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+MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS ALSO HELP THE HANDICAPPED AND THE CHRONICALLY-ILL TO . DJUST TO THEIR CONDITIONS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE POSITIVELY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS DONE BY LIAISON WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.+
MISS CHAN SAYS THERE ARE THREE WAYS OF PROVIDING MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICE BY THE CASE WORK METHOD, THE GROUP WORK METHOD, AND THE COMMUNITY WORK METHOD.
THE INDIVIDUAL CASE WORK METHOD THE MOST POPULAR OF THE THREE IS USED IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE ABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO RESPOND.
THE GROUP WORK METHOD IS BEING INCREASINGLY USED. SMALL NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, SUCH AS AMPUTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE GROUPED TOGETHER TO HELP FIND A SOLUTION SUITABLE FOR ALL. THEY SHARE COMMON PROBLEMS, AND SO ARE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER CONSTRUCTIVELY THROUGH INTERACTION WITHIN THEIR CIRCLE.
THE COMMUNITY WORK METHOD IS EMPLOYED IN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY CONCERNED WITH PARTICULAR PROBLEMS, BUT IS SELDOM USED IN THE MEDICAL SETTING OF HONG KONG,
THE DEPARTMENT'S MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES IN HOSPITALS, CLINICS, CONSULTANTS' CLINICS, PSYCHIATRIC UNITS, AND MANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ACCORDING TO MISS CHAN, MORE IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT NOW THAN PREVIOUSLY.
THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO REQUESTS FROM OTHER NON- GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS NURSING SCHOOLS, WELFARE ORGANISATIONS, AND THE SOCIAL WRLFARE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING SECTIONS, TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THEIR STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.
IN ADDITION, PRACTICAL WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, MAINLY THE QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MARY AND THE KOWLOON HOSPITALS, AND OTHER CLINICS, ARE AVAILABLE TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNDERGOING TRAINING IN SOCIAL WORK.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPLES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING, A MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER AT WORK ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AFTER 3 P.M. FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, DEACONSFIELD HOUS5, 671 FLO0R.
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