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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. Well, well.

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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). Just as your GP doctor would see any ailment you had before deciding where best to direct you, or to help you, the FSC social worker is also similar. But I will give it anyway, especially as someone who did badly at a Family Service Centre.

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Members in the News – September 12, 2023

Social Workers Speak

My caseload is very high, so it takes me longer to get back to phone calls with my clients, and they’re also waiting longer for services,” said Cherrish Vick, a family services case worker at the Prince George’s County Department of Social Services.

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SymposiumGender-based Violence: New Directions in Research, Policy and Social Services

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

In addition, challenging social-cultural norms that accept and normalize gender-based violence and encouraging the involvement of men in initiatives aimed at preventing gender-based violence should be rethought in preventive interventions, as well as social and family services.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● Tearing apart families because of foster-care panic is common; admitting that’s why you’re doing it is not. But this story from WitnessLA includes the case of a Los Angeles mother who was investigated by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services but initially allowed to keep her children.