About the Course
Who deserves what? And who decides? Is there ‘pure’ financial case? How we frame the narrative shapes how we perceive solutions. Underlying financial difficulties are often complex needs and issues faced by vulnerable individuals or families. This two-day workshop aims to examine intervention at micro, meso and macro level and to equip participants with conceptualisation frameworks for effective interventions.
Outline:
Concepts of poverty and underlying multi-stressors
Policies, assistance schemes and community resources
Role and narrative of practitioners
Guiding principles and 3 level objectives in helping process
Multi-level assessment framework
ERP model
Intervention Plans
Use of genogram, timeline, ecomap
Income vs expenditure exercise
Home visits
Bill and debt management
Social reports
Groupwork and community work
Self-care and Supervision
Course Objectives
This two-day workshop will equip frontline workers with knowledge and skills in
· Extending concepts of poverty into the local context
· Identifying underlying multi-stressors that families with financial issues face
· Examining policies and assistance schemes available and its impact on families
· Interpreting the role of Social Service Practitioners in helping families with financial issues
Who Should Attend
New social service practitioners who work with families presenting financial difficulties.
Award
Participants who meet 75% class attendance will be awarded a Certificate of Accomplishment by the Academy of Human Development.
Your Trainer
Ms Ruth Tan
Ruth Tan is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) who has most of her direct work experience at a family service centre (FSC). She is currently a senior manager in the Ministry of Social and Family and Development (MSF). Over the years, she has worked with numerous families and individuals that present with chronic or acute financial difficulties, and/or issues with debt repayment. These families and individuals may face concurrent challenges such as mental health issues, family violence and parenting difficulties. Her main roles have been in casework and counselling, supervision of caseworkers, planning and running community work and psychoeducational group work. Apart from direct work, she is working on a few papers under a research project with the social work department at the National University of Singapore (NUS) on binational families with low-income. She has also lectured and taught qualitative research at NUS, and Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). She also supervises SUSS Social Work undergraduates for their final year applied research projects.
Ruth holds a Bachelor Degree with Honours in Social Work, Master Degree in Social Work by Research from NUS, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Systemic Thinking. Her research interests include families with low-income, social support and family violence.
Testimonials
Anonymous, 28 Oct 2022
The training is beneficial in my area of work and I could foresee myself applying what I have learned
Anonymous, 28 Oct 2022
Even though the course was conducted by Zoom, the trainer was still able to facilitate discussions and sharing in the main group and breakout rooms.
Anonymous, 28 Oct 2022
Really enjoyed the class and learnt a lot from Ms Ruth! There were a lot of opportunities to apply the learnings and the flow was well planned. She was also able to provide valuable insights and knowledge into some complex cases!
