WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1979
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GOVERNMENT TO TRAIN MORE SOCIAL WORKERS
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, THE HON. THOMAS LEE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SPOKE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN AND UTILIZE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMMÉS IN THE WHITE PAPER ON +SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1980'S*.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR. LEE SAID ONE OF THE PLANS WAS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS IN VARIOUS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS WITH EFFECT FROM THE 1979-80 ACADEMIC YEAR.
HE SAID OTHER PLANS INCLUDED MAKING MORE ECONOMIC USE OF TRAINED MANPOWER IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WELFARE CLASS REVIEW WHICH WOULD RELIEVE MANY TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS FROM DUTIES INVOLVING MINIMAL SOCIAL WORK CONTENT.
THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF SOCIAL WORKERS WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WELFARE CLASS REVIEW AS WELL AS THE REGIONALISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROMOTION PROSPECTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF, HE SAID.
MR. LEE SAID IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR UNDER-QUALIFIED STAFF WOULD BE ORGANISED ON THE ADVICE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL WORK TRAINING.
IN ADDITION, HE ADDED, GREATER USE WILL BE MADE OF PART-TIME WORKERS BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS, WHO FOR VARIOUS REASONS DO NOT WISH TO WORK FULL-TIME.
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ALL STREET SLEEPERS KNOWN TO SWD OFFERED HELP
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ALL STREET SLEEPERS KNOWN TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ARE OFFERED HELP, WHETHER IN TERMS OF HOUSING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR COUNSELLING, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, THE HON. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS REPLYING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. HO KAM-FAI ABOUT MEASURES BEING TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FIND HOMES FOR VAGRANT AND UNTIDY STREET SLEEPERS AND TO DISCOURAGE THEM FROM TAKING TO THE STREETS AGAIN.
MR. LEE SAID THAT FOR THOSE WHO HAD NO HOME TO RETURN TO, THE DEPARTMENT ARRANGES PLACEMENTS IN A TEMPORARY SHELTER PENDING REHOUSING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IF THEY QUALIFY FOR COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING.
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