Peace Wong Yuh Ju
Fellow
Social Work
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
‘I cannot be who I am not and cannot teach what I do not practise.’
I am a social worker. I am an educator. I am a social work educator. But what does this mean?
Being a social worker means the strive towards facilitating the change process in helping individuals to maximise their potential, as well as supporting the marginalised and disadvantaged communities to be empowered.
Being an educator means providing students with an optimal learning environment where they feel safe to question and be curious. In the process of developing a critical mind, it is hoped that students would discover their ‘personal’ and ‘professional’ self and find a better ‘fit’ with their career choices and life goals.
Being a social work educator means that I seek every opportunity to facilitate the learning process for students to develop their potential through a more holistic educational experience. I seek to develop students’ sense of curiosity towards learning and deepen their critical thinking through experiential and reflective process.
It is in being congruent with ‘who’ I am as a social work educator that I can teach and practise simultaneously, with great pleasure.
A/P Peace Wong is an Associate Professor and Field Director with the Department of Social Work. She teaches different practice courses at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels. In recognition of her outstanding achievements in teaching, she has received numerous teaching awards at the faculty and university levels and is placed on Annual Teaching Excellence Award Honour Roll (2023-2027).
A/P Peace Wong has been pivotal in advancing Social Work supervision standards in Singapore. As a Chairperson to various workgroups under the Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB), she led the implementation of initiatives like the Social Work Supervision Guidelines (2017, 2021), supervisory competency domains, supervision training programme and supervision seminars. She also specialises in youth work and has a keen interest in wellness and sustainable development. She is a certified forest therapy guide and Chinese medicine health management practitioner.
A/P Peace Wong provides consultations on various social service projects, including curriculum design, training, and programme development and evaluation. She was awarded Friends of MSF Award (2019), which is presented to individual volunteers or organisations which have made significant contributions to committees or projects under the purview of Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). For her invaluable contributions in advancing the standards of Social Work supervision and education, A/P Peace Wong is conferred the Outstanding Social Worker Award (2023), which is the highest award to Social Workers conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
A/P Peace Wong is currently appointed as Chairperson/member to various advisory boards/ committees in the Government and social service agencies. These include the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), Ministry of Education (MOE), SHINE Children and Youth Services, Counselling & Care Centre and Fei Yue Community Services – Advisory Committee for Research.
A/P Peace Wong has been awarded various teaching awards as a graduate student and a faculty member.
2023 Outstanding Social Worker Award (OSWA), which is the highest award to Social Workers conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
2023-2027 Annual Teaching Excellence Award (Honour Roll)
2019, 2020, 2022 Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA)
2014-2022 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (FTEA) from AY2013/14 – AY 2021/22
2019 Friend of MSF Award, which is presented to individual volunteers or organisations which have made significant contributions to committees or projects under the purview of MSF.
2019 FASS Special Teaching Award (2018/19), Faculty Teaching Excellence Award – Industry Engagement Award
2018 FASS Special Teaching Award (AY2017/18) Faculty Teaching Excellence Award – Community Outreach Award
2012 GSTA Honour Roll, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
2011 Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (GSTA) Semester 1, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
2010 Graduate Students’ Teaching Award (GSTA), Semester 1 & 2, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore