SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1979
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THE NEW SUPPORTING GRADE OF SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT COMPRISES THREE RANKS -- - STUDENT SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT ($1,005 – $1,160) SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT ($2,155 $3,485) AND SENIOR SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT ($3,665 - $4,435).
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THE SOCIAL SECURITY STREAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE VARIOUS SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS, WHILE THE SOCIAL WORK STREAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECT SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE A MORE ECONOMIC USE OF TRAINED MANPOWER BY RELIEVING TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS FROM DUTIES INVOLVING MINIMAL SOCIAL WORK CONTENT.
HE SAID IT HAD STEMMED BASICALLY FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A DEPARTMENTAL WORKING PARTY REVIEWING THE WELFARE CLASS, AND HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF CONSULTATIONS WITH STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.
+APART FROM IMPROVED PAY SCALES, IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL AVENUES OF ADVANCEMENT WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PAY REVISION UNDER THE RESTRUCTUR ING WAS AN INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE, AND WAS SEPARATE FROM ANY STAFF REPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
LIFE RESCUE WITH CANOE
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LIFEGUARDS OF THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE WILL SOON BE USING CANOES TO LOOK AFTER SWIMMERS.
BUT BEFORE THESE LIFEGUARDS TAKE TO THE CANOES, THEY WILL FIRST HAVE TO BE TRAINED TO BE PROFICIENT IN THE ART OF CANOEING AS WELL AS BEING TRAINED TO PERFORM RESUSCITATION ON THIS HIGHLY-ZANCLIVRABLE CRAFT.
+A SERIES OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES WILL START THIS SUMMER WITH THE BEST QUALIFIED MEMBERS FROM AMONG THE 500 AMS LIFEGUARDS TAKING PART, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SERVICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+THE NEW TECHNIQUE, HAS BEEN WIDELY USED IN RECENT YEARS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES. AND IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN SAVING SWIMMERS IN DIFFICULTY IN THE SEA.
*OUR LIFEGUARDS WILL FIRST BE TAUGHT THE BASIC TECHNIQUES IN THE CANOEING AND THE SAFE WAY OF HANDLING THE CRAFT, THEY WILL ALSO BE TAUGHT MARITIME LORE, GO THROUGH A PROFICIENCY TEST AND BE TAUGHT HOW TO APPLY FIRST AID AND RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES TO OTHERS WHILE IN A CANOE.
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