With the dedicated efforts of Social Welfare Department (SWD) and various sectors, the revised Protecting Children from Maltreatment–Procedural Guide for Multi-disciplinary Co-operation (“Guide”) has been in full implementation since 1 April 2020.  To facilitate our agency members to get acquainted with the revisions made, those who are now working/will work with children and families or need to know about the Guide for work are invited to join the online briefing session co-organized by HKCSS and SWD with details listed below. Date: 30 March 2021 (Tuesday)  Time: 2:30p.m. to 4:30p.m.  Format: Video-Conferencing (Zoom)   Speakers:   Mrs CHANG LAM Sook-yee, Senior Social Work Officer, SWD   Ms LO Miu-han, Eve, Senior Social Work Officer, SWD  Online Enrolment: https://event.hkcss.org.hk/registration.aspx?lang=zh&ID=EventID0003109 Interested parties can enroll online on or before 9 March 2021 (Tuesday). A confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link will be sent to the register when the enrolment is confirmed. For enquiries, please contact Ms Eva Lam at 2876 2421.       ...

The discussion and application of Practice Research have become more popular in the social service sector in recent years aiming at understanding needs of different population group. Based on the Survey on the Quality of Life and Service Needs of the ‘Family Caregivers of Adult with Disabilities’ completed in 2019-2020, Mr Wong Wo Ping, our Council’s Chief Officer (Policy Research and Advocacy) is going to conduct the captioned workshop to demonstrate the skills in using MS Excel tool for basic data analysis to manage their own dataset including identifying caregivers’ overall profile and high risk caregiver groups, thereby strengthening the interested practitioners in evidence-based practice. Details of workshop is listed below: Guest speaker:  Mr. Wong Wo Ping, Chief Officer, Policy Research and Advocacy,                           The Hong Kong Council of Social Service Language:         Cantonese Quota:               10 people per session Date:                 18th March 2021 (Thursday) (the workshop will be rescheduled if Covid-19 crisis worsen) Time:                 Workshop A 11:00 – 12:30                           ...

社會福利署就 規管街頭月捐籌募活動 經過與業界磋商後，已擬定簽發公開籌款許可證的機制，並將於2022年1月1日起實施。為方便慈善機構了解此機制以及如何準備有關申請，社聯邀請到社署代表於2021年3月5日舉行簡介會，歡迎機構派員出席。 「街頭月捐籌募活動 - 公開籌款許可證」簡介會 日期：2021年3月5日 (星期五) 時間：下午2:30 – 5:30  (2:15開始登記 / 加入會議) 地點：社聯201室 (坐位有限，額滿即止) /  亦可選擇以 Zoom 網上會議出席 對象：有定期進行街頭月捐籌募活動 或 有意進行街頭月捐籌募活動的慈善機構 按此報名 請於2021年2月26日（星期五）或之前於網上報名。成功報名之人士會在3月3日電郵收到確認或登入連結及密碼。 查詢：[email protected] ...

What is “Living”? Under the distorted housing market, Hong Kong People, especially the grassroots, are living in a housing environment which is increasingly unaffordable albeit dwindling living space.  There is little they can do to improve their living space and livelihood. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has published a new book (in Chinese) on social housing entitled 《住：以人為主——社會房屋共生實踐》(Living: People-centred Co-living Practice of Social Housing).  Based on 10 stories of social housing residents, elucidating 10 unique experiences of living, this book genuinely recollects and reflects on the process, experience, challenges and inspirations of a local housing experiment of "Housing x Social Service", redefines the meaning of living and housing, and explores alternative ways for the provision of affordable housing apart from the public and private housing. The book is now officially launched. The cover price is HKD 88. You are invited to purchase the book at the point of sales listed below: List of point of sales*: (1)    Hong Kong Reader Bookstore Address: 7F, 68 Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok  Opening Hours: 12pm to 10pm (2)    Art and Culture Outreach  Address: 14/F, Foo Tak Building, 365-367 Hennessy Road, Wanchai  Opening Hours: 12pm to 7pm, every Tuesday to Sunday (3)    Luck Win Book Store ...

NGOs, like the business sector, are exposed to the risks of being accused of money laundering and terrorist financing. To guard against such threats and protect their reputation, NGOs should conduct due diligence check to "know your donors", "know your partners" and "know your beneficiaries" when accepting donations and deploying resources. For our agency members to better understand the potential legal risks in raising and using funds, including crowdfunding, we have invited legal experts to share at a webinar on the good practices of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing. Details as follows: Date: 22 April 2021 (Thursday) Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Speakers: Ms Katherine Liu, Partner, Stephenson Harwood Mr Conrad Lam, Associate, Stephenson Harwood Mr James Wong, Associate, Stephenson Harwood Language: Cantonese (presentation material in Chinese and English) The webinar will be conducted online via Zoom. Target participants: NGO Board / committee members (top priority), Agency Heads, Advisors, Company Secretaries, Senior Management of concerned HKCSS Agency Members Interested parties please register online on or before 15 April 2021 (Thursday). Successful registrants will be notified by email by 16 April 2021 (Friday). For enquiries, please contact the Project team at 2922 9247 ...