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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987
"IN EXTREME CASES, THE POLICE MAY BE ASKED TO ESCORT SOCIAL WORKERS ON THEIR DUTY VISITS,' HE ADDED.
MR CHAMBERS SAID SOCIAL WORKERS OPERATED IN TEAMS
IN DISTRICT FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES. THE MORE EXPERIENCED SOCIAL WORKERS – IN EACH CENTRE ACTED AS TEAM LEADERS AND HANDLED THE MORE COMPLICATED CASES.
"IF NECESSARY, OTHER EXPERTS SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN BE BROUGHT IN AND CASES CAN ALSO BE REFERRED TO OFFICERS AT THE REGIONAL OR HEADQUARTERS LEVEL. THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MUCH BETTER ARRANGEMENT, IN TERMS OF MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF STAFF TIME, THAN THE SETTING UP OF A SPECIAL TEAM TO HANDLE COMPLICATED FAMILY CASES, HE SAID.
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MORE FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES ESTABLISHED
REAL THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT THE SITUATION
RELATING THAN IN OTHER THE HON
ΤΟ
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES IN THE NEW TOWNS IS ANY WORSE PARTS OF THE TERRITORY, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WOULD
MR LIT-FOR,
CHAMBERS CONFRONTING NEW TOWN BE MORE
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU SAID A STUDY INTO
SOURCE OF PRESSURE FAMILIES COULD BB
BUT HE THOUGHT THAT APPROPRIATELY A SUBJECT FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH.
THE USEFUL,
"IN MY VIEW A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES,
MAY WHICH CORRECT LOCATIONS TO DEAL WITH THE SORT OF CASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HE SAID.
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PROBLEM IN THE LEAD TO
THERE WERE NOW 50 SUCH CENTRES, OF WHICH 14
WERE IN THE
NEW
TOWNS.
"THREE ADDITIONAL CENTRES WILL BE OPENED IN TUEN MUN, AND THE NORTH DISTRICT DURING 1988,' HE ADDED.
1.
SHA TIN
REDUCE THE
PRESENT
AVERAGE ABOUT
MR CHAMBERS SAID THERE WAS ALSO A NEED TO CASELOAD OF CASEWORKERS IN THOSE CENTRES, WHICH WAS AT 96 PER WORKER.
HAVE
THIS FINANCIAL YEAR "THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES PROVIDED
WELFARE ENABLED THE SOCIAL
DEPARTMENT TO RECRUIT A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL STAFF WHICH SHOULD HAVE THE
OF REDUCING THE AVERAGE CASELOAD TO A MORE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, HE SAID.
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EFFECT
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