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Wednesday, March 8, 1972

Dame Eileen proposes that the Advisory Committee on Social

Work Training be re-constituted to form a strong advisory committee,

or council, composed of the various bodies active in social work training.

She urges that the 1965 "Survey of the Need for Trained Social

Workers in Hong Kong," prepared by a sub-committee of the Advisory

Committee on Social Work Training, be updated to give an accurate picture

of the supply of social workers in relation to the demand.

She suggests that an overall planning group be established to

review the total training needs and resources with a view to agreeing

on an annual comprehensive programme for the Social Welfare Department's

Lady Trench Training Centre.

Overall Strategy

In her view, this planning group should prepare an overall

strategy of in-service training for different levels of social workers.

Commenting on these recommendations, Mr. T.S. Heppell, Assistant

Director (General), Social Welfare Department, says "considerable progress

has already been made in actively considering, and making plans for

implementing, Dame Eileen's major proposals."

In particular, her recommendation for a full-time two-year

training course is under close examination, along with similar proposals

for a College of Social Work Training by Dr. Irving Spergel, a visiting

United Nations Adviser on Youth Work, who has since returned to the

University of Chicago, and by a committee of the Hong Kong Council of

Social Service under the chairmanship of the Reverend Eric Kvan.

Mr. Heppell