• Concept of community
• Framework of Person-In-Environment and transactions of person with the environment
• Knowledge about the healthcare system in community
• Knowledge about the social service system in community
• Roles of practitioners in the healthcare and social service system in the community
• Knowledge and skills in engagement, assessment and outreach
• Knowledge and skills in behavioural health assessment and intervention
• Holistic preventive and developmental framing in working with individuals and families
• Working out an integrated approach in working with individuals and families
• Partnership between the health and social service system in community

From the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the concept and scope of community work practice
• Gain a better understanding on the knowledge of the healthcare and social service system in the community
• Develop knowledge and competencies in engagement, assessment and outreach to individuals and families in the community
• Develop knowledge and competencies in understanding health and its impact on the individual and families and techniques for working with individuals and families
• Develop a macro perspective on a preventive and developmental framing for the work in the community
• Gain a better understanding on how to develop an integrated partnership approach in the agency and with the other systems in the community

Social workers and social service practitioners with at least 2 years of direct practice experience in a social work or social service setting or healthcare setting and have practice experience transacting both the social service and healthcare settings.

Jean has a strong interest and passion for sustainable and systemic cross-sector solutioning for change. This arose from her past experiences in reviewing, redesigning and developing community-based interventions involving volunteers and partners. Jean also believes in the importance of capacity building so that staff, volunteers and service users can then go on to do more with who they are and what they have. Jean was conferred the Promising Social Worker Award in 2012. Prior to her posting to lead a preschool-based preventive development model of work with Circle of Care under Care Corner Singapore, Jean worked in the family services sector and was the agency head for two family service centres.

Kitty  is passionate about capacity building in both health and social sectors. She has introduced behavioural health training to helping professionals from both hospital and community settings to increase capabilities of helping them in working with people living with chronic illnesses. In recognition of her work, Kitty was awarded the Promising Social Worker Award by the President, Dr Tony Tan in 2015. In 2018, Kitty has taken on a new role in joining the Pro-term team as a Senior Medical Social Worker at Woodlands Health Campus to help build a new healthcare system focusing on health and community integration.