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most formative years of their lives. The school therefore provides a good
base for extending personal guidance and help to those young people who
require such services. The Government intends to expand School Social Work
to cover all schools but this expansion will be limited to some degree by
the forecast shortage of professional social workers. The front-line work
in primary schools is therefore being carried out, on an experimental
basis, by Student Guidance Officers who are teachers who have received
training in counselling, guidance and social work techniques, although
pupils with serious social problems will be referred to professional social
workers. These Student Guidance Officers will also be supported by
If the scheme is
educational psychologists and educational counsellors.
found successful, it will be extended to all primary schools by the end
of 1980. School social work in secondary schools will be carried out
by professional social workers and is expected to cover all secondary
schools by the end of 1981. Particular attention will be paid to
minimising the number of school drop-outs.
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The role of young people within the family will be one of
the main themes of Family Life Education, the general aim of which is
to preserve and strengthen the family as a unit. This broader approach
has proved to be an effective means of reaching a large population and
the Government intends, in conjunction with the voluntary sector, to
provide a comprehensive Family Life Education programme in Hong Kong
by 1982. The Social Welfare Department will be responsible for the
overall direction and coordination of Family Life Education services
and for organizing major programmes and publicity campaigns on a territory
wide basis. This will be achieved by making staff in each district
office specifically responsible for Family Life Education in close
coordination with the voluntary sector. At the district level, Family
Life Education services will be provided mainly by the voluntary agencies.
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