Dear Friends, It was a training week for our colleagues as they deepened their understanding and sharpened their practice of Family Group Conferencing which includes Community Conferencing (AWB – 1836). This is a certification programme in partnership with the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and supported by Daybreak Family Group Conferences and Eigen Kracht Centrale, the key conference coordinating agencies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands respectively. As part of their training, participants had to organise a family event and reflect if elements of their experience could be transferred to the workplace. One participant organised a dinner for his …
Another Week Beyond – 1907
Dear Friends, A planned conversation did not start on time. Many youths we invited did not show up and eventually the 8 that came were not familiar faces at our activities. With the small number, the adults in the room outnumbered them and we were concerned that the youths would feel over-powered. Thankfully, the ice-breakers got people mingling and reduced initial perceptions people may have had of each other that would have been a barrier for active participation. So, when asked to act out what life would look like in 5 years’ time, 3 visitors from Germany, 3 volunteers from …
Another Week Beyond – 1906
Dear Friends Since September last year, some of our colleagues have been corresponding with 15 undergraduates from the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences via email, WhatsApp and the occasional skype call. The communication provided the German students, a sense of the people and country they will be visiting on a study tour entitled, “Community-based child care and social work in Singapore: Exploration of Singapore as a city, as a culture, as a welfare system and as a community.” It was also an enriching experience for our colleagues to welcome questions that required a reflective response about our work, their professional …