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Education
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Nagomi Arts Drawing
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Wong Huey Ping

Wong Huey Ping

Singapore

Summary

Motivated Social Worker with comprehensive knowledge of social justice issues and systems affecting marginalized communities. Passionate about developing and facilitating programs to support communities in need. Collaborative and analytical advocate builds strategic partnerships, advocate for clients, and advance change for communities in need. Invested Social Worker dedicated to forming trusting relationships and advocating for best interest of clients. Expertise in [Area of Expertise]. Respectful and compassionate professional offering [Number]-year background serving community by providing guidance for clients in need.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Social Worker

Care Corner Seniors Services Ltd
07.2023 - 10.2024
  • Case manager of cases referred to Community Case Management Service (CCMS)
  • Team Lead of CCMS (Central and North) of 5 staff covering Toa Payoh, Novena and Woodlands, Marsiling, Yishun and Sembawang.
  • Co-facilitate caregiver support groups for persons with dementia since 2019
  • Head team in Partners’ Appreciation Organisation in 2017
  • Supervisor for 2 social workers
  • Cluster Support Team Leading in FY20/21
  • Conduct Inhouse Trainings for staff in 2019-2020
  • Becomes one of the Esther Coaches with Singhealth since 2019
  • Conducted home visits to assess living conditions and provide personalized support for families in need.
  • Supported clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times.
  • Developed and maintained strong relationships with community resources for successful referrals.
  • Strengthened interagency partnerships by regularly attending meetings and sharing information, resulting in improved service delivery for clients.
  • Streamlined referral processes by creating a centralized system that increased efficiency and accessibility of services for clients.

Assistant Manager of Student Care Centre

En Community Services Society
01.2016 - 04.2016
  • Assist in overseeing of centre’s daily operation.
  • Assist in planning, preparing and execution of daily and holiday programme
  • Assist in ensuring Staff teamwork cohesiveness
  • Provide training, guidance and counselling when necessary
  • Provide regular feedback and communications with parents
  • Cultivate students’ positive behaviour and attitude with love and concern.
  • Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.
  • Improved customer satisfaction by resolving complaints and inquiries promptly.
  • Improved staffing during busy periods by creating employee schedules and monitoring call-outs.

Missions Coordinator

Renewal Christian Church
11.2002 - 11.2015
  • Responsibilities : set up a community in new ground, train teams for overseas trips, strategize and advise on volunteer teams overseas, mobilizations of volunteers to work together for projects.
  • Trained [Number] new missionaries on effectively sharing word of [Type] in [Type] community.

Youth Pastor

Renewal Christian Church
07.1997 - 10.2002
  • Responsibilities : Do youth outreaches and plan and guide youth programmes, do youth counselling and work together with parents to guide the youth.
  • Taught and counseled youth ages [Number] to [Number].
  • Shared valuable life experiences with youths aged [Number] to [Number] to promote positive self-esteem and improve social skills.

Education

Masters of Gerontology -

09.2024

M.D. - Intercultural Studies

Theological Centre For Asia
11.2002

Degree of Bachelor of Arts (with merits) [Majored in Social Work and Chinese Studies] -

07.1997

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work And Chinese Studies

National University of Singapore
07.1997

G.C.E ’A’Level -

12.1993

G.C.E ’A’Level -

12.1993

Skills

  • Suicide Risk Assessment
  • Psychosocial Assessments
  • Clinical assessment
  • Client Advocacy
  • Supervisory skills
  • Elder Care Knowledge
  • Multidisciplinary Collaboration
  • Case Documentation
  • Assessment skills
  • Resource Navigation
  • Multidisciplinary team collaboration
  • Intervention Planning
  • Psychosocial assessment
  • Community Referrals
  • Case Management
  • Referrals and networking

Accomplishments

  • Managed a caseload of between [Number] and [Number] individuals and families.
  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.

Activities

  • Committee member, Singapore Kairos Language Coordinating Team (LCT), In-charge of publicity of course and follow-ups activities, 2014, 2018
  • 新加坡中学华文教师会和新加坡文艺协会主办 第一届全国中学生文艺营 (Focused on writing skills), 06/18/91, 06/18/91
  • Basketball Team Captain, In charge of team coordination and training, 1990, 1991

