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Should you take a FSC social worker job?

Save the Social Worker

You’re thinking of doing social work in the family service centre (FSC). That means counselling, in a 1 to 1 or a group setting. And if you read books like Lori Gottlieb’s ‘Maybe You Should Talk To Someone’, you would quickly realise the beauty of counselling. Boundaries aren’t always crystal clear in FSC social work.

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How to have a great social service career in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

Here’s what I think might help you to have a more sustainable career, 2 years after working in a family service centre as a social worker. This could potentially build an even stronger culture of support for you to develop your career in the social services. Are you leading your own growth, or is the organisation leading you?

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Here’s the lowdown on the social work salary in Singapore

Save the Social Worker

After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which I asked for), I realised that we were so sheepish about talking about money, that social workers were actually struggling. And you can’t think about money.

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A New York State “child welfare” agency can curb one family policing horror with the stroke of a pen. Do they have the guts?

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for the plaintiffs.) The federal suit was aimed at New York City’s family policing agency, the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), but for complex legal reasons the issue also wound up before the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, which extended its potential impact statewide.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

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How to make your mid career switch to social work successful

Save the Social Worker

Out of the 32 clients I worked with, only 2 were there for counselling. If you’re more keen on therapeutic work where you’re counselling the client, reframing their problems, you may need a Masters in Counselling, and to work in specialist counselling agencies such as Care and Counselling Centre , or Care Corner’s Counselling Centre.

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News Items – July 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

“We have been providing adoption services since 1964. We also have pregnancy services which helps anyone who is experiencing a crisis pregnancy or an unplanned pregnancy,” said Stephanie Sterling, the Director of Family Services, at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Neurology Live. “No