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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1978
+TO COMPLEMENT AND CO-ORDINATE THE COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE OF THESE COMMUNITY CENTRES, ESTATE WELFARE BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITY HALLS, THE DEPARTMENT SET UP IN 1973 ANOTHER NETWORK OF OFFICERS, KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS SCHEME TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY WORK AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. NOW THERE ARE TEN COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS IN THE URBAN DISTRICT AND FOUR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ HE ADDED.
TURNING TO THE WORK OF A COMMUNITY WORKER IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR. LEE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT HOLD DIFFERENT TITLES SUCH AS WARDENS OF COMMUNITY CENTRES OR COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICERS, THEIR METHODS OF WORK WERE IN THE MAIN VERY SIMILAR AND WERE BASED ON THE SAME GOALS AND CONCEPTS.
+ THE ROLE OF THE WORKER IS THAT OF AN ENABLER AND DEVELOPER. HE ENDEAVOURS TO BUILD UP AND WORK WITH GROUPS FORMED EITHER ON A COMMON INTEREST OR COMMON CONCERN AND HE HELPS TO SUSTAIN AND STRENGTHEN EXISTING COMMUNITY ORIENTATED ORGANISATIONS BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SECURING FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
+HE TRIES TO INVOLVE INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS IN COMMITTEES DEALING WITH SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND WITH THE PARTICIPATIONS OF ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE COMMUNITY WORKER PROMOTES OTHER ACTIVITIES LIKE TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS, GATHERING AND SHARING INFORMATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP.+
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