The HKCSS will promote a carer-friendly work environment during Carer Month in October to help carers balance work and caring roles. We hope that through different aspects of carer-friendly human resources policy measures, in addition to recognizing the contribution of carers, it will also help them achieve a balance between salaried work and carer roles simultaneously. In this regard, HKCSS encourages organisations to execute carer-friendly human resources policy measures during Carer Month to create a carer-friendly working environment. Details are as follows: Targets: Social welfare and commercial organizations Date: October, 2022 Please click here for the content of the "Give a Hug" campaign promoted by the HKCSS with the support of The Community Chest of Hong Kong. Please click the link below to register online on or before 19 September 2022 (Monday). Successful participating organisations will be confirmed by email on or before 30 September 2022 (Friday). For enquiries, please get in touch with Mr Hoe at 2876-2483. Thank you for your attention. Please click here for registration (Deadline: on or before 19 Sep 2022) ...

The Labour and Welfare Bureau released the report of the Consultancy Study on Needs and Support Required of Carers of Elderly Persons and of Persons with Disabilities in Hong Kong on 9th of June. The report has given strategic directions on support for carers, service development, financing mode with a total of 11 specific recommendations divided into three tiers. The social welfare service sector has long been advocating carer-centred policy for carers. Following the release of the report, the sector concerns about ways to execute those strategic directions and recommendations, as well as the follow-up plans for developing implementation model, setting priority and setting role for the government and specific stakeholders. HKCSS will organize two brainstorming sessions. Sector practitioners are invited to attend to take part in the discussion on the captioned issues and follow-up strategies. Details are as follows: Targets:    Practitioners from the services as shown below: 1) Family service; 2) Rehabilitation service; 3) Elderly service; 4) Community service Quota:    300 persons for each session Mode:   Online Language:    Cantonese Session 1*     Date: 26 August 2022 (Friday) Time: 2:30pm – 5:00pm Theme: 1)    Respite care service 2)    Identification and support for carers at high risk 3)    Informal community support 4)    Establishment of carer-centred information hub ...

濫藥個案日趨複雜，前線同工面對的服務對象非常多元化。濫藥服務單位，以至青少年服務單位的同工都可能會遇到濫藥男同性戀者的服務對象，大家少不免需要在「Chemsex / Chem Fun」、同性關係、男男性接觸行為 (MSM)、愛滋病等議題上為他們提供準確資訊和支援，要讓他們願意接受服務的話，友善的服務環境和合適介入手法缺一不可。 為提升同工於處理上述個案的知識及技巧，社聯將舉辦工作坊，由經驗豐富的同工帶領參加者認識男同性戀者的濫藥原因，以及如何形造「友善」的服務環境和有效地針對他們的濫藥行為作出介入，提升參加者提供服務的信心和能力。活動詳情如下﹕ 濫藥服務實務工作坊﹕與男同志同行 日期﹕2022年8月24日 (三) 時間﹕下午2:30 – 5:00 地點﹕網上Zoom平台 (Zoom連結將於活動前透過電郵提供) 費用﹕免費 對象﹕濫藥服務同工、有需要接觸濫藥個案的同工 語言﹕廣東話 分享嘉賓﹕ - 香港小童群益會性向無限計劃計劃主任 鄒恒女士 - 關懷愛滋項目經理 李啟龍先生 - 香港基督教服務處PS33 Hero – MSM支援服務計劃主任 林珮詩女士 請於2022年8月19日（星期五）或之前按此於網上登記。成功報名者將於2022年8月22日（星期一）收到電郵確認報名及Zoom連結。如有查詢，請致電2876-2466與葉先生聯絡。多謝垂注。 附件﹕ 1. 通告 2. 流程 ...

In view of the milestones of social service development for Ethnic Minorities, we have now moved to work inclusion. As a one-day orientation, Social Service City Hunt aims to build rapport among EM and non-EM staff. Cultivating inclusive work environment is crucial to nurture ethnically diverse EM professionals, and this is the true integration and inclusion we meant to build for years.  Lastly, to promote cross-service co-creation among social services, further to our Ethnic Minority District Ambassador (EMDA) Map (https://tinyurl.com/mmzn8cc8), we will be building a Social Service Map locating the social service centers who will participate in this Social Service City Hunt on August 11, 2022 (Thursday). We would like to cordially invite NGOs to enroll as the checkpoint and your colleagues to join as participants. Details are as follows: Social Service City Hunt Aim: To familiarize Ethnic Minorities with different social services To build rapport among Ethnic Minority (EM) staff and non-EM staff To promote cross-service co-creation through Social Service Map Date: August 11, 2022 (Thursday) Time: 09:30-17:30 Target: Social Service Sector’s Ethnic Minority staff and their non-EM colleagues Start and End Point: Auditorium, 1/F., Duke of Windsor Social Service Bldg., 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, H.K.  Checkpoints: Social Service Centers (both online & offline) Dress Code: ...

Cultural sensitivity is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and others' cultural identities. Increasingly, training is being incorporated into workplaces and students' curricula at all levels to enable us to successfully navigate a different culture with which we are interacting, especially in an international city like Hong Kong.  Funded by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Anti-epidemic Fund, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (The Council) has initiated a "Professional Traineeship Programme for the Ethnic Minorites” to nurture a pool of young EM professionals in the social service and business sector. There will be 24 trainees deployed to 6-24 NGOs and 16 trainees to 8-16 business companies. Trainees’ salaries and MPF costs will be reimbursed by the Government between September 2022 and August 2023.  Cultural Sensitivity Training is key to the orientation of work setting employing Ethnic Minorities. Hence, there is a training called “The past and present of Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong” to enhance the NGOs/company’s cultural competence in working with Ethnic Minorities colleagues. Details please find below:  “The past and present of Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong” - Cultural Sensitivity Training Date: June 23, 2022 (Thursday) Time: 10:00-12:00  Venue: Zoom  Language: English & Cantonese  Target:  - NGOs/business companies interested ...