[3-day Short Course] Financial Capability and Asset Building – Social Service Practitioners [Basic]
Registration Guide
(self-sponsored)
Applicable for self-sponsored learners who are registering for themselves.
Registration Guide
(company-sponsored)
Applicable for company-sponsored learners and HR/admin teams who are registering for their staff.
Please write in to swkcpe@nus.edu.sg to enquire / register interest.
Course Brochure
View the full course details in the link below or share the brochure with your team.
Course Ref No.: TGS-2024043281
About the Course
In this course, learners will be equipped with competencies on financial capability which focuses on working lower-income families to achieve income stability, improve their financial capability and begin asset building with the overarching aim to improve their longer-term financial well-being by taking on a life course perspective.
Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Support clients who have undergone social work interventions and have achieved some stability in their lives
- Continue the journey of empowering the clients towards building their financial resilience.
Topics
- Role of Financial Capability & Asset Building in Enhancing Financial Well-Being
- Low Income Clients: What’s their Story?
- Financial Inclusion in a Cashless Society
- Unlocking Financial Well-being: Interplay between Values, Informed Decision Making and Goal Setting
- Understanding & Managing Household Finances
- Earnings & Employment
- Insurance
- Emergency & Short-Term Savings
- Long Term Savings & Investment
- Making an Informed Loan Decision & Managing Problem Debts
- Bankruptcy & Alternatives to Bankruptcy
- Housing & Homeownership
- Financial Security in Old Age
- Mental Incapacity & Estate Planning
Who Should Attend
Practitioners without social work qualifications, who are working with lower-income/financially vulnerable individuals and families.
Course Requirements
At least a diploma (in any discipline). Applicants who are part of an organisation that works with lower-income individuals/families are preferred.
If you have qualifications in social work, that is, a basic degree majoring in social work or a graduate diploma in social work, please register for Financial Capability and Asset Building for Social Workers.
Note: The Basic course is not a prerequisite for attending the Intermediate course.
Course Fees
Course Ref No.: TGS-2024043281
| Fees Description | Total Payable (incl. GST) |
| Full course fees | $2,779.50 |
| Pricing after SWDA Funding* (Singapore Citizen below 40 years / Singapore Permanent Resident) | $833.85 |
| Pricing after SWDA Funding* (Singapore Citizen aged 40 years and above) | $323.85 |
*SWDA Funding Information: Learners must achieve a ‘Competent’ grade in assessment, to be eligible for SWDA funding. Please note that learners may have to bear the full course fee (incl. GST) if they fail to meet this requirement.