Professionaltrainingexperience

  • Teamwork, Leadership and Management, Volunteer leaders of youthwork with Youth For Christ as School Ministry leaders from 1992-1997, Led a department of youth in Renewal Christian Church from 1998-2003, Led a department of outreach in Renewal Christian Church from 2003-2012, Assist in managing a Student Centre with 8 staff and about 70 students with En Community in 2015, Led and coordinated Volunteers Appreciation of Care Corner Seniors Services for 200+ staff, stakeholders, and volunteers with a team of 10 staff at Peninsula Excelsior Hotel in 2017, Plan and execute Caregivers Support joint organized events with TTSH, Dementias SG, KWS TCM physician as 2nd IC, reaching out to more than 200 caregivers, and seniors from 2020-2022, Led Care Corner Cluster Support Team of 5 staff at Toa Payoh in 2022, Care Corner Seniors Services Integrated Case Management Core team supporting different programmes such as COCP, CREST, CCMS, and GCU in 2023, Community Case Management Service (CCMS) head of 2 teams (CCMS-Central and North) with 6 staff
  • Mental Health Training and Experience, Received Dementia Integration Appreciation Award in 2022, from TTSH, Attended courses on Psychosocial Intervention with Persons with dementia and their caregivers, Psychotic Disorders, Screening Tools of Even Briefer Assessment (EBAS) and Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT), Conducted public talks online and onsite on Depression, Dementia and Caregiving in the midst of COVID, with Care Corner INSIGHT and CREST Teams from 2017-2021
  • Group Work Training and Experience, Attended Group Work as a Tool for Change by Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Professional certificate in Group Work (NSWCF Foundational) by Social Service Insititute (SSI), Conducted closed and open groups of Caregiver Support Groups of about 60 caregivers for Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD) from 2019-2022
  • Innovation and Coaching, Esther Coach Workshop completed in 2019 and received award for 'Best Poster Award', Accreditation by Academia, SingHealth Singapore as Esther Coach in 2019, Innovation projects as follows: a) Improve Actualization of Medical Appointments for Frail ESTHERs who need Escort Service in 2019 with TTSH, NTUC Cluster Support, b) Care Corner Cluster Support Project: Clinical supervision for 6 practitioners across 2018-2023, Social Work Field supervisor and support supervisor for 2 SUSS social work students in 2020 and 2021, Attended SASW FRTC Certificate in Supervision(Basic) and (intermediate) in 2019 and 2023 consecutively
  • Case Management Skillsets, Experience, and knowledge, Attended Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) by SSI, Motivational Interviewing (MI) by SSI, 心理咨询师国家职业资格远程 (二级)by China, Developmental psychology knowledge, assessment skills, social psychology, Case Management for Seniors in Using Action Learning Approach by SSI, ASSIST; Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training by SOS, Strengthening Ethical Reasoning by SASW, SG Financial Capability and Asset Building, Case managed more than 100 senior-centric cases with psychosocial constraints, familial issues, and cognitive and functional impairments since 2016-
  • Palliative Care, Attained a certificate in Community Palliative Care: Psychosocial Care by PalC in 2022, Informal fortnight mentoring by Violet Yang on palliative care from January to June 2022
  • Gerontological knowledge and connection, Studying Masters of Gerontology at Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS) from July 2022-, Completed the following modules: Ageing and Society in Asia, Physiology and Healthcare, Lifespan Development and Psychology of Ageing, Applied Research in Gerontology, Social Policy in Gerontology, Ageing Families: Multigenerational and Cultural Issues, End of Life Policies, Issues and Care, Case Management of Eldercare
  • Research Work, Supported as a Research Assistant in the research project 'InterRAI SCaN Study' with research partners from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Singapore AIC and SUSS
  • Stakeholders Engagement and Volunteer Management, Attended Strategic Volunteer Engagement Workshop by Care Corner Singapore, Support Care Corner Integrated Case Management Volunteer deployment, training and manual preparation from 2020-2022, Organized Care Corner Seniors Services' Christmas Bless to about 20 community partners in 2021
  • Supplementary knowledge and beyond, Linguistic abilities: Received Diploma in Translation and Interpretation (Oral and written translation skills English to of Commerce) in 2012, Fluency in Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and Chinese, Cross-cultural: Lived in East Asia among a minority people group from 2004-2015, Accredited Head Facilitator of Kairos International Course spanning across the nations- Course on crossing cultures and teamwork from 2012-2016, Student Care related knowledge (2016): Student Care Programme: Support the development of children 7-14 years by WSQ, Student Care Programme: Respond to illness, accidents and emergencies

Characterreferees

  • Ms Tan Li Leng Eunice, Manager (Special Projects), Alzheimer's Disease Association, 72 Bendemeer Rd #05-29 Luzerne Building Singapore 339941, 90110263, eunice@alz.org.sg, Since 1992
  • Ms Koh Peck Sian, Senior Social Worker / Team Lead, New Hope Community Services, Blk 148 Yishun Street 11, #01-123 S760148, 96407804, penangriver@yahoo.com, Since 2003

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Singapore
  • Date of Birth: 04/29/75
  • Gender: Female
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Religion: Christian

Hobbies and Interests

  • Playing the ukulele and guitar
  • Doing handicrafts
  • Doing Nagomi pastel chalk drawings

Nagomi Arts Drawing

It is a Therapeutic skill that can engage people in accomplishing an art piecewithout any drawing skills.

Languages

English
Intermediate (B1)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Advanced (C1)
Chinese (Cantonese)
Intermediate (B1)
Dialect (Teochew and Hokkien)
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Senior Social Worker

Care Corner Seniors Services Ltd
07.2023 - 10.2024

Assistant Manager of Student Care Centre

En Community Services Society
01.2016 - 04.2016

Missions Coordinator

Renewal Christian Church
11.2002 - 11.2015

Youth Pastor

Renewal Christian Church
07.1997 - 10.2002

Masters of Gerontology -

M.D. - Intercultural Studies

Theological Centre For Asia

Degree of Bachelor of Arts (with merits) [Majored in Social Work and Chinese Studies] -

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work And Chinese Studies

National University of Singapore

G.C.E ’A’Level -

G.C.E ’A’Level -

Wong Huey Ping