CCSC IN ACTION! ISSUE NO 1 2020

CCSC IN ACTION!Issue No. 1/2020 (Jan - May 2020)

Brought to you by Counseling and Career Services Centre

IIUM SEJAHTERA STUDENT CAREER
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COUNSELING RELATED PROGRAMME

DIRECT INTAKE PROGRAMME

The programme is designed to guide new students of direct intake to cope with
adjustment issues that they may experience during their study on campus.

University Survival Workshop

Date       : 4th March 2020
Time       : 8.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m.
Venue     : Mini Auditorium
Speakers : Psychology Officers, CCSC

          i.Sr. Khairiah Abdul Razak
         ii.Sr. Nur Masturah

Mohamad Arif
            iii.Sr. Aina Nadia Mizan

SPECIAL BUDDY PROGRAMME

This programme is a collaboration between Disability Services Unit (DSU) and
CCSC for IIUM students who volunteered as Special Buddies to assist students with
disabilities (SwDs). The main task of Special buddies is to facilitate the academic
and social well-being of SwDs. CCSC was invited to deliver a sharing session on
basic counseling skills in the programme.

Date : 6 – 7 March 2020
Time : 9.00 a.m - 5.00 p.m.
Venue : Seminar Room 1, KENMS
Speakers: Psychology Officers, CCSC

i. Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply
ii. Khairiah Abd Razak
iii. Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamad

Arif

COUNSELING RELATED PROGRAMME

WELCOMING NEW STUDENTS

Welcoming New Students (WNS) is an initiative from Residential Counseling Unit
(RCU) to establish and extend the CCSC services to residents at mahallat during
taaruf week. The objectives of WNS are to make known of Counseling and Career
related services and also to establish a positive support system to new students of
IIUM. This program is also to develop strategic relationship between RCU and
principals, fellows, mahallah officers and other individuals in relation to mahallat.

Date : During Taaruf Week 
Venue : MPH, Mahallah
Speaker : Sr. Nur Masturah
Mohamad Arif, Psychology
Office, CCSC

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CCSC was invited to deliver a knowledge transfer session on mental health and
basic counseling skills for Basic Counseling Workshop organized by Kulliyah of
Engineering. This is the second session that KOE has invited CCSC to share about
Mental Health and Basic Counseling Skills to the KOE community. The great effort
by the Dean and Deputy Dean Student Affairs of KOE is always appreciated by
CCSC.

Date : 28th February2020
Time : 8.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. 
Venue : Main Conference Room,
Kulliyyah of Engineering
Speakers : Psychology Officers, CCSC
i. Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamad Arif   
ii. Sr. Aina Nadia Mizan

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

  JOB HUNTING PROGRAMME

The programme is designed to equip students with job hunting strategies
particularly on resume writing as the resume would be the first impression scanned
by the potential employers.

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The programme is designed for IIUM graduates who have graduated in 2019 to
equip them with the latest trend in job market, resume writing, grooming, digital
visibility and interviewing skills as to empower IIUM graduate’s employability. A
total of 111 graduates participated in this 4-day programme.

Date  : 25th – 28th February 2020
Time    : 2.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Venue  : Training Room, Career Section, CCSC
Speakers  : Psychology Officers, CCSC

i. Br. Saiful Redza Mohamed
ii. Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply
iii. Sr. Nor Adilah Mohd Nor

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

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This webinar was organized by Invest KL to
give insights from Jobstreet.com on how
students or graduates can apply for jobs
through this challenging period.

    CAMPUS RECRUITMENT

The programme invites employers to campus to interview graduating students
and fresh graduates for full-time job opportunities or special upskilling
programmes. The graduating students may have valuable experience in dealing
with interviewers during the interview session.

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

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participated by
IIUM students
VIRTUAL TRAINING
provided by Skymind

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

     TEH TARIK SESSION: EXPLORE, ENGAGE AND EXCEL

A platform to establish positive networking between IIUM and industries which
eventually develop new possibilities that could benefit IIUM graduate employability.

