Critical Soft Skills For Employment: Managing Stress At Work

This workshop is targeted at young adults on the autism spectrum who are starting work and need to know about basic soft skills needed for employment.

Learning how to manage stress with effective tools that are appropriate in a work environment is critical to getting and keeping a job.

Topics covered include:

• What is stress?
• Good stress and bad stress
• Signs of stress
• Impact of stress on work
• On-The-Go Stress Management tools
• Preventive Stress Management tools
• When stress needs professional help
• Develop individualised On-The-Go and Preventive Stress Management tools

• Learn what are the basic soft skills needed for employment
• Understand the importance of these basic soft skills in getting and keeping a job
• Develop individualized strategies to support self in managing stress
• Practice using the individualized strategies taught in daily life

• Able to learn in a classroom setting with other learners
• Comfortable participating with small group communication and interactive activities
• Willing to engage in role-play and practical exercises
• Ability to follow instructions with minimal support and complete written worksheets
• Availability to attend and commit to both days of training

In-Person
5 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Singapore 569739

Minimum number of 7 learners required to start a class.

Persons on the Autism Spectrum

Full fee: S$294.30 per participant
After SG Enable Training Grant: *S$37.80 per participant
*Balance fees claimable using SkillsFuture Credits or Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA)

(inclusive of GST and handout materials)

SG Enable Training Grant:

• Applicable for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents aged 16 years and above.
• Not pursuing full-time education or enrolled in any government or Special Education school.
• Course fee funding is only available for eligible persons with disabilities.
• The disabilities supported are: physical disability, sensory disability, intellectual disability and developmental disability.
• Registered as a Person with Disability (PWD) with SG Enable.
• Disability status can be verified via SupportGoWhere ⬅ click to find out.
• Must attend all training sessions.

ARC(S) will follow up with an email to request for the following documents:

• Letter of Undertaking ⬅ click to download.

SkillsFuture Credit:

• For all Singaporeans aged 25 years and above.
• S$500 opening SkillsFuture Credit does not expire.

Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA)

• A PSEA account will be opened for Singapore Citizens who have a balance in either their:
• Child Development Account (CDA) in the year they turn 13 years old.
• Edusave Account in the year they turn 17 years old, or no longer studying in an MOE-funded school, whichever is later.
• The account holder's PSEA will be closed around the middle of the year in which they turn 31.