To help students to develop their potential to the fullest, achieve healthy personal growth, attain adequate and proper school education, establish harmonious human relationships and elicit their concern for the community.
To help students with personal, family and interpersonal relationship or schooling problems.
To strengthen the linkage among students, families, the school and the community.
Target Group of Services:
School Social Work serves students of 40 secondary schools. Particular attention is given to students with personal, family and interpersonal relationship or schooling problems.
Service Content:
School Social Work serves a preventive, developmental as well as remedial function through provision of the following services :
Casework service
Groups and programmes:
Consultation service:
Co-ordination and mobilization on non-school based community resources
Service Application and Withdrawal
Casework Service:
Students and their parents can apply for counseling service in person, by telephone or through referrals from schools and other professionals.
Consultation service:
Students, parents and teachers can approach School Social Workers for guidance on health, schooling, career, developmental adjustment, family, peer relationship community service and etc.
Groups and programmes:
Groups and programmes will be publicized at schools or promoted through teachers. Enrollment can be directed to School Social Workers or the school authority.
Withdrawal request from casework service, groups and programmes can be forwarded to the responsible School Social Worker for further arrangement.