          Pasona Malaysia Group

Pasona Group is a well-established Japanese recruitment firm in Malaysia. In
accordance with its philosophy “to solve the problems of society”, Pasona Group has
made a variety of employment infrastructure  construction. Today, as the
internationalization progresses bloom, the number of Japanese companies
operating in Malaysia has been increasing remarkably. The company has moved
forward to adopt all the needs of everyone in the company so that the services and
know-how to meet that has been cultivated in Japan, can be provided in Malaysia.

Date   : 3rd March 2020
Time   : 3.00 p.m. -5.00 p.m.
Venue : MainAuditorium,

Kulliyyah of Engineering
Speaker : Ms. Ashley Yeong Jing

Ying
(Project Executive,
Japanese Division)
Participants : 134 students

CAREER RELATED PROGRAMME

        Virtual Engagement with Synthomer

ENGAGEMENT OPNROEGMRPALMOYMAEBILITY RELATED

Employability Related Programme (ERP) provides a platform for students and
industries in building engagement among them. Industries need to brand themselves
in campus as a chosen employer while students need to market themselves as
potential employees to industries.

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     OTHER PROGRAMME

COUNSELING & C(CAARREEERS)A1W/2A0R2E0NESS CAMPAIGN

The programme is conducted in conjunction with IIUM Takrim Month 2020: “Jom
Masuk UIAM 2020” that aims to give career awareness, career readiness as well as
to promote services provided by CCSC to IIUM community and visitors.

Date         : 4th March 2020
Time         : 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Venue       : ICC

INDUSRTORUINESDTAANBDLSETDUISDCEUNSTSLIEOANDERS

Date       : 11th March 2020
Venue    : Senate Hall, Level 5
Speaker : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Hasan,

Deputy Rector (Student Development
and Community Engagement)

SUPPORT GROUP

IIUM Peers, IIUM Student Career Team (ISCT) and IIUM Counseling Response

Team (ICRT)  are established to support counseling and career development

programmes organized by CCSC as well as services rendered by CCSC for IIUM

community. IIUM PEERS

   

IIUM Peers Batch 23: Briefing
Session

Date    : 9th March 2020
Time    : 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Venue  : Mini Auditorium
Speaker: Sr. Khairiah Abdul Razak

    IIUM STUDENT CAREER TEAM (ISCT)

iSCT Batch 5: Retreat

Date         : 7th – 8th March 2020
Venue       : Resort Agrofarmstay, Melaka
Facilitator : Psychology Officers, CCSC,
                 i. Br. Saiful Redza Mohamed
            ii. Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply
            iii. Sr. Nor Adilah Mohd Nor

SUPPORT GROUP

IIUM COUNSELING RESPONSE TEAM (ICRT)

   

ICRT Batch 2: Briefing

Date : 5th March 2020 
Venue : CCSC Training
Room
Speaker : Sr. Nur Masturah

Mohamad Arif,
Psychology Officer,
CCSC

IIUM COUNBSAESLICINHGERLEPSINPGOSNKSIELLTE1AM (ICRT)

Basic helping skills set is a fundamental knowledge that is important for ICRT
members. From the basic helping skills set, ICRT members are exposed to the
effective techniques for helping others such as Effective Listening Skills and
Attending Skills.

ICRT Batch 2: Basic Helping Skill 1

Date : 13th March 2020 
Venue : ADM LR 1, KIRKHS    
Speakers : Psychology Officers, CCSC

i. Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamad
Arif        

ii. Sr. Aina Nadia Mizan

    CCSC SPECIAL PROJECT 2019-2020

IIUM SEJAHTSEERMA.P2R2O0F1IL9IN/2G0F2O0R STUDENTS

CCSC managed to administer the test to new intake students during Taaruf week
using Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). The use of DASS as a substitute for
IIUM Sejahtera Profiling Innovation Project that is still in item validation progress.
Result generated from DASS will be used as a basis to propose interventions such
as individual session, group counseling sessions, booster workshops, special
programme etc.

Date      : 3rd February 2020
Venue    : ICC

IIUM SEJAHTERAPRPOROJEFCILTING INNOVATION

This project is aimed to innovate IIUM Sejahtera Profiling to be one of the useful
psychological screening tools to assess and predict mental health wellbeing of IIUM
community which then become the basis of appropriate interventions based on the
results generated from the profiling. The profiling is hoped to be expanded for the
use of outside population including school level using paper pencil or
web/apps/webapps version for self-administration purposes. A few workshops were
conducted to scrutinize the constructs, items, scoring and demographic details for
innovation version of IIUM Sejahtera Profiling before a pilot study is conducted.

