Ethical Practices in Social Service Management
About This Course
Singapore’s ageing population is rising rapidly. By 2030, an estimated one million Singaporeans will be aged 65 and above. Thus, an increasing number of seniors will need access to support services in the community to age in place. A strong community- based support system which aims to achieve satisfactory physical, cognitive, psychosocial well-being of seniors and keeping them as long as possible in the community by minimising the admission, re-admission rates cum premature institutionalisation in nursing homes was envisioned. To make this possible, a strong social-health integration services and programs i.e. proactive, broad based and integrated programs partnering with various government agencies and community partners; will be crucial. Therefore, understanding and training on legal, ethical and regulatory requirements is important as all SOPs in community health-social services programme delivering are legally bound and/or linked, which means that there will be legal implications if there are any breach in protocols. Hence, to understand the laws, processes and ethical issues in the sectors is essential.
This course is administered by Hua Mei Training Academy, an initiative of Tsao Foundation.
What You'll Learn
LU1: Correlate legal, ethical, regulatory, and culturally inclusive policies and practices. [K1, K2]
LU2: Appraise ethical and legal requirements in ethical decision making [A1, A3, K3, K4]
LU3: Outline risk management in client care [K6, A2]
LU4: Establish incident reporting process, legal, regulatory, and ethical compliance in client care [K5, A4, A5]
Entry Requirements
Our target audience are those who are 40 years old and above with at least 3 years of working experience in any industry. The required skills and knowledge for this course are as follows:
• Minimum GCE A’ Level / Diploma and/or able to read, write, listen and speak of English to a proficiency level equivalent to Employability Skills System Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 5; and count to a proficiency level equivalent to Employability Skills System Workplace Numeracy (WPN) Level 5
• Able to operate a personal desktop computer / laptop with Level 2 basic computing and applications skills
• Be motivated to learn and have positive attitude towards work and commitments.
• Have interest in community and social works.
Required years of experience in relevant Domain
- No prior experiences required.