Upholding the "family-centric" perspective, the Society has been providing different kinds of children services including the Foster Care Service, Kindergarten Social Work service, Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project, and the After School Care and Support Programme, to serve and support needy families, and to promote the well-being and development of children.
The Foster Care service provides temporary residential family care to children whose family members cannot adequately take care of them due to family problems. Children in need can enjoy family life and proper care until they can be restored home or have other long-term care arrangements. Emergency Foster Care Service provides immediate and short-term family care to children under 18 years of age, whose parents cannot care for them because of emergency or crisis situations. In our After School Care and Support Programme, we provide Centre-based and School-based After School Care and Support Programmes to primary and secondary school students in different service units to assist students. The Society also participates in the Pilot Scheme on Social Work Service for Pre-Primary Institutions (Phase 1 to Phase 3) to provide Kindergarten Social Work Service for 32 kindergartens. Our Society also launched "Nurturing Seeds” School Social Work Services in a self-financing mode to provide stationing kindergarten social work service to kindergarten and nurseries. The "Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project” (NSCCP) aims at providing a flexible form of day care service for children aged under 9 to meet the needs of the parents at the neighbourhood level.
Foster Care Service and Emergency Foster Care Service
Foster Care Service
The service provides temporary family care to children who cannot be adequately cared for by their families due to various family problems. Children in need can enjoy family life and proper care until they can be restored home or have other long-term care arrangements.
Children will be matched with foster families who provide 24 hours family care. Supervision and support are offered to foster parents to ensure quality of care and to facilitate adjustment of foster children. A three-month after care service will also be provided after their discharge.
Emergency Foster Care Service
Emergency Foster Care Service provides immediate and short-term family care to children under 18 years of age, whose parents cannot care for them because of emergency or crisis situations, so that they can continue to enjoy family life until they can reunite with their families or secure a long-term placement.
The duration of care should not exceed 6 weeks.
Target Users
Child between newborn and under 18 years of age, normal in health and intelligence or special educational needed.
Service Delivery
Provide 24 hours family care to the children in need.
Fees and charges
Foster Care Service is fully subvented by the government, and no service charge was required. Foster parents will receive Foster Care Allowance for maintenance of foster children's monthly expenses. Parents/ guardians need to shoulder children's education related expenses and medical expenses.
Application Procedure
For Children in need of Foster Care Placement
Please contact integrated family service centres, medical social work units or other social service units for interviews and referrals.
Being a Foster Parent
Aim:
- To provide children between newborn and under 18 years of age, in need of proper care due to family difficulties and crises, with harmony and stable family care, to promote the wellbeing and development of children;
- To bring warmth, care, concern and love to these children and their family.
The ideal foster parents should preferably have:
- Fondness for children, experience and ability in child care
- Tidy, clean and safe living condition with adequate living space
- Happy family life and stable living
- Good health and stable emotion
- Readiness to accept social worker's investigation and guidance
(Persons who do not fully meet the above conditions are welcome to contact us for consideration on individual case)
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