Epworth Community Services
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Mission Statement
Providing quality programmes and services to all children, youth, parents and their families, of all language, race and religion and nurturing each family member in body, mind and spirit.
About This Cause
About Epworth Community Services: Epworth Community Services is a non-profit organisation for children and youths. Epworth Community Services helps at-risk children and youths in their educational, social, emotional and moral development. We are a registered charity, a full member of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and an Institution of Public Character (IPC). Objectives: The objectives of our organisation are to help children, youths and parents of all language, race and religion, especially from dysfunctional, disadvantaged and needy families, to: • Develop their potential to the fullest • Enjoy a balanced family life • Become responsible and caring family members, and • Become useful members of society. Programmes and Services: 1. Epworth Family Welfare Epworth Family Welfare helps at-risk Children and Young Persons (CYPs) with a range of programmes and services; at the same time, engaging their family to be part of the intervention process. There is also a Youth Outreach Centre in Bukit Batok to engage youths in the community. 2. Epworth Foster Care Epworth Community Services was appointed by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in September 2015 to set up the first Fostering Agency in Singapore. The main objectives of Epworth Foster Care are: to raise awareness of the need for fostering; broaden outreach to recruit more foster parents and foster volunteers; and, manage cases of foster children under the care of foster parents. 3. Epworth HomeSweetHome Epworth Community Services was appointed by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) in July 2013 to set up the first Therapeutic Group Home in Singapore. The home, Epworth HomeSweetHome, uses Trauma Systems Theory as a treatment model to help children who display severe behavioural problems, having experienced complex trauma and attachment issues. 4. Epworth Literacy Epworth Literacy is an aggregation of intervention programmes and services to help children overcome learning challenges and disabilities so that they can cope with formal education. 5. Epworth Student Care Epworth Student Care provides after-school care for students whose parents are unable to be at home to look after them in the day. The main objectives of Epworth Student Care are: to provide students with general basic care; provide wholesome activities to engage them; and, help them in their studies.