Operational Information
The operational information below is for FY2010⁄2011.
Overview of our Service
| S/No. | Programmes | No. of Clients1 |
Programme Impact | No. of Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Rehabilitation Services |
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Rehabilitation Centre (for adults) |
|
Allows seamless flow from acute care to step down community care. |
40
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At SPD Ability Centre |
303 |
7,750 therapy sessions held |
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At SPD@Tampines |
138 |
2,482 therapy sessions held |
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Paediatric Rehabilitation |
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Provides early support for special needs children to minimise the risk of their developing a long term disability. |
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At SPD Ability Centre |
161 |
1,838 therapy sessions held |
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At SPD@Tampines |
275 |
3,489 therapy sessions held |
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Dysphagia Management Programme (Operational from October 2009) |
19 |
Provides affordable professional speech therapy services to help in the management of swallowing problem. In the year, 55 sessions were held. |
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SPD Therapy Hub |
2,984 |
Helps retain and attract professionals to the social service sector, improves and standardises the level of therapy care in the sector. Allows better career development for therapists. The service was offered at 32 community organisations. |
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Day Activity Centre |
62 |
Provides day care and training in activities of daily living and community living, prevocational training, and socio-recreational skills, as well as relief and respite for caregivers and families. Provided 11,517 hours of training. |
8 |
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2 |
Community & Social Service Department |
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Specialised Case Management Programme |
559 |
Provides counselling, assistance, case management support and advice for disabled people and their families. 200 home visits were conducted. |
8 |
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Education Programme
|
145 students |
Reaches out to children with physical disabilities and those who have physically disabled parents. $91,200 disbursed directly to students as bursary grants and another $32,100 in service cards to students and parents with physical disabilities. $8,010 was disbursed in book vouchers. |
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Learning & Development Centre |
243 training places were offered to students with disabilities and their families and 1,549 for educators and peers of students with disabilities. |
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3 |
Vocational Training |
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Employment Support Programme
|
132 |
Provides job placement and job support services as well as conducts intake assessment, case conferencing and soft skill training. In the year, 13 sessions of soft skill workshops were held offering 760 training places for trainees from ITAP and Sheltered Workshop. 70 interviews for open employment were arranged for suitable trainees, out of which 54 were offered job opportunities, and 25 successfully placed in open employment. |
3 |
|
IT Apprenticeship Programme |
70 |
Provides on-the-job training and structured courses to equip people across disability types with skills for employment. |
5 |
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Sheltered Workshop |
93 |
Provides employment and vocational training |
6 |
|
4 |
Supported Employment |
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Production Workshop |
14 |
Provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities |
3.5 |
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Multimedia Centre |
4 |
3.5 |
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5 |
Technology Division |
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Infocomm Accessibility Centre |
496 |
Offers IT training to people across disability types to narrow the digital divide as well as enhance their employment prospects. 819 training places offered. |
4 |
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Specialised Assistive Technology Centre |
108 |
Levels the playing field of people with disabilities by alleviating their physical limitations and unlocking potentials previously seen as impossible. 132 assessments and 688 training hours were conducted. |
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AT Loan Library |
52 |
Provides individuals with special needs the opportunity to trial AT devices at their actual everyday setting, and to make better informed decisions about the suitability of their AT devices before purchase. |
6 |
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6 |
Community Partnerships |
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Communications & Advocacy |
4,000 |
Promotes the interest, welfare and advancement of people with disabilities through the mass media, publications, website and PE campaigns/partnerships with government agencies, VWOs and corporate organisations. |
7 |
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Fundraising & Volunteer Management |
4,000 |
About $6.1 million raised and 4,292 volunteers offered their services and more than 20,000 volunteer hours achieved. |
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7 |
Headquarters and Administrative Support |
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Transport Service 2 (Operations outsourced to private transport operator) |
250 |
Provides dedicated door to door transport buses that makes an average of 120 trips daily. |
0 |
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Finance |
4,000 |
Provides finance, human resource, IT and administrative support. |
12 |
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Human Resource & Administration |
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IT |
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Total No. of Staff |
106 |
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1This number is not by episode but is the absolute number of clients helped who may receive service from more than one programme.
2
Although provision of this service has been outsourced to a
transport operator for greater efficiency, SPD still raises funds to provide
transport subsidies for the clients.
SPD Staff Distribution
A team of professional and direct service staff help to run the various programmes and services for our clients. These include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, assistive technology specialists, training officers and social workers. They make up about 81% of our workforce. The remaining staff provide indirect service such as HR, IT, office admin, finance and fundraising support. Though they do not deal directly with clients, they provide critical support for the smooth operation of the organisation. SPD's full time staff is well augmented by dedicated volunteers with different skills, talents and experiences and who selflessly contribute more than 20,000 hours of voluntary service.
As at March 2011, SPD served 4,000 clients with a staff strength of 106 and 4,292 volunteers in the year, out of whom 1,002 came regularly to offer their services.
SPD staff distribution for FY2010/2011
Salary Range of SPD Staff
| Annual Basic Salary Range | No. of Executives |
|---|---|
| $50,000 - $100,000 | - |
| $100,000 - $150,000 | 3 |
| *Annual remuneration includes salary, bonus and employers' CPF | |
GST Information
SPD is a GST registered trader. All goods and services rendered by us would be subject to GST. Our registration no. is M90356208J.