Development of Instrument
Workshop

Date    : 15th – 16th January 2020
Venue  : Multi-Purpose Room, RSD

and Training Room, CCSC
Participants :
i. Director CCSC, IIUM Gombak Campus
ii. Senior Psychology Officer, Psychology Officers
from CCSC, IIUM Gombak Campus
 iii. Sr. Asniza Mamat (Senior Psychology Officer,
IIUM  Gambang Campus)
iv. Sr. Rina Suryani Ariff (Senior Psychology Officer,
Kuantan Campus)
v. Admin. Assistant, CCSC

    CCSC SPECIAL PROJECT 2019-2020

Workshop with Subject Matter Experts

Session 1 Session 2 (with Psychiatrist)

Date : 5th, 12th, 13th February 2020 & Date : 6h February 2020
12th March 2020 Venue : Department of Psychiatrist,

Venue : Conference Room, ODRSDCE and Kulliyyah of Medicne,
Meeting Room, CCSC, IIUM Kuantan Campus
IIUM Gombak Campus

Pilot Study

Pilot study of IIUM Sejahtera Profiling Innovation Project is initiated in order to
measure the feasibility and deficiency of the proposed instruments. Three phases
of pilot study have been done using two sets of instruments which consist of items
related to general wellbeing.

STUDENT STAFF

Phase One Phase One
Date: 10th April 2020 Date: 13th April 2020
Total no. of participant: 60 Total no. of participant: 39

Phase Two Phase Two
Date: 24th April 2020 Date: 27th April 2020
Total no. of participant: 61 Total no. of participant: 31

Phase Three Phase Three
Date: 19th May 2020 Date: 19th May 2020
Total no. of participant: 58 Total no. of participant: 33

STAFF ACTIVITY

WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIC PLANNING 2020

Date  : 12th - 13th February 2020 
Venue : Multipurpose Hall, RSD

WELCOME!

CCSC welcomes new staff, Sr.
Huraizah Mat Hassan @ Mohd
Hassan commencing 16th March
2020 as she succeeds Sr. Raja
Noor Ashikin Raja Alias.

    SPECIAL COLUMN: CCSC @ MCO

CCSCCONATCRTOIVLITOIRESDEDRU(RMINCGOM) POEVREIOMDENT

The year 2020 is

significant to

Malaysians as the

nation launched its

“Vision 2020’ in 1991

with the objective of

becoming a fully

developed country by

2020. However, little

that we expect of how

our normal lives would

change to adapting a

new normal – due to

the outbreak of

coronavirus disease

(COVID-19).

 

The virus is

transmitted through

direct contact with

respiratory droplets of

an infected person

(through coughing and

sneezing)

or from touching surfaces contaminated with the virus and touching their face (e.g.
eyes,  nose.  mouth).  As  the  virus  spread  to  many  countries  and  while  a  lot  is 
still unknown about the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the
outbreak as a pandemic. As a result, many countries implemented ‘lockdown’ to slow
down the spread of the coronavirus and adopt preventive measures through physical
distancing and observance of general hygiene measures.

With the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia from 18
March 2020, CCSC would like to assure our continued commitment to provide the IIUM
community with ongoing services during these challenging times.

We are committed to minimize the impact of COVID-19 and our teams will be working
from home and will continue to work hard to ensure there is no disruption to our
services

   SPECIAL COLUMN: CCSC @ MCO

COUNSELING SERVICES

Our counselors can be reached via email or
 

2 counselors on duty per day
10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. / 9.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. (during Ramadhan)
Monday-Friday
Counseling via Skype was operated since 23rd March 2020

   SPECIAL COLUMN: CCSC @ MCO

SURVEY ON IIUM STUDENTS’ WELL BEING

During crisis/disasters/outbreak, any individual may be affected emotionally as
it is common for them to feel stressed, worried and anxious. The COVID-19
outbreak can cause strong emotions and psychological impact on individuals
depending on different situations. There were a number of IIUM students
stranded on campus when the MCO was enforced. Separated from family
members and friends, and not being able to perform outdoor routines are
among the situations that may caused negative psychological impact for some
students.

