Headcount Trends at Family Service Centres

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Social and Family Development in the past five years, whether there is an increasing or decreasing trend in Family Service Centres with a headcount dedicated to community work.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: Family Service Centres (FSCs) hire staff to carry out their core functions, which include case work, group work and community work. FSCs can choose whether to have dedicated staff for each function or to have some of their staff cover multiple functions, based on what they assess to be a better use of their manpower resources and what would better meet the needs of the community. We do not track the number of staff recruited by FSCs solely to do community work.