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Mid-Career Entrants

You are valued for the different perspectives and ideas that you bring from other sectors. Your maturity and ability to reach younger personnel is an added advantage.

Some of the professions that are suited for mid-career entrants include:

Professional and social service assistant positions such as: Social Workers and assistants Counsellors Psychologists Physiotherapists, Occupational/Speech Therapists and Aides Special Education Teachers and assistants Social service assistants

Executive and administrative positions such as: Executive Directors Centre Heads Programme Executives/Coordinators Management and Administrative positions in fund-raising, marketing, business development, planning & policy, corporate communications, finance, training and human resource.

Find out more about those who made the switch.

Training

These training courses will help equip you with the professional knowledge and skills to perform the following specialist vocations.

Vocation	Course	Institution	Training Support
Social Worker	Graduate Diploma in Social Work	National University of Singapore	VCF Training Grant Scholarships
	Master of Social Work	UniSIM
	Graduate Diploma in Social Work	UniSIM	Professional Conversion Programme for Social Workers VCF Training Grant Scholarships
	Bachelor of Social Work (Accelerated)	UniSIM	Professional Conversion Programme for Social Workers
Counsellor	Specialist Diploma in Counselling	Nanyang Polytechnic	VCF Training Grant Scholarships SPUR Funding
	Graduate Diploma in Counselling Practice	Counselling and Care Centre	VCF Training Grant Scholarships
	Diploma in Holistic Counselling for Schools	Developed by the Executive Counselling and Training Academy Pte Ltd (ECTA)
	Post-Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Counselling) and Master of Social Science (Counselling)	Edith Cowen University at Academy of Human Development
	Bachelor of Science in Counselling Programme leading to a Graduate Diploma in Counselling	UniSIM
	Master in Counselling	Monash University
	Master of Social Science (Counselling)	James Cook University
	Master of Social Science in Professional Counselling	The Swinburne University of Technology
	Master of Guidance and Counselling	James Cook University
Special Education Teacher	Diploma in Special Education	National Institute of Education	VCF Training Grant Scholarships
Physiotherapist	Diploma in Physiotherapy	Nanyang Polytechnic	Professional Conversion Programme for Physiotherapists VCF Training Grant
Occupational Therapist	Diploma in Occupational Therapy	Nanyang Polytechnic	Professional Conversion Programme for Occupational Therapists VCF Training Grant
Speech Therapist	Master in Speech and Language Pathology	National University of Singapore	VCF Training Grant Scholarships
Registered Nurse	Diploma in Nursing	Nanyang Polytechnic	VCF Training Grant Scholarships
Social Service Assistants	NITEC in Social Services	Institute of Technical Education	NITEC in Social Service Traineeship
	CSS WSQ Certificate (Senior Services)	Tsao Foundation @ Hua Mei Training Academy	SPUR Funding
	CSS WSQ Higher Certificate (Therapy Services)	Health Management International Ltd (HMI)	SPUR Funding