Youth Services

Service Highlights

The Society adopts a “family-centric” perspective in its youth services, providing school-based stationing services and a variety of projects to more than 40 primary and secondary schools; ATAA Jockey Club Tseung Kwan O Youth Square (YS) continues to provide integrated youth services in the community. In response to new needs arisen from COVID-19 and class suspension, we strengthened our online service delivery.

Enhance School Social Work Management System and staff capacity to provide quality online service Adopt multimedia in providing integrated youth and life goal planning services, support parents in getting familiar with the cyber world
Promote peace and mediation education in schools, families and communities Enhance adolescent mental health development through diversified interventions
Adopt evidence-based intervention to tackle the net addiction problems of youth Support students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and their parents, and enhance their wellbeing under the new normal brought by the pandemic

Enhance School Social Work Management System and Staff Capacity to Provide Quality Online Service

Under the pandemic, social workers were able to work from home with the technical support from School Social Work Management System. Service could be delivered smoothly as usual. In order to enhance staff’s knowledge and skills regarding online programme implementation, staff training was conducted. We attempted to conduct online

counselling and share this experience in a forum for school social workers organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. A new Instagram (IG) account “hkfws.teenslife”

has been set up to connect youngsters and cheer them up during the pandemic.

During HKDSE, WhatsApp stickers were designed to cheer for candidates

Adopt Multimedia in Providing Integrated Youth and Life Goal Planning Services and Support Parents in Getting Familiar with the Cyber World

Although some of the services in Youth Square were suspended temporarily due to the pandemic, we tried to deliver our services through multimedia and online platform in the past year. We produced videos relating to life goal planning, including interview skills and self-understanding. This helped to eliminate physical boundaries with the students, providing alternative ways for them to learn from home. As picture books were popular among parents and children, we integrated drama and picture books to promote moral education. We also attempted in launching our summer carnival through online under the theme of “Accompanying each other and being together” to connect our service users under the pandemic.

Our online Summer Carnival was themed as “Accompanying each other and being together” to cheer our members

Our workers delivered useful information and skills relating to life goal planning

Promote Peace and Mediation Education in Schools, Families and Communities

Mediation education was promoted through the three-year “Family Constructive Dispute Resolution Centre” and “Peer Mediation Project”. Over 270 peer mediators were trained to resolve daily conflicts in a rational and peaceful manner. We collaborated with the Education Bureau, The Education University of Hong Kong, Peer Mediation Alumni and the Hong Kong Mediation Council to promote mediation education from schools and families to the community. We also organised the Mediation Online Carnival attracting more than 550,000 participants and viewers. With the overwhelming success of the carnival, we also launched the Parent Mediation Network to reach more beneficiaries.

Students from The Education University of Hong Kong participated in internship programme to tell mediation stories

Schools which enthusiastically promoting mediation were awarded

Enhance Adolescent Mental Health Development through Diversified Dimensions

We promoted the holistic wellbeing of young people through Positive M.I.N.D. Project this year. The theme was “Reconnect” for advocating re-connection to five core life elements, including emotion, care, understanding, gratitude and hope. With the use of different interventions, adolescents and stakeholders were engaged to enhance their resilience and problem- solving skills. For building supportive network, Joint-school Mental Health First Aid Training and Wellness Day were launched to enhance the peer support in campus. Two joint-school parent seminars were also held with the attendance of 500 parents.

Parent-child volunteers and the elders played together to learn from each other

Junior form students participated in the “Aeroplane Chess Activity” and the winners showed their prizes - tuck shop coupons

 

Adopt Evidence-based Intervention Model to Tackle Net Addiction Problems of Youth

Under the pandemic, students engaged in online learning throughout the year. Parents showed their concern for the risk of internet addiction and resulted in frequent parent-child conflicts. The monthly incoming calls for seeking help in the Healthy Net Hotline service increased from over 200 to over 360 calls, and online consultation exceeding 1,000 per month. Since this academic year, we collaborated with Chinese University of Hong Kong to study the impact of internet gaming disorder on students and the effectiveness of using cognitive behavioural therapy groups as treatment. We provided over 100 parents groups and workshops by adopting our research-based “ICC (Involvement, Parental Confidence, Cohesive Family Relationship)” parenting model. We collaborated with the Education Bureau to conduct training for teachers and new teachers.

 

The online workshop taught students information technology literacy through making decorations during the Chinese New Year

App generation ICC parenting group (online version)

Hotline worker provided instant counselling services for needy families

Support Students with SEN and Their Carers, and Enhance Their Wellbeing under the New Normal Brought by the Pandemic

Executive skill, mental wellness and life goal planning were launched for SEN students, with integration of new innovative elements like LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, SoulCollage® and Expressive Art. In order to help SEN students to adapt new normal gradually, further online training was rendered to them to explore their potentials with better utilisation of idle time at home. As to the wellbeing of their parents, online parental workshops were also conducted for them to seek companions release their stress and to learn effective parenting.

Students were facilitated to reflect their hidden strengths and those feelings commonly found in their daily lives and drew their feeling on the cloth
Students were facilitated to explore their talents and inner wisdom by creating and reading SoulCollage® cards