Facilitating Career Development

Course Information

The programme, based on the curriculum by the National Career Development Association (NCDA), an internationally recognized career development agency, is designed to equip participants with the knowledge to help their clients make informed career decisions; skills and techniques to help their clients be aware of their own career goals and preferences; and competencies to conduct career coaching, mentoring and facilitation.

Partner

Abundanz Consulting Pte Ltd (previously Abundanz Enterprise) was established in 2005 with the purpose of training and developing people in their growth as a person or an organization. Abundanz started by offering Social and Emotional Learning workshops to secondary school students & teachers, professional development trainings to allied educators and executive training.

Currently, Abundanz is a forerunner in providing credible and up to date career development trainings and resources to career practitioners in Singapore. By the strength of strategic international partners, Abundanz is able to carry renown programs and products to support the works of these career practitioners.

Abundanz’s deep understanding of industry together with their team of career educators and career coaches supply career preparatory and life skills workshops for local Professional, Managers, Executives and Technicians as well as transition workshops for Public Service Division.

Trainers

Dr Selina Tang
Educator, Researcher, Certified Adult Trainer

An educator with over 10 years of teaching experience in tertiary education, Selina specializes in the domains of social psychology and abnormal psychology. Prior to her academic journey, Selina was a probation officer with the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, where she worked with youth offenders and their families to support the youths-at-risk. Her teaching and research interests include adolescent psychosocial development, and identity negotiation.

Her academic journey spans both local as well as overseas institutions, where she lectured at Curtin University and Murdoch University (Perth) for over 5 years to a diverse group of students, including adult learners. In Singapore, Dr Selina helms various psychology modules in the Diploma of Psychology Studies at the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, including “Social Psychology”, “Abnormal Psychology”, “Lifespan Psychology”, and “Behaviour Modification and Intervention” to aspiring psychologists and social workers. Dr Selina has also lectured at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, teaching a module in social psychology

In Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Dr Selina mentors students from the Diploma in Psychology, where she works with youths to mentor, and coach them in their future professional paths career paths in the social service sector. She was also the co-advisor for the student co-curricular group, “Compassionate Youth in Action” where students volunteer with various community service organizations such as the Institute of Mental Health, and Singapore Children’s Society.

To pursue her continuing interest in research, Dr Selina sits on the panel of the Singapore Children Society’s Research Committee where she reviews and advises on research studies as well as the NP Institutional Review Board that reviews research projects conducted by NP students and staff to ensure the rights and privacy of students and participants.

Dr Selina has a Doctor of Philosophy, and Master of Human Services Counselling from Curtin University, Australia. Additionally, she is an ACTA certified Adult Educator (Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore) and has received certifications from the Knowdell Career Advisor Programme (Abundanz Consulting Private Limited).

Dr Timothy Hsi
Educator, Psychotherapist, Coach

Dr Timothy Hsi is a counsellor educator, psychotherapist and coach. He is the Founder and Principal of Abundanz Consulting Pte Ltd and is the Master Instructor for Knowdell’s Job and Career Transition Coach Certification workshops. He is also a NCDA Instructor for the
Facilitating Career Development programme. He teaches counselling courses ranging from research methods, counselling theories and counselling ethics in various academic institutions such as Australian College for Applied Psychology in Adelaide and James Cook University in Singapore.

Dr Tim was a recipient of the “Outstanding Career Educator” Award at the 2018 Asia Pacific Career Development Association (APCDA) conference and the “Emerging Leader Award” the year before. He is also the Founding President of the Career Development Association of Singapore (CDAS) and leads a team of passionate career practitioners with the aim of improving the professional identity of career practitioners in Singapore. During his time at the Singapore Management University, he was the Centre Director of the Mrs Wong Kwok Leong Student Wellness Centre and adjunct faculty with the School of Social Sciences and is currently involved as a member of the Advisory Board for the Wellness Centre.

Dr Tim has a Doctor in Education from the UCL Institute of Education and a Master in Guidance and Counselling from James Cook University. Additionally, he has certifications as:
• NCDA FCD Instructor (National Career Development Association, USA)
• Job and Career Transition Coach (Career Planning & Adult Development Network, USA);
• EMDR Practitioner (EMDR Institute, USA);
• Registered Counselling Supervisor (Singapore Association for Counselling);
• Level 4 member (Australian Counselling Association);
• ACTA certified Adult Educator (Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore);
• Neuro-Linguistics Programming Practitioner (Australasian Institute of NLP)
• Certified Behavioural Consultant (Institute of Motivational Living Inc, USA).

Learning Outcomes

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Lesson Plan

This course consists of 8 modules:

Certification

Entry Requirements