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Social Welfare

Residential Care Homes for Persons with Disabilities

In 2020, the SWD provided 13,920 subvented residential places to persons with disabilities who were unable to live independently in the community, or whose families could not offer them. adequate care. Another 1,018 residential places were provided under the Bought Place Scheme for private residential care homes for persons with disabilities.

Community Support

The SWD supports persons with disabilities living in the community, including persons in mental health recovery, and their families and carers. There are district support centres for persons with disabilities, day and residential respite services for persons with disabilities, occasional child care for pre-schoolers with disabilities, parents/relatives resource centres, home care services for persons with severe disabilities, integrated support services for persons with severe physical disabilities, day care service for persons with severe disabilities, a transitional care and support centre for tetraplegic patients, community rehabilitation day centres, integrated community centres for mental wellness, support centres for persons with autism, social and recreational centres for the disabled, and rehabilitation services for people with visceral disabilities or chronic illnesses. A special needs trust office provides reliable and affordable trust services to parents with sufficient assets to meet the long-term daily needs of their children with special needs.

Persons with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Programme Plan

In July, the government released the Rehabilitation Advisory Committee's Persons with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Programme Plan. It sets out the strategic directions and recommendations to address the service needs of persons with disabilities. The government accepts in principle the plan's strategic directions and will implement the recommendations.

Services for Offenders

The SWD helps offenders reintegrate into the community and become law-abiding citizens through community-based and residential services. Probation officers assess and report to the courts the offenders' suitability for probation orders and/or community service orders, and supervise those under the orders. They also prepare reports on long-term prisoners and petitioners being considered for early release.

In 2020, the SWD helped 2,845 offenders through the probation service and arranged for 2,071 offenders placed on community service orders to perform unpaid community work under supervision.

The Enhanced Probation Service adopts a more focused, structured and intensive approach to help convicted young drug offenders aged below 21. Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile Home, with 388 places, offers educational, vocational and character training for juvenile offenders and for children and young people with behavioural and family problems.

The SWD and the Correctional Services Department run a Young Offender Assessment Panel jointly, providing the courts with professional views on sentencing options for offenders aged 14 to 25, and a Post-Release Supervision of Prisoners Scheme, which helped 796 discharged

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