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titleService Work

Service work prerequisites

  • Able to speak basic Malay, Tamil, Mandarin or Chinese dialects

Commitment

60-80h of service work spread over one year. This comprises of weekly visits during the semester to a SG Cares Volunteer Centre (VC) to conduct community activities for seniors. Training will be provided to equip you with relevant microskills and knowledge on volunteerism, ethics and the social landscape. The service work schedule is pre-determined by each VC e.g. every Monday, 9am-12pm and will be made available to students prior to CourseReg Round 2.

Your tutor will specify a target required number of service sessions. This forms your minimum service obligation. To meet this obligation, you have to log your attendance on the Fieldwork Management System (FMS). In most cases, your total service obligations will likely be less than 80 h.

You should not worry if you cannot meet the minimum service obligation if the contributing factors are outside your control, e.g. sessions are cancelled by the VC. You will not be penalized for such extenuating circumstances, provided you have documented them in FMS.

Roles and Responsibilities

Students are responsible to:

  • Build rapport with seniors in the assigned precinct/community

  • Design, coordinate and conduct healthy living activities or programmes such as games, sports, arts and crafts, reminiscence activities, or short courses to inform seniors and raise their awareness in any topic that would be of interest or benefit to them, such as in health and wellness or digital literacy 

  • Promote active ageing of seniors and their bonding with community through these activities and programmes

Service Work Locations and Schedules (To be updated for AY24/25 Sem 1)

Students may book their preferred service work locations from a list of selected Active Ageing Centres and Senior Care Centres under SG Cares VCs. Students are to register only if they can commit to the schedule and requirements across both semesters. Booking will be granted on a first come, first served basis. The Refer to the indicative list of locations will be available in due courseservice work locations for AY24/25 Sem 1 here.

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titleCourse Structure

First Semester

Week

Event

0 - 1

Service Work Registration

Students will book a preferred service work location via the Dynamic Course Registration (DCR) System in EduRec (https://myedurec.nus.edu.sg). Booking will be granted on a first come, first serve basis. Students will be prompted by email and uNivUS notification upon successful course registration

1 - 2

Tutorial Registration

Students will register for a tutorial group via CourseReg. Refer to NUSMods for details.

Online Lectures

Students will complete pre-recorded online lectures to equip themselves with an understanding of the social landscape they are engaging and relevant skills for service work.

3 - 4

Tutorials 1 & 2

Students will attend face-to-face tutorials in Weeks 3 and 4 on campus. Each tutorial is 2h in duration.

(To be updated for AY24/25 Sem 1)
Mandatory Onboarding Workshop
(There are two runs of this workshop, you only need to attend one) 

Students will attend a 2-hour training to equip them with key understandings and skills for conducting activities for seniors. This mandatory training constitutes part of service work.

Indicative programme

  • Taking a Strengths-based Approach (30 mins)

  • Proposal Planning & Facilitation Skills (30 mins)

  • Role-play & Critique (45 mins)

  • Reflection & Questions (15 mins)

Students going to the same AAC/SCC will attend the same session. Groups will be allocated one of the following slots:

(To be updated)

6 

Activity Proposal Planning (for the 1st 3 sessions) 

Groups will submit activity proposal planned for the 1st 3 sessions after the training provided in the Onboarding Workshop.

Recess

Link up Session: Orientation and Consultation on-site  

Students assigned to the same centre will team up and meet their NUS tutor and field supervisor to understand their roles and responsibilities. Students will also present their activity proposal planned for the 1st 3 sessions and consult their field supervisor on the suitability of their activities for the seniors at the centres. 

7

Activity Proposal Planning (for the remaining sessions)

Groups will note supervisor's feedback from the Orientation and Consultation session as they plan their activity proposal for remaining sessions. Groups will submit their proposal, receive feedback and prepare for service work. 

8 - 13

Service Work (Activity Sessions)

Students will visit their assigned centre for service sessions every week during the semester. There are no scheduled sessions during holidays. The exact start date is subject to the SG Cares VC.

NUS tutors will conduct on-site check ins with students regularly.

Second Semester

Week

Event

1 - 8

Submission of Mid-Service Reflection

Students will submit their mid-service reflection paper in Week 1.

Service work (Activity Sessions)

Students will continue with their service sessions which will end by mid-March, depending on the VC's needs. Service sessions will run during recess week.

11

Tutorial 3

Students will attend a final 2h tutorial on campus to share and reflect on their experiences and wrap up the course.

13

Submission of Service Portfolio

Students will submit their service portfolio.

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