Rehabilitation Counsellor - COMIT (Bukit Batok)

Job Summary

With the assessment, the team develops individualised care plans for clients or link up the clients with other more suitable services. Home visits are required for this role.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Assess mental health issues in the community, help meet psychosocial needs of clients and their caregivers affected by mental health conditions.
2. Promote early recognition of signs and symptoms and facilitate early treatment for people at-risk.
3. Facilitate navigation of Community and Mental Health Services and to link people affected by mental health issues and their family members to relevant services.
4. Provide appropriate counselling interventions to people affected by mental health issues and their family members.

Programme

1. Assist in organising, coordinating and setting up public education and community outreach events.
2. Coordinate or provide mental health screening and attend to enquiries at events and intervene if necessary
3. Facilitate small group sessions for psychoeducation or psychosocial learning

1. Provide Care Coordination (assessment, emotional support and counselling, psycho-education, referral, follow-up and organise case conference, etc.)

1. Network and engage partnership with community agencies
2. Manage relations with referral sources and community partners
3. Plan, obtain, collate and analyse feedback from community partners

Administration

1. Plan, obtain, collate, analyse and respond to enquiries and mental health screening forms, and intervene if necessary

1. Maintain case files and ensure all records, contacts with client, care plan and outcome of clients are properly maintained.
2. Submit statistics regularly
3. Plan, obtain, collate and analyse feedback from clients/family members

1. Attend all relevant department and agency meetings
2. Attend regular staff training and development meetings

Provide Social Report for Non-Straightforward Cases for Medifund application

Any other tasks assigned by supervisor