If your household needs assistance to tide over a difficult period, and you and your household members are prepared to do your best to help yourselves, you may be eligible to participate in the Work Support (WS) scheme.

Benefits

Depending on your household’s situation, one or more of the following types of assistance may be provided:

• Job placement services for those who are work-capable
• Case management to help applicants overcome barriers to employment and secure jobs
• Rental, utilities, and/or service and conservancy charges vouchers
• Monthly cash grant to meet basic needs
• Childcare and student care subsidies
• Training grant for approved courses
• Educational assistance

Please note that the amount of assistance will be assessed by the CDC on a case-by-case basis.

Responsibilities of applicant

Your CDC officer will work out an action plan for you and your household to follow in order to become self-reliant. In time, you will not require Work Support assistance.

The action plan may include the following:

• Finding and keeping a job
• Increasing work hours
• Upgrading your skills
• Reducing unnecessary expenses, etc

You will need to sign a Letter of Undertaking to show that you are committed to co-operating with the CDC officer and following the action plan. Your CDC officer will keep in touch with you to help make sure that you are on track with the action plan.

Who can apply

• The applicant must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident (PR). If the applicant is a PR, at least one of the immediate family members must be a Singapore Citizen;
• Have little or no savings;
• Have little or no family and community support;
• Satisfy a needs test; and
• Demonstrate the willingness to take steps to become self-reliant

Please note that your application will be assessed by the CDC depending on the criteria stated above. Other relevant factors are also taken into consideration on a case-by-case basis. 

Period of assistance

The period of assistance will be depending on your household situation. You will be informed of the period of assistance when and if you are approved for Work Support.

Where to apply

For residents staying in the Central Singapore District, application can be made in person at:

Service@Central
Central Singapore Community Development Council  
HDB Hub BizThree ( via Lift Lobby 1)
490 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
#04-10
Singapore 310490
Tel: 63709901
Fax: 63709914

Operating hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Saturday, 8.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
We are closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

Please bring along the following documents:

1) Your identity card
2) Identity card(s) of family members within the same household*
3) Birth certificate(s) of children* (below 15 years old)
4) Marriage/ Divorce certificate
5) Latest payslip(s)
6) CPF statement(s)
7) Bank account passbook(s)/ statements
8) Medical appointment card(s)*
9) HDB booklet (for rental flat)
10) Town Council booklet (service and conservancy charges)
11) Latest SP Services bill
12) Documents on assistance received from other organisations*
13) Any other relevant supporting documents eg. prison visiting card, outstanding payments owing to other organisations  

*If applicable