Singapore, Singapore
Currently working as a psychiatric social worker in a tertiary psychiatry setting. For the past decade, I had been trained as a grief counsellor and social worker who provided palliative social work and bereavement support to terminally ill patients and their families. I have many years of experience dealing with end-of-life care issues, death and non-death losses, and relational and family struggles.
I will be responsible for the delivery of services in the Medical Social Work Department, while working closely with other multi-disciplinary professionals to pursue holistic care for patients. I will provide direct social work services, including casework, groupwork, counseling, making home-visits, conducting assessment interviews on patients and their family members and also conducting family psycho-education programmes.
- Provide and facilitate socio-economic evaluations to help patients and their families address practical concerns, such as financial matters, which are often an issue at the end of life - On-going individual and family counselling through face-to-face sessions or home visitations in order to help navigate the personal and ethical dilemma, cultural conflict and issue relating to religion, spirituality and the meaning of life - Work with the broader community which includes educational, religious, and social service organizations so that patients and their families can achieve optimal end of life goals - Engage families’ involvement and encourages their visits, as well as prepares patients / families for the end-of-life stage and managing the life closure and the dying process - Undertake highly complex case arrangement - Provide formal clinical supervision and provides expert opinion when consulted
- Grief counsellor/specialist under Viriya Grief Support Services. - Provide grief support and counselling services and couple therapy to clients and families. - Plan and conduct grief and bereavement programmes and services to meet clients’ needs. - Network and liaise with other organisations and stakeholers to garner resources for the clients and support the work of the programme
- Grief counsellor/specialist under Viriya Grief Support Services. - Provide grief support and counselling services to clients and families. - Plan and conduct grief and bereavement programmes and services to meet clients’ needs. - Network and liaise with other organisations and stakeholers to garner resources for the clients and support the work of the programme - Supervisor for National Care Hotline & MSF Care Helpline; Provide clinical supervision to Duty CARE Officers (DCOs) of the National CARE Hotlines (NCH) - In charge person of grief support group
• Provide casework and counselling services to clients • Provide information and referral services to walk-in and call-in clients • Plan and conduct programmes and services to meet clients’ needs • Network and liaise with other organisations and stakeholders to garner resources for the clients and support the work of the centre
Delivering coaching sessions (individual or group) and workshops to the general public in relation to enhancing physical, mental and social wellbeing for successful ageing. This shall include assisting in the design, development and revision of the training curriculum so as to support Tsao Foundation’s overall vision.
To provide and facilitate psycho-social assessments to help cancer patients and their families manage impact of cancer and progression. •To provide ongoing individual and group counselling through face-to-face sessions or home visitations to cancer patients and their families in order to help them navigate the personal and ethical dilemmas, cultural conflicts, and issues relating to religion, spirituality, and the meaning of life with the impact of cancer. •To support patients and their families at the end-of-life stage through counselling or implementing programmes to support meaningful living. •To provide bereavement information, education, and support to help families of deceased patients cope with their grief and loss.