Bromohd - The Practice

11/09/2023

The second online session of our Community of Practice for New Social Work Supervisors will be on 6 October 2023, 8 pm to 9.15 pm. Places are limited and quickly taken up.

Register here: https://forms.gle/V7Eskm94KrzGNhuW8

04/07/2023

I will be speaking at AMP Singapore this Friday ( 7 July 2023 ), sharing best practices on working with Malay-Muslim clients; leveraging their worldviews to inspire change.

If you have already registered, I look forward to seeing you and hearing about your experiences working with this client group as well.

See you there!

31/10/2022

The effect of divorce on children lingers till adulthood.
While co-parenting is ideal, it is a challenge to remain consistent as parents begin to rebuild their lives with new relationships and responsibilities. Parents need to practice compassion and kindness with their ex-partners to ensure the well-being of their children is preserved.

This article was published in Issue #38 of RISALAH, a quarterly journal by PERGAS. I contributed the article in the Malay language. I have translated and revised it for this blog post. Divorce does not happen overnight. It is usually the endpoint of a contentious marital relationship. A divorce occu...

09/10/2022

https://www.bromohd.com/post/the-grief-of-leaving-an-organisation

Two years ago, I wrote about how social workers grapple with the thought of leaving their organisations. I have given a few tips for supervisors to broach this matter with their supervisees (read about them here). It is a difficult conversation, but a necessary one when you begin to see the signs -....

04/02/2022

I wrote a Malay commentary for berita.mediacorp.sg on burnout among social workers. It is a well a known condition within our professional sphere. I hoped to raise public awareness of the challenges social workers face every day. I have translated and edited the article here.

I contributed the following article, in Malay, for Berita Mediacorp on 3 February 2022. I have translated and edited it for this blog. Burnout is physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion stemming from prolonged stress due to a heavy workload and an unsupportive environment. Burnout is often also a...

07/11/2021

When social workers listened to their client's stories, do they merely listen to make an assessment of the client's situations, craft goals, and plan interventions to get the client out of whatever circumstances they are in? Do we truly listen with empathy? This is my latest blog post reflection.

Each one of us has stories to tell. Our lives are rich with lessons of love and loss; of hopes and fears; of regrets over things we should or should not have done; and of dreams which we hold in our hearts that push us to try and live for another day. As individuals, we may have gone through similar...

25/10/2021

I have published my third of seven installments on the Generalist Social Work Practice 7-planned-change-steps.

Planning your intervention is a necessary step for social workers at all levels of practice. In the blog post, I have listed several tips for supervisors to help their junior workers in the planning process.

"Plan of action: Follow-up" How many of you have read this in case notes of clients that you have taken over, or when auditing your junior social worker's work? It is challenging to figure out your next steps in client intervention if the action plans are not clear. And, no matter how cliché it sou...

11/10/2021

I wrote a commentary in Malay for BERITA Mediacorp on Mental Health. Here is the article which I have translated to English and published on my website.

The following article was my contribution to BERITA Mediacorp (Singapore) to commemorate World Mental Health Day 2021. It was written in Malay. I have translated it for this blog. 10 October is World Mental Health Day. It aims to raise awareness of mental health issues worldwide and to mobilize effo...

30/05/2021

I wrote a commentary ( in Malay) for BERITA Mediacorp on the proposed 'no fault' divorce. I reiterated that divorce, no matter how amicable, will still affect the children because they are often the silent witnesses to their parents' deteriorating relationship.

Realitinya, perceraian biasanya berpunca apabila pasangan tidak rasa pernikahan mereka yang telah retak dapat dibaiki semula.

16/05/2021

An assessment requires the social worker to gather relevant information in order to understand what is happening to the client. Therein lies the challenge - what constitutes relevant information? How much of it is good enough to give you a sense of what is going on in the client's life?

This is my latest blogpost.

This is the second of seven installments on the generalist social work practice 7-planned change steps. Making an assessment is not easy, even for social workers who have many years in the field. There are a number of tasks that need to be carried out in the assessment process. The social worker als...