This document is to be filled up INDIVIDUALLY by each group member. Submit with Group Summary.

Deadline: 1st EL Lesson of 2013

SEC 4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE JUNE HOLIDAY HOMEWORK 2013 INDIVIDUAL REVIEW

Name of Individual Pupil & Index No. Class Topic(s) of Discussion Title of Article and Source

Kashsmeraa.S 4S1 Shortage of manpower in social service sector, building of strong social service professions Innovative approaches needed to overcome manpower challenges in social service sector

Issues - MAIN concern(s) DIRECTLY addressed by article(s)

Points of View Perspectives of different categories of people concerned

1. Possible measures to be taken by the social service sector, in order to increase the number of people working in the sector 2. The necessity for a large based manpower in the social service sector in lieu with the increasing need for social services to be extended to needy residents 3. Initiatives that has already been undertaken by several voluntary organizations 1. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam: Actions should be undertaken and new innovative measures should be explored to entice possible employees to the social service sector, such as centralizing recruitment and management and paying staff competitively . 2. Voluntary Welfare Organizations : In support of the need to introduce reforms to the social sector and have also adopted several initiatives such as dispensing their employees to extend their services to smaller voluntary organizations. 3. Possible employees to the social sector : Working in the social service sector will place them behind their peers in other sectors when it comes to salary levels.

Implication Possible Negative Positive NEGATIVE 1. A large amount of employees 1. Centralised recruitment and consequence(s) & would be needed in order to management of professionals in POSITIVE supply services to smaller clusters , will ensure that necessary consequence(s) voluntary organizations aid is being obtained by residents as however such a requirement services are allocated on a would difficult to be fulfilled widespread basis , whereby even by the social service sector neighbourhoods will small welfare due to the initial lack of organizations will be able to manpower provide ample services . 2. Raising the salaries of 2. By sending employees to provide employees would not serve as services at smaller welfare a very sustainable solution organizations will contribute to the and voluntary organizations development of the employees Template adapted from Pauls Wheel of Reasoning by Luisa Teng; June 2012 Page 1

This document is to be filled up INDIVIDUALLY by each group member. Submit with Group Summary. Deadline: 1st EL Lesson of 2013
operate on donations and hence raising salaries would compromise on fulfilling other necessities to be fulfilled by the sector. career opportunities. 3. Raising salaries of welfare organization employees , will not set them behind the employees of other sectors and will further attract possible employees to the social service sector hence increasing manpower.

Information Useful statistics, anecdotes, examples that can be used as evidence in your essays or oral conversation

official opening of the Social Service Institute Society for the Physically Disabled and the Society of Moral Charities therapy hubs Social and Family Development Ministry more than 85 per cent of funded VWOs have raised salaries of staff by a median of eight per cent.

Concept Big idea(s) that can be used as KEYWORDS/ KEYTERMS

manpower shortage coordinated recruitment strong social service profession regular salary benchmarking

Template adapted from Pauls Wheel of Reasoning by Luisa Teng; June 2012

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