$330 Increment for Social Workers Woh!

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Mar 11, 2010

MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH & SPORTS
Pay increase for social workers

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MORE funds will be pumped in to raise the salaries of social workers and build more Family Service Centres (FSC) so needy Singaporeans can seek help quickly.
Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament yesterday that his ministry would spend $3.9 million on increasing salaries of qualified social workers in government-funded programmes.
As a result, salaries are expected to increase by 14 per cent to 16 per cent - or about $330 for fresh graduates earning around $2,300 a month.
With the revision, social workers can expect starting salaries of between $2,400 and $2,900 depending on their qualifications and work experience.
'This is a part of our overall efforts to professionalise the sector and improve recognition of social service professionals, so as to encourage more to join the sector,' he said.
There are some 600 qualified social workers here. By definition, only those with degrees or graduate diplomas in social work can be termed social workers.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[Devil Within]

Just remember, all these pay increases come from taxpayers like you and me.

The bigger the Government gets, the more we have to pay them, the higher their salary is, the more we will be taxed.

So, the more you want the Government to get involve in your life and other people's lives, the more you'll have to pay for it.

 

[Lee Hsien Tau]

MCYS is one big wayang.

What qualified social workers? Why the pay increase?

Another bribe them to keep another bunch of dogs happy?

There is no social support infrastructure for these dogs to do their wayang, that's for sure.

 

[Watchman]

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