CCSC has conducted two (2) surveys in order to understand general well-being
and needs of IIUM students especially those staying on campus during the MCO
period.    The surveys would also help to identify students with high risk that
need immediate support  from  the  University  and  further  action  by  the 
University  Management.  The survey includes Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
(DASS) 21, which is a tool for screening and assessment designed to measure
the emotional states of depression, anxiety  and  stress.  and  was  distributed 
through  various  platforms  i.e.  Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp.

Survey on IIUM Students’ Well-Being: Phase 1

SPECIAL COLUMN: CCSC @ MCO

The 1st phase of the survey was administered using Google Form from 25th until 31st
March 2020 and received feedback from a total of 999 respondents from Gombak,
Kuantan and Pagoh campuses. The outcome of the survey was presented to the IIUM
Sejahtera Covid Team on 3rd April 2020 whereby 117 students of high-risk group
(extremely severe based on DASS 21) were identified and needed psychological and
emotional support.

Survey on IIUM Students’ Well-Being: Phase 2

This survey is a continuation and improvement from the first survey to assess the well-
being of IIUM students staying on campus with the extension of MCO and their
readiness after the MCO is lifted. The 1st phase of the survey was administered using
Google Form from 9th until 15th April 2020 and received feedback from a total of 520
respondents from Gombak, Kuantan and Pagoh campuses. The study also captured
some data of students staying at home so that comparison could be made
accordingly.The outcome of the survey was presented to the University Management
Committee  (UMC)  and  IIUM  Sejahtera  Covid  Team  on  14th  April  2020.

    SPECIAL COLUMN: CCSC @ MCO

SEMBANG SANTAI WITH COUNSELORS

This initiative is to

support and educate

viewers with coping

tips, psychosocial

education etc, during

COVID-19 crisis.

IGLive can be viewed

via @ccsciium and

@iiumcareer

Instagram.

LIVE SESSION WITH SPECIAL GUEST

   SOCIAL MEDIA

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Salaam Counselor

Delivered by : Sr. Khairiah Abdul Razak Delivered by : Sr Nur Syuhada Mohd Munir Delivered by : Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamed Arif
(Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer)
Link https://youtu.be/RssxjcGli6s Click https://youtu.be/C2_3pfAKdL4 Link https://youtu.be/hUE3drQYrr0

Delivered by : Sr. Aina Nadia Mizan Delivered by : Sr. Nor Adilah Mohd Nor Delivered by Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply
(Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer)
Link https://youtu.be/2hYoMbeIYfE Click https://youtu.be/sedMffTnMNw Link https://youtu.be/V0FFVep_0c0

Delivered by Sr. Nur Masturah Mohamad Arif Delivered by : Sr Nur Syuhada Mohd Munir Delivered by : Sr. Nor Adilah Mohd Nor
(Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer)
Link https://youtu.be/wsgUfOpSIGM Link https://youtu.be/FBi9StmSXeo Link https://youtu.be/mWCKvNQPNdE

Delivered by : Sr. Khairiah Abdul Razak Delivered by Br. Mohd Norhafifi Zolkiaply Delivered by : Br. Saiful Redza Mohamed
(Psychology Officer) (Psychology Officer) (Senior Psychology Officer)
Link https://youtu.be/EVZzU6B-s0k Link https://youtu.be/iyj4oGsApSA Link https://youtu.be/htkobNgNc9o

Delivered by : Sr. Aina Nadia Mizan
(Psychology Officer)
Link https://youtu.be/NWhWN6L7zwc

 NEWSLETTER TEAM

Concept/Content Advisor
Sr. Huraizah Mat Madam Noraini
Hassan @ Mohd Hassan
Ahmad

Design/Layout
Sr. Siti Khadijah Daud
Sr. Noorasyikin Asrorie

Special appreciation to staff of CCSC for contributing ideas, comments and
photos for this newsletter

Sr. Nur Maturah Sr. Khairiah Abdul
Mohamad Arif Razak

Sr. Nor Adilah Mohd Nor

Sr. Noor Esmi Mohamed Br. Muhammad Shafiq
Salleh Ramdhan Fadzlee