Screen-Prepare-Place-and-Train (SPPT)
 

1. What is the objective?

 
The objective is to facilitate the employment of job seekers to work as healthcare assistants in step-down care institutions.

2. How does the programme work?

• Candidates will be screened through a structured interview process focused on right mindset and attributes

• Successful candidates will undergo a 3-day preparatory workshop titled “Developing Leading Edge Health-Care Givers”. The workshop aims to prepare candidates psychologically and instill in them the appropriate mindset and values that will help them deal with working conditions in step-down care settings

• Upon completion and deemed satisfactory, candidates are placed in jobs as HCAs in step-down care institutions while undergoing a 3-month training at HMI Institute of Health Sciences

3. What type of training is provided?

• The training course equips you with both soft and hard skills to work in a step-down care setting like community hospitals and nursing homes. The 3-month course comprises 620 hours including about 4 weeks clinical attachment at a step-down care facility. The course intake is once every 3 months.
  
• The coursework includes basic healthcare theory and practice that are relevant to the industry. Trainees will learn:
• First Aid / CPR skills
• Transfer clients with and without the use of equipment
• Basic administrative tasks
• Workplace safety and health procedures
• Work within a legal and ethical framework
• Respond to illness, accidents and emergencies
• Meet clients’ physical and emotional needs
• Support clients in their daily living and leisure activities
• Assist clients with self-medication
• Observe and interpret observations
• Participate in the work environment
• Apply higher processes in social services
• Support clients to maximise independence
• Support clients to meet their physical, social and emotional needs                

4. Do I qualify?

• To qualify, you need to have one of the following

o       A minimum GCE ‘O’ level (or its equivalent) or

o       At least a level 4 ESS WPLN

[Note: Free assessment for Singaporeans/PRs taking WDA’s Employability Skills System (ESS) for Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) is provided.

For assessment, please contact:

Centre for Employability Skills, 141 Redhill Road, Singapore 158828, Tel: 6471-7107.]

• The programme is administered by HMI Institute of Health Sciences. The following forms of funding are available for trainees who wish to participate in this programme:
  • Course Fee: S$6,000*
  • Preparatory workshop: S$230*
  • Course fee funding:                                          
    • 80% of course fee capped at S$4,800, whichever is lower
  • Preparatory workshop fee funding:
    • S$180 (one-time)
  • Training allowance:
    • S$400 per month capped at 3 months

Note: *All amounts are exclusive of GST

• Trainees must:
  • Be Singaporeans / Permanent Residents
  • Pass the preparatory workshop assessment
  • Complete full training and certified competent
  • Stay with sponsoring company for at least 3 months after completion of training

7. What are the benefits of this programme?

• Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will
  • Become a qualified Healthcare Assistant (HCA)
  • Receive the WSQ Higher Certificate in Community and Social Services (Senior Services). This is a national qualification recognized by the industry and accredited by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA)
  • Acquired skills that are portable across the Community and Social Services sector

8. How to register?

• Interested candidates may contact HMI Institute of Health Sciences for more information on the programme and enrolment details:

Ms Chin Wei Jia

Group Business Development Manager

Tel: 6253-3818

Fax: 6251-0530

Email: chinwj@hmi.com.sg

(Operating hours: Mon – Fri: 9am – 5pm)

HMI Institute of Health Sciences

167 Jalan Bukit Merah, Tower 5, #05-10,

Singapore 150167