Community Care Manpower Development Awards

Eligibility

For those aspiring to join the sector

You must:

Be a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident (PR)
Be offered a place for a relevant training programme
Strong motivation and interest to serve within the Community Care sector
Have successfully secured an employment offer from a Community Care organisation that will sponsor your studies.
The organisation is required to offer you full-time employment upon your completion of your studies.

If you are currently working in the sector

You must:

Be a Singaporean or Singapore PR
Be supported by your hiring organisation
Have a good performance grade in your annual performance
Have not completed your studies at the point of application.

Funding

CCMDA will fund up to 90% of your course fees and other relevant expenditure. The remaining 10% will be co-funded by your hiring organisation.

For the Visiting Expert scheme, CCMDA will fund up to 90% of fundable expenses, with your organisation co-funding the remaining expenses.

Post-training Obligations

You will need to serve a bond with your sponsoring organisation if you are successful in your application.

For more details of the bond duration, refer to Annex B of the Funding Guide below.

Application

Applications are accepted throughout the year. Please submit your application through your sponsoring Community Care organisation.

For students or mid-career switchers looking to join the sector

Students seeking sponsorships for their studies in Nursing and Allied Health disciplines and are passionate to join the Community Care sector upon graduation are welcome to apply for the CCMDA. For more information, please click here.

Mid-career switchers who are looking to join the sector can approach your preferred Community Care organisation to seek employment and CCMDA funding support for your studies. You will be invited for a panel interview to further assess your suitability. If you are found to be a suitable candidate, the Community Care organisation will submit the CCMDA application on your behalf to AIC for approval.

To learn more about the criteria and funding support, please click on the links below:

For in-service staff

You will be required to attend a panel interview if you are applying for a Masters programme. Panel interviews for Masters programmes are scheduled twice yearly, in May/June and November/December respectively.

To apply, please download and complete the relevant applications form below and submit to AIC for approval.

1. CCMDA Funding Guide

2. CCMDA Application Forms:

3. Training Report Templates

CCMDA Training Report Template for Masters Programme

4. CCMDA Claim Forms

5. Subsistence Rates

Queries

If you have further queries, please contact the CCMDA Secretariat at 6632 1144 or email ccmda@aic.sg.