Specialist Diploma in Youth Development & Mental Wellness (SDYM)
Training Provider: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Course Reference: TGS-2021010186
S$10,341
About This Course
The SDYM course aims to develop entry-level talents into the youth work sector as well as to upskill or reskill participants with no prior experience or formal training in youth mental wellness to enable them to better support youth in the education and social service sector.
What You'll Learn
What You'll Learn
- Understanding of youth’s development vis-à-vis mental wellness and its implication on youth work and practices;
- Skills and knowledge in engaging and developing youth to have positive mental wellness and emotional resilience;
- Skills and knowledge in mentoring youth through programme development and using effective communication, facilitation as well as behavioural management strategies;
- Skills and knowledge in engaging stakeholders with key roles in the development and well-being of youth.
- Understanding of youth’s development vis-à-vis mental wellness and its implication on youth work and practices;
- Skills and knowledge in engaging and developing youth to have positive mental wellness and emotional resilience;
- Skills and knowledge in mentoring youth through programme development and using effective communication, facilitation as well as behavioural management strategies;
- Skills and knowledge in engaging stakeholders with key roles in the development and well-being of youth.
Entry Requirements
Applicants must have a local Polytechnic Diploma or University
Degree in any discipline with at least 1 year relevant working experience.
Applicants who do not meet the Minimum Entry Requirement, but with relevant prior learning/work experience, will have to undergo written/oral assessment and be endorsed by the applicant’s employer.
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