• School term: Mondays to Thursdays, 8:00am to 5:30pm, including a one-hour lunch break (8.5 working hours per session).

• Semester 1 and Semester 2 holiday periods: Mondays to Thursdays, 9:00am to 3:00pm, including a one-hour lunch break (five working hours per session).

• Four sessions per week; deployment follows the school programme schedule.

Requirements:

• Diploma or bachelor's degree in Social Work.

• Experience working with teenagers in social work and at least three years of coaching experience in similar programmes.

• MOE registration, maintained throughout the contract.

• Strong communication, interpersonal and assessment skills; organisation, attention to detail, teamwork and ability to manage multiple tasks.

• Ability to deliver the programme in English.

• Provide a record of similar programmes delivered from 1 January 2023 to the quotation closing date.

• Where applicable, hold a valid MOM-issued work pass for providing the services throughout the contract.

Job Scopes:

The Services required are set out as follows:

1. Deliver integrated engagement and support for approximately 30 at-risk and vulnerable students across academic levels, with capacity for up to 35 students.

2. Conduct small-group Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions during school hours using trauma-informed reflection and coaching to develop identity, strengths, emotional regulation and positive peer relationships.

3. Prepare session plans, track attendance and engagement, conduct pre- and post-programme self-assessments and provide confidential progress summaries.

4. Work with school staff to plan student activities and undertake home visits with school staff when necessary.

5. Provide informal after-school engagement through games, conversations, check-ins, mentoring, academic encouragement and social-emotional support, including the weekly school-initiated Beacon Programme.

6. Maintain engagement logs, observe peer dynamics and behaviour, and identify emerging student needs and risks.

7. Deliver mental-health outreach and psychoeducation, identify concerns early, provide basic emotional support and link students to services; teach coping and resilience strategies.

8. Check in regularly with Year Heads, counsellors and other stakeholders and submit termly summaries of student engagement, emerging issues and recommended support strategies.

9. If in-person school activities are suspended, provide meaningful engagement through alternative methods accepted by the school, when requested.