School Social Work Department Service Introduction

Service objectives

Student Level :

• To understand the needs of students and parents' expectations for students' development, and work with staff to design students' educational plans.
• To assist new students to adapt to the new environment, encourage students to participate in classroom and dormitory life, enhance students' understanding and choice of their own life planning, refer high school students to suitable adult services, broaden students' understanding of graduation arrangements, accompany students to transition to transition and transition adult services, and support graduates to adapt to life after leaving school and adult services.
• Provide counselling services to channel students' emotional needs.

Parent and family level:

• Promote good partnerships between parents and schools.
• Provide counselling services to channel parents' emotional needs, encourage and give full play to parents' potential, enhance self-help and mutual aid capabilities, and promote connections and relationships between parents.
• Increase parents' awareness of child-transfer and rehabilitation services.
• Encourage parents to be aware of social welfare services.
• Promote the development of parent-teacher associations and conduct parent education.

Community Education Level:

• Connect with outside organizations and build good community relations.
• Make good use of community resources to promote the integration of the disabled and the healthy, and show the ability and performance of students to the outside world.
• Promote voluntary work, receive visits and visits from outside groups, and raise awareness of people with special needs.

Scope of Services

Casework

• Follow up on referrals of new students, prospective leavers and alumni cases.
• Participate in case meetings to discuss student education options with various departments.
• Handle students' study and family problems, and provide family counseling when necessary.
• Coordinate parent volunteer service at school.

Parent work

Promote the development of parent-teacher associations and conduct parent education. (See Family Jobs Association Development for details).

Community work

• Implement community education and promote external volunteer service in schools. (See Volunteer Corner for details).
• Reception of visits and visits from outside groups.
• Represent the school at district meetings and events.

Volunteer Corner

Group Volunteer Development Volunteer Recruitment

Organiser - Caritas Lok Yi School Holding Period
 - From October to August of the following year, the target
group is  6 to 18Volunteers for severely and moderately mentally disabled students -
Enquiry hotline for those interested in volunteering services for people with intellectual disabilities - 2886-1102 (
School Social Worker). 

Introduction to the event

Volunteer profile. Participate in classroom, school activities, outings,

Assist students with food training (lunch or dinner).

Volunteers are advised to assist in at least 5 activities.

Volunteers experience the needs of students during training.

Through gadgets, encourage students to use the first 2 fingers for training.

Volunteers guide students to participate in classroom training.

Volunteers participate in activities with students.

Pre-volunteer briefing

Introduction to Volunteer Services:-
Understanding Children with Severe and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities- Student Learning Profile-
Volunteer Assistance Skills
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Volunteers and schools expect from each other

Person in charge: Social worker