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Wednesday, March 8, 1972

SOCIAL WORK TRAINING IN HONG KONG

Publication Of Dame Eileen Younghusband's Report

Dane Eileen Younghusband believes there is a need for more

trained social workers in Hong Kong, and to meet this need, there

should be a two-year full-time qualifying course under the care of

an educational institution whose policies are decided primarily on

educational grounds.

Dame Eileen says if the course cannot be sponsored by a

university, then an independent educational institution, or board,

might have to be established, with responsibility for setting standards →→→

and students who complete the course should be recognised for appointment.

salary and promotion prospects as qualified social workers.

This proposal is one of several major recommendations put

forward by Dame Eileen in a 50-page report following a second visit

to Hong Kong between December 28, 1970, and January 27, 1971, and

published today.

The visit was financed by a grant from the Social Work Training

Fund, and her terms of reference were related to the provision of social

work training in Hong Kong, with particular attention to in-service

training at all levels.

Her report, entitled "Employment and Training for Social Work

in Hong Kong," has already been tabled in the Legislative Council, but

is being published now because a wider distribution is considered desirable

to enable government departments, voluntary agencies, and the universities

to comment in detail, addressing this to the Director of Social Welfare.

/Dame Eileen