The National Social Work Competency Framework was launched on 20 Nov 2015, the fruit of 2 years labour by a Steering Committee of 15 senior social workers. The team was led by MSF Senior Principal Social Worker Ms Chee Liee Chin and Jurong Health Services Senior Principal Social Worker, Ms Long Chey May.

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"The NSWCF ... considers the larger roles that social workers play in a changing and more complex social landscape. It creates a progressive career structure which gives social workers opportunities to develop domain expertise and broad-based skills while equipping them for related areas of practice such as policy making and research; all of which enrich social work practice and enable effective interventions for vulnerable groups in our society. In providing a common unifying articulation of roles, knowledge and skills across the profession, the NSWCF enables cross-sector mobility of workers as there is recognition of the experience and competencies of the workers across the sector."

(extracted from the Foreword by co-chairs Ms Chee Liee Chin & Ms Long Chey May)