Nursery and Training Centre. The nursery provides day-care for 100 children aged between two and five and is also used as a training ground for nursery workers. 14 trainees completed the second certificate course in work with pre-school children in July 1971. The training courses run at the Centre were attended by over 1,000 people during the year.
25. A report entitled 'Employment and Training for Social Work in Hong Kong' by Dame Eileen YOUNGHUSBAND, D.B.E., J.P., (Honorary President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work), was published in March 1972. In this report Dame Eileen reviews the present demand for and supply of social workers, and makes a number of recommendations, including a proposal to start a two-year course of training for social work studies outside but, if possible, affiliated with the universities. Other proposals in the report include the re-constitution of the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training to form a strong advisory committee or council, composed of the various bodies active in social work training, the establishment of an overall planning group to review the total training needs and resources with a view to agreeing a comprehensive programme for the Department's training centre, the establishment of an overall strategy of in-service training for different levels of social workers, and a review of existing posts in the Social Welfare Department to ensure that limited manpower resources are put to the best use.
26. Dame Eileen's proposals are now under active consideration by Government, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training, the Universities, the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the other bodies involved.
THE UNIVERSITIES
27. Enrolment of social work students at the two universities during the academic year 1971-72 was 110. During the year 54 university students completed their social work training at the two universities.
28. The Department continued to provide fieldwork training and professional supervision for 29 social work students from the univer- sities. In the summer of 1971 the Department co-ordinated a work programme to enable 42 students to work in various offices, community centres, child care and correctional institutions.
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