Helping Families Cope with Multiple Stressors

Equip yourself with valuable skills to better manage caregiver stress and improve a family’s well-being. The workshop explores the multiple stressors families face in Singapore, the signs of caregiver burnout, and practical steps to manage caregiver burden. You will also learn to use screening tools to assess your mental well-being objectively

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understanding the multiple stressors that families undergo in Singapore
• Recognising the signs and risks of burnout in caregivers to children with needs and vulnerable adults
• Using screening tools for depression, anxiety, and stress as an objective self-assessment tool
• Adopting practical steps to manage caregiver burden
• Participative learning from case studies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Family members or friends providing care to children with special needs or vulnerable adults
• Professionals or volunteers seeking to develop interviewing skills
• Teachers, educators or community workers interested in understanding family dynamics
• Anyone interested in learning practical steps to support vulnerable families

In this workshop, you will develop basic systemic interviewing skills to uncover how problems develop in families, using systemic theories to make sense of conflicts and problems. Participate in interactive in-class demonstrations and role plays and gain valuable insights from real-life case studies.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understanding the basic principles of interviewing families
• Participative learning in in-class demonstration and role play
• Adopting principles of using systemic theories to make sense of the conflicts and problems in families
• Participative learning from case studies

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Family members or friends providing care to children with special needs or vulnerable adults
• Professionals or volunteers seeking to develop interviewing skills
• Teachers, educators or community workers interested in understanding family dynamics

Mr Joseph Chan
EdD (studies), Master (Social Work), MA (Pastoral Studies), GradDip (Social Work), BPsy, BBA

Joseph has worked in the social service sector for more than 20 years. In his time as a social worker and head of a Family Service Centre, he saw the impact that conflictual family relationships, addictions, and financial issues can have on family life. He also has the experience of heading the Family Resource Centre and worked with ex-offenders in their personal rehabilitation journeys. Between 2016 and 2018, he chaired the Family Violence Work Group for the Ang Mo Kio Region. He is a registered social worker with the Singapore Association of Social Workers.

Ms Jacinda Tan
MA (Applied Psychology), BA Hons (Social Science)

Jacinda has worked in the social service sector for more than 15 years and has been engaged in
both children and youth work. Her rehabilitation and protection work has covered youth-at-risk,
protection of children, offending youths and adults, including those with mental illness. She
currently leads a team at work and supervises social work interns.