THURSDA, APRIL 45, 1965
SOCIAL WORKERS ARE ALSO DEPLOYED IN THE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING OF YOUNG OFFENDERS AND OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PEQUIRED TO UNDERGO A PERIOD OF RESIDENTIAL SUPERVISION UNDER THE TERMS OF A CARE AND PROTECTION ORDER.
ON THE EMERGING ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER AS A +CO-ORDINATORS, + MRS CHAN SAID THAT SOCIAL WORKERS NOW OFTEN WORKED CLOSELY AS A TEAM WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
+THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO IN THE FIELD OF REHABILITATION SERVICES WHERE MANY SERVICES FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS INVOLVE INPUTS FROM A RANGE OF SKILLED STAFF INCLUDING PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, SPEECH THERAPISTS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND NURSES, SHE SAID.
SHE NOTED THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WERE ALSO PLAYING AN INCREASING ROLE IN WORK WITH MENTAL PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND IN THE AFTERCARE AND REHABILITATION OF EX-MENTAL PATIENTS,
IN MANY INSTANCES, SHE WENT ON, THE SOCIAL WORKER WAS EXPECTED TO FILL THE ROLE OF +GO-BETWEEN.+ HE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF TREATMENT TO THE PATIENT AND ENCOURAGE HIM TO CO-OPERATE WITH IT AND TO INVOLVE THE FAMILY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PROVIDE THE CONTINUING SUPPORT NEEDED BY THE PATIENT.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SURVEY UNDERWAY
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS NOW CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TO COLLECT DATA ON 1984.
THE SURVEY IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND REPRESENTS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO COLLECT ECONOMIC STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
+ THE AIM OF THE SURVEY IS TO OBTAIN DATA FOR UPDATING THE ESTIMATES OF THE RELEVANT SECTORS' CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S GPOSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND TO ASCERTAIN THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, + HE SAID.
+RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE USEFUL TO THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS STATISTICAL USERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC,+ HE ADDED.
ABOUT 7 500 ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE ENUMERATED IN THE SECTORS OF MANUFACTURING, MINING AND QUARRYING, AND ELECTRICITY GAS AND WATER.
/INFORMATION SOUGHT