Empowering Incarcerated Expectant Mothers: Promoting Safety and Well-being for Babies to Thrive, Fei Yue Community Services (PID075)

3pm – 3.30pm EDT, 4 September 2024 ‐ 30 mins

Workshop Session

“Project Baby” is a joint initiative by Fei Yue Family Resource Centre and Safe Place that aims to support pregnant women incarcerated in Singapore.  The programme, conducted in Prison, has served a total of 60 women since January 2020, with a total of 15 runs conducted as of December 2023. This programme aims to support pregnant mothers to meet the present needs, support the growth of child, and also strengthens maternal identity and works towards this significant event of pregnancy and motherhood becoming turning points for some incarcerated women as they strive to be the best mothers they can be and achieve desistance from crime.

Speakers

Janet Liam

Assistant Director/Assistant Senior Social Worker, Fei Yue Community Services, Singapore

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Wen Shan Cheng

Assistant Director, Safe Place, Singapore

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Janet Liam

Assistant Director/Assistant Senior Social Worker, Fei Yue Community Services, Singapore

A seasoned Assistant Senior Social Worker with a proven track record of 9.5 years in assisting offenders and ex-offenders. Janet has collaborated with like-minded indivuals within the agency, and community partners like Safe Place and Singapore Prison Service to develop several targeted programs for the offender population over the years. Janet is deeply committed to fostering partnerships, generating innovative ideas, and addressing gaps to empower individuals and families, enabling them to thrive and build resilience.

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Wen Shan Cheng

Assistant Director, Safe Place, Singapore

Wen Shan is currently Assistant Director at Safe Place. She has been a social worker for the past 17 years, working with families on various issues including violence, mental health, and so on. Her areas of focus and interests are supporting and journeying with mothers with unsupported pregnancies and working with adoptive families and adopted children. She is passionate about identifying service gaps for vulnerable pregnant mothers and believes in building safe places for them to be supported and empowered.