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Community Outreach Teams The Community Outreach Team (CREST) focuses on raising public awareness of mental health conditions and dementia, promotes early recognition of at-risk individuals, provides emotional support to individuals and their caregivers and links individuals to relevant health and social care services when necessary. The Caregiver Community Outreach Team (CREST-Caregivers) focuses on caregivers who have or are at risk of developing depression, anxiety and burn-out due to their caregiving role. The team increases public awareness of caregiving concerns, promote identification of caregiver needs, supports caregivers in self-care and links caregivers up with support groups and counselling services where needed. Eligibility Criteria: Clients or caregivers identified to be and at-risk of having mental health conditions and dementia. Residing in our service boundary in the constituencies of: Canberra Sembawang Central Sembawang West Woodlands Yio Chu Kang Key activities include: Events, psychoeducational talks and workshops relating to mental health conditions and dementia Mood and memory screening Information & referral Individualised casework & monitoring through home visits Network and collaborate with community partners to enhance support for those with mental health conditions and dementia

Community Resource Engagement and Support Team (CREST) is a community-based programme which aims to serve as a community safety net to reach out to older persons at risk of / with mental illness (i.e. depression / dementia), to address the gaps in the services in the community for the older person and to ensure continuum of care for the older person by supporting them in both basic social and health issues. We seek to promote early recognition of the signs and symptoms of depression and dementia, to encourage early diagnosis and intervention.

We support caregivers by offering a variety of elderly day care services including dementia care, flexible care arrangements and rehabilitation services. We believe that everyone deserves to be healthy, happy, fulfilled and feel good, at any age. From essential care services to rehabilitation or planned group activities at Senior Day Care, we empower your loved ones to live with passion while keeping them comfortable and safe. With 26 centres located across the island to support caregivers, we have you covered with four key day care services: Senior Day Care Dementia Day Care Flexible Care Day Rehabilitation

The Department of Psychiatry at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) supports the mental wellbeing of patients as they work towards full recovery and lasting health. Our team of psychiatrists are intensively trained to understand the emotional and physical complexities of patients. They are qualified to diagnose and treat a full range of psychiatric and mental disorders with competence and care. We are also available to help all patients manage the stress and anxiety that comes with receiving a new diagnosis, coping with a chronic illness or having a surgery. Following an initial assessment of your condition, appropriate therapies or treatment methods will be offered and you will take your first steps towards recovery. In all cases, you can rest assured, our psychiatrists maintain patient confidentiality, providing a safe environment where a patient may feel comforted and supported.

Jocelyn has been in the helping profession for more than 18 years. She began her career as a Rehabilitation Officer at the Singapore Prison Service before joining the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a trained secondary school teacher. She subsequently undertook her Master degree in Educational Psychology (University College London, UK) as a recipient of the MOE postgraduate scholarship. Following that, she served as a Senior Specialist at the Psychological Services Branch of MOE and delivered a range of services to primary and secondary schools. This included providing psycho-educational assessments and consultations to parents, teachers and school leaders to help support children with learning difficulties and special educational needs. Desiring to extend her support to individuals with mental health concerns, Jocelyn subsequently left MOE to complete her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Geropsychology at the University of Queensland (Australia) under the Endeavour Postgraduate Award. Aside from direct support of individuals with learning and psychological concerns, Jocelyn’s passion is in caregiver support. This includes professional and familial caregivers of persons with physical and developmental disabilities (e.g. intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder) and chronic or life-threatening medical or psychological conditions (e.g. dementia, cancer, depression). Jocelyn is also known to be a […]

Lin’s passion in supporting the community started early in her career and she has devoted the last 15 years, contributing and growing in the helping profession. After several years working as a Senior Researcher, handling regional market research projects in the private setting, she began her career in the helping field, as Child Welfare Officer at the then Ministry of Community Development . She then joined the Ministry of Education (MOE) as a trained primary school teacher. Following the completion of her Masters of Arts specialising in Educational Psychology, she served as a Senior Specialist at the Psychological Services Branch of MOE providing support to primary and secondary schools as well as at the policy level. She provided training and consultation to parents and teachers. She also supported students providing psycho-educational assessments and intervention. She delved further to extend her support to younger children and families when she joined KK Hospital. Lin has special interests in the area of mental wellness and health (e.g. anxiety, depression), early development as well as learning concerns. She conducts comprehensive psycho-educational assessments for purposes such as access arrangement, diagnostic (i.e., learning or developmental disorders (e.g. dyslexia, ASD, ADHD etc.) or profile of needs (i.e. […]

Since our establishment in 1997, EMCC (Eagles Mediation & Counselling Centre) has endeavoured to bring hope to broken relationships. We believe the Singaporean society at large benefits from the development of strong marriages and healthy families. For couples and families who want to repair or strengthen their relationships, EMCC uses evidence-based methodologies to help them manage conflicts healthily and improve their relationships. This is done through our range of services: mediating disputes, providing marital and family counselling, and conducting educational workshops. We are also actively developing upstream initiatives towards the prevention and early detection of psychoemotional and relational problems. EMCC is one of the few agencies with the expertise to be a one-stop centre for relational restoration and wellness. We provide both mediation and psycho-therapy as a holistic and integrated approach to addressing relational disputes or difficulties. EMCC is a full member of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and an approved Institution of Public Character (IPC).

Our Philosophy At FAME Club, we firmly believe that unless we integrate persons with mental health issues back into the community in a safe and assured manner, all the good rehabilitation work and progress achieved in the earlier stages will be ineffectual. Our Vision To be a centre that brings back hope, builds confidence and nurtures mental wellness thereby empowering people of diverse intellectual capabilities to make useful contributions to society. Our Mission To bridge the gaps between the community and our members through holistic mind enrichment using innovative solutions. Our Distinctiveness We place a premium on and provide ample opportunities for those with special needs to interact with people of diverse background and social standings. This leads to a broaden social circle and community acceptance forging of friendships through sharing of concerns, hopes and aspirations. We bring about mind enrichment by engaging the individuals in structured programmes that promote physical and mental health. We empower them by creating opportunities for them to learn or re-learn life skills. We have a team of caring staff dedicated to teaching, guiding, counselling, motivating, and fostering greater personal independence. Our Activities We conduct a series of activities that includes psychoeducation, socialization, morning exercises […]