[2-day Short Course] Foundational Module in Mental Health for Social Workers
About the Course
This is a foundational module in mental health targeted for social workers after their first year of practice. It covers basic knowledge in common mental health problems to facilitate social workers to screen clients for management and escalation to the next level of care. The module also imparts social workers with the knowledge and skills to conduct a screening of client’s basic mental state and case formulation using the Integrated Illness Causation Model.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Screen clients for common mental health conditions for holistic social work case and care planning.
- Screen client's mental state.
- Apply the Integrated Illness Causation Model in social work assessment to facilitate case planning for persons with mental health problems.
- Take appropriate actions to escalate cases with complex mental health issues and right-site clients to appropriate specialist mental health services.
Who Should Attend?
Social Workers after their 1st year of clinical experience*.
*Much of the content in this course have been covered in the undergraduate elective module on 'Mental Health and Mental Illness' conducted by the Department of Social Work, NUS.
How to Register?
About the Instructors
Tracy is principal medical social worker and family therapist with the Institute of Mental Health. She is also trained in crisis management and trauma-informed practices. Tracy is a certified Mental Health First Aid and Crisis Intervention Stress Management (Individual) Instructor.
Tracy spearheads the Staff Support and Assistance Programme in IMH that focuses on training and providing emotional support and intervention to staff who experience stressful or traumatic incidents. Apart from performing case management, psychoeducation, psychosocial and risk assessments, Tracy also provides individual, marital and family therapy to patients and their families.
Ms Tracy Wee
Principal Medical Social Worker,
Institute of Mental Health
Joanne has been working with patients with mental health conditions in the last 8 years in IMH. She has worked extensively with the multi-disciplinary team in forensic psychiatry, where she served offenders with mental health and addiction problems. Joanne presently focuses on providing psychosocial rehabilitation for patients who require middle to long term care in IMH due to their complex mental health and psychosocial needs.
Apart from case management, Joanne also provides counselling to patients, and is involved in the training of young social workers in the department, and to internal and external partners. Joanne has actively been involved in research studies, and is currently involved in an item analysis of achievement tests in an education programme.
Ms Joanne Chen
Senior Medical Social Worker,
Institute of Mental Health
Course Brochure
Get In Touch
For any questions about this course, please email us at swkcpe@nus.edu.sg or call us at 6601 7323