Brief Introduction
Agency-based Enhancement of Professional Staff Support Services provides additional social work services and clinical psychological support services to better meet the special needs of the children and youth in the care of Residential Care Homes and to early identify their problems for early intervention.
Target groups
Children and youth under the care of our Residential Care Homes with special needs such as learning difficulties, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, autism and speech impairment, developmental delay, etc. as well as their parents/carers.
Service objectives
- To provide special designed group activities or social and recreational activities to address the special needs of the children and youth in care and/or their parents/carers.
- To provide professional advice, consultation and training to home staff in RCHs regarding management of the children and youth in care.
- To provide clinical assessments/consultations/treatments to facilitate the cognitive, emotional and behavioral development of children and youth in care on one-off/short-term basis or during the period of awaiting long-term clinical psychological service.
Nature of Service
- Clinical/ intellectual assessment
- Clinical consultation/treatment
- Education for the parents/carers of the children and youth in care
- Training for home staff
- Group activities, social and recreational activities in addressing the special needs of children and youth in care and/or their parents/carers.
