National Council of Social Service | |
Preceding1: | Singapore Council of Social Service |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Singapore |
Headquarters: | 170 Ghim Moh Road #01-02 Ulu Pandan Community Building Singapore 279621 |
Minister1 Name: | Masagos Zulkifli |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health |
Minister2 Name: | Desmond Lee |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Sun Xueling |
Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Minister of State for Social and Family Development |
Deputyminister2 Name: | Eric Chua |
Deputyminister2 Pfo: | Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development |
Chief1 Name: | Anita Fam |
Chief1 Position: | President |
Chief2 Name: | Tan Li San |
Chief2 Position: | CEO[1] |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of Social and Family Development |
Child1 Agency: | Social Service Institute |
Child2 Agency: | Community Chest |
Parent Agency Type: | Ministry |
Agency Id: | T08GB0034K |
The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Social and Family Development of the Government of Singapore.
The organisation is the national coordinating body for Social Service Agencies (SSAs) in Singapore. SSAs are non-profit organisations that provides welfare or social service to vulnerable or disadvantaged groups in Singapore, and in 2018 were renamed from the term Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs).
SSAs are members of NCSS. A SSA is therefore not a legal structure (they can be registered as societies or companies limited by guarantee), but a classificatory category used to describe a subset of voluntary organisations in the business of providing direct welfare services.
The Social Service Institute and the Community Chest are part of the National Council of Social Service.