200 | Social Welfare
promote the holistic development of junior secondary students into responsible young adults.
The Government allocates $15 million annually to the SWD to provide direct cash assistance and implement projects under the District Support Scheme for Children and Youth Development to meet the developmental needs of children and young people in deprived circumstances, which cannot be met by their families and/or the mainstream education systems.
The Community Support Services Scheme (CSSS) assists young people who have broken the law or are under the Police Superintendent's Discretion Scheme to avoid breaking the law again. During the year, six CSSS teams, one operated by the department and five by NGOs, provided services to these young people. The Family Conference Scheme, jointly run by the SWD and the Hong Kong Police Force, assists juveniles cautioned under the Police Superintendent's Discretion Scheme for the second time or who are in need of the services of three or more parties. Social workers, police officers, teachers and the parents of these young people work together to decide on which treatment is best for them.
The SWD adopts different approaches to providing drug treatment and rehabilitation services for young drug abusers. At year-end, the department had subvented 14 voluntary Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (DTRCs)/halfway houses, five counselling centres for psychotropic substance abusers and two social clubs for ex-drug abusers. Under the Drug Dependent Persons Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres (Licensing) Ordinance, 27 certificates of exemption and 12 licences for DTRCs were issued or renewed in 2007.
Clinical Psychological Services
Working under the SWD and NGOs, 71 clinical psychologists provide a range of services to welfare units handling family casework, rehabilitation and correctional matters. The services include psychological assessment, treatment, consultation, staff training and public education. During the year, 4 420 clients were treated, and 2 982 psychological assessments and 18 372 treatment sessions were conducted.
Voluntary Work
The Steering Committee on Promotion of Volunteer Service ran a series of promotional and publicity programmes during the year
year to encourage cross-sector collaboration and family participation in voluntary work. By year-end, 1 752 organisations and 675 418 individuals had registered for voluntary service.
Subventions and Service Monitoring
Recurrent subventions and capital grants were given to 173 NGOs to provide social welfare services in accordance with government policies. Capital grants from the Lotteries Fund were allocated to NGOs on the advice of the Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee. The Service Performance Monitoring System keeps track of the
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