Manpower Recruitment and Training Initiatives
The Manpower Recruitment and Training Initiatives (MRTI), which is one of the employment facilitation initiatives introduced to attract, train and retain local support care staff in the Community Care sector and to recognise Community Care Organisations (CCOs) for their efforts and investment in the attraction and retention of locals.
Eligibility Criteria
The new local support care staff must meet the following criteria to be eligible for funding under EF-
MRTI:
- Be a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident (PR);
- Be employed under a formal employment contract by a participating CCO in a support care role, i.e. job scope entails provision of direct care to residents/clients through nursing or therapy
support; and - Not have been employed in any community care or acute organisation in similar capacity within the last six months from date of employment with the participating CCO.
CCOs onboard EF-MRTI and the eligible local support care staff could receive funding support under the Placement Grant (PG), Retention Bonus (RB) and On-the-Job Training (OJT) Support.
The Placement Grant provides funding support to Community Care employers with new local support care staff without prior experience to undergo training and be equipped with the required skills to perform their new role. In order for CCOs to be eligible for PG, the following criteria must be met:
- The new staff must successfully complete the required structured training programme (i.e. Community Care Traineeship Programme (CCTP), WSQ Community Care Associate (CCA) training conducted by AIC-appointed Learning Institutes, or other AIC-approved structured trainings for the sector).
- The new staff must complete the structured training programme within their first year of service. For every eligible local support care staff who meets the above criteria, CCOs would be able to receive funding of up to $3,000. There is also a course fee subsidy of up to 90% for CCTP and CCA
trainings.
CCOs may visit AIC’s Community Care Learning Management System (CCLMS) for course details.
The Community Care Traineeship Programme (CCTP) adopts a Place and Train model designed to equip new local support care staff with the requisite skills to perform their new jobs.
Programme Outline
| S/N | Module |
|---|---|
| 1 | Resilience Skills in Healthcare Practice Learning unit 1: Develop self and personal resilience |
| 2 | Ageing and the Healthcare Systems Learning unit 2: Overview of Long-term Care Environment Learning unit 3: Ageing processes and its associated medical conditions |
| 3 | Adopt Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) practices Learning unit 4: Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) practices |
| 4 | Mobility and Ambulation activities Learning unit 5: Lifting, Transferring and Positioning |
| 5 | Person Centric Approach in Continuum of Care Learning unit 6: Person Centric Care approach in the Continuum of Care Learning unit 7: Basic Health Assessment Learning unit 8: Assist in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Part 1 Learning unit 9: Assist in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Part 2 Learning unit 10: Assist with Nutritional Needs |
| 6 |
Rehabilitative/Therapeutic Activities Learning unit 12: Assist with Rehabilitative/Therapeutic Activities |
New local support care staffs to the Community Care sector will be eligible for a Retention Bonus where:
- New local support care staff working at least 0.5 FTE* per month will receive a one-time payment of $3,000 upon completion of the first year of service with their Community Care employer.
- New local support care staff working less than 0.5 FTE* per month will receive a one-time payment of $1,500 upon completion of the first year of service with their Community Care employer.
* 1 FTE is computed on the basis of a 42-hour work week.
The OJT support is for Community Care employers to ensure that new local support care staff are supported in their induction and training at workplace.
In order for CCOs to be eligible for OJT support, the following criteria must be met:
- The new staff must have undergone structured training programmes endorsed by AIC as qualifying programmes.
- The Community Care employer must declare that they have met the required number of trained supervisors and/or preceptor for AIC-approved structured training. For every eligible local support care staff who meets the above criteria and stays with the CCO for 2 years, OJT support grant of up to $10,000 will be paid to the CCO in 2 tranches.
For further enquiries, please email us at manpower@aic.sg.
