Professional Certificate in Correctional Management

Overview

About the Course

This course is one of four compulsory courses leading to a Professional Certificate in Correctional Management.

Course Title	Host Department
Process and Punishment	Department of Social Work
Multicultural Sensitivity in Corrections	Department of Social Work
Enhancing Ethical Reasoning in Corrections	Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Integrating Theory (Case Formulation) and Use of Self (Reflective Practice) in Community Correction	Department of Psychology

With shifting demographics and social issues becoming more complex and varied, there is an emerging trend requiring rehabilitation officers to provide a more integrated service delivery. The programme will equip participants with the theoretical and practical knowledge of case formulation and reflective practice, and work on the participants' competencies in client and intervention understanding, reflective practice and problem-solving skills.

Course Objectives

Understanding clients in context, and gaining a broader view of correction work.
Helping clients improve adherence to supervision and reducing recidivism through psychologically informed treatment planning.
Increasing the sense of competency to intervene, and understanding the rationale behind upper management's introduction of various interventions.
Understanding own's ability and limitations by encouraging reflective practice.
Facilitating problem-solving skills and increases confidence.
Becoming aware of related emotions triggered by work and learning how to process and manage these emotions effectively.
Improving empathy for clients and responsiveness to clients' needs.
Addressing process issues that staff may encounter with their clients.

For enquiries, please email Nur Zahirah at zahirah@nus.edu.sg.

Mode of Delivery and Assessment

Mode of Delivery
The mode of delivery is face-to-face workshops.

Assessment
Learners will be assessed in the following ways:

Session 1:

Case Formulation Questionnaire (15 Mins)

MCQ questions about the principles of case formulation. Participants needs to get 70% correct to pass the course.

Session 2:

Reflective Practise Questionnaire (15 min)

Short-answer questions about practising self-reflection in the clinical setting. No marks, Pass/Fail grading system. Participants who demonstrate adequate ability to apply skills taught during the workshop will pass.

Entry Requirements

Course Fees

Course Fees

Singapore Citizens		Singapore PRs	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs	International Participants
39 years old or younger	40 years or older eligible for MCES
$555.90	$215.90	$555.90	$215.90	$1853.00

Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Learners must pass all assessment components and achieve a “Competent” grade in assessment to be eligible for SSG funding. Failing which, full course fees (incl. GST) will be payable.
GST shall apply at prevailing rates.

Terms and Conditions

A class will be formed only when the minimum class size is met. The organiser reserves the right to cancel or postpone any programme at short notice, and/-or change the modality of the class at its absolute discretion without assigning any reason for such cancellations or postponements. A refund will be made if payment has been received.
There will be no make-up lesson if a participant misses any class.
No withdrawal is allowed once the participant is being offered into the programme. The participants can either find a replacement to take his/her place or pay a penalty of 30% of the full course fee including GST.
Photographs and/or videos may be taken during the programme for audit purposes.

Course Structure and Details

Session 1: Integrating Theory (Case Formulation) in Correction Work

Course Synopsis

This workshop aims to provide staff with confidence in their casework with clients and increase their flexibility in using different types of interventions. By the end of the day, participants will be familiar with different ways of formulating cases and identifying targets for intervention.

Date and Time

TBC in 2025

Classes will be conducted from 9 am to 5 pm.

Training Venue

Classes will be conducted face-to-face in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS.

About The Trainer

Dr Matthew Lim
Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director and Curriculum Coordinator, Clinical Psychology Programme, National University of Singapore

Education
D.Clin.Psy (University College London)
D.Phil (University of Oxford)

Matthew completed his first degree in psychology at NUS. He later read a doctorate at the Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University, with a research focus on gambling-related cognitive vulnerabilities. His subsequent professional clinical doctorate was completed at University College London. Matthew wrote a doctoral thesis on recovery-based outcome measurement among Vietnamese refugees living in the UK as part of his clinical training. Upon graduation, Matthew returned to his alma mater, NUS, and received an early career award with his previous senior tutorship appointment at the Department of Psychology.

Matthew teaches and supervises on the masters in clinical psychology programme in NUS and received a faculty teaching award in 2021 for his teaching excellence. He currently locums at the Institute of Mental Health and offers inpatient and outpatient clinical services. The majority of the cases he sees are high-risk adults with psychosis and/or severe emotion regulation difficulties. Matthew’s clinical and consultancy work has been informed by behavioural, cognitive, systemic and psychoanalytic ideas and contemporary "third-wave" meditative practices.

Matthew's research programme aims to develop local clinical psychology competency frameworks in specialist areas not covered by the SkillsFuture national guidelines. The masters and doctoral students he supervises have embarked on projects to articulate the competencies required in the following practice domains: mental health in disabilities, clinical health psychology, reflective practice, and clinical supervision. Findings from this research programme inform the curriculum design and assessment rubrics of professional courses in NUS.

Session 2: Use of Self (Reflective Practice) in Correction Work

Course Synopsis

The workshop aims to build awareness and confidence in the participant as a professional, by teaching them how to create a "space" in their work to safely explore and process the difficult emotions and situations they might have encountered. When they can do so effectively and appropriately, it will increase their self-confidence and reduce the feeling of burn-out when engaging in their work.

Date and Time

TBC in 2025

Classes will be conducted from 9 am to 5 pm.

Training Venue

Classes will be conducted face-to-face in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS.

About The Trainer

Ms Ong Jiehan Jamie
Instructor, National University of Singapore

Jamie is a registered psychologist, an approved Clinical Supervisor with the Singapore Register of Psychologists and a member of the Singapore Psychological Society. She has extensive experience working with children and adolescents with developmental disorders and psychiatric conditions both in a hospital and community setting. Additionally, Jamie is teaching and provides clinical supervision to psychology students at the National University of Singapore.

Jamie's expertise includes administering standardised assessments for children and adolescents. She is certified to conduct the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R). She is also skilled at a variety of individual and group therapies for children, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Social Thinking.