We provide diversified mediation services and divorce services to support families to handle divorce related issues in an amiable and rational manners so that both parents and children’s needs are addressed. We also encourage divorce couples to develop child-focused perspective to facilitate children coping with family changes through co-parenting and regular parent-child contact.
Mediation Centre resolves disputes among family members, aiming at promoting the spirit of mediation to different targets in the community, including the elderly, couples, parents and adolescents, with the mission to cultivate the harmonious culture in society and to prevent and resolve conflicts in an amicable way. Parent-child Connect Specialised Co-parenting Support Centre offers one-stop co-parenting and parent-child contact services. Family Resource Centre is our first centre to serve drop-in families and divorced couples. The Centre provides diversified territory-wide services for divorced couples.
“SENsible Co-parents” – Support Project for Divorce Families with SEN Children
Project Period
July 2025 – June 2028
Funded by: The Community Chest
For the best interest of children, the project aims to assist divorced parents with children having special education / emotional need (SEN), to keep peaceful and rational communication and to develop the “Child-focused Co-parenting” attitudes to cooperative co-parent their children through multi-dimensional levels of interventions and services. Meanwhile, it also aims to facilitate the target children positively coping with parental conflicts / separation or divorce and developing post-divorce resiliency as well as growing up healthily in two homes.
Target Users
- Divorced / Step / Blended Families with children having special education needs (SEN) / emotional problems
- Professionals and General Public
Service Objectives
- To facilitate divorced or step / blended families with special education needs (SEN) children (target families) to better adjust to post-divorce life and enhance capacity for “Child-focused Co-parenting” through multi-dimensional levels of interventions designed.
- To facilitate children with special needs (SEN) (target children) positively cope with parental conflicts / separation or divorce and to develop post-divorce resiliency.
- To build a support network for target families through networking work and cross-sector collaboration.
- To raise public and professional concern towards the needs of target children through community education and advocacy work and to foster a caring community.
Service Contents
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Community Education
- Project Helpline 2465 6053
- Outreaching and Community Education Programmes - Family and Community Support Service
- Psycho-education Programmes for the targeted children
- Psycho-education Programmes for the targeted parents and carers
- Family enhancement programmes - Coaching Service
- Child-Focused Divorce Coaching Service for SEN Children from Separated / Divorce Families
- Divorce & Parenting Planning Service for Divorce Parents with SEN Children - Social Capital Exchange Programme for Divorced Families
- Website for Children from Divorce: www.childfocus.hk
- Professional Training / Sharing
Services Hours
Monday to Thursday: 9:00am to 1:00pm / 2:00pm to 5:30pm
Friday: 2:00pm to 6:00pm / 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Enquiries
Address: 104 - 106, G/F., Tip Yee House, Butterfly Estate, Tuen Mun, New Territories (Correspondence Address)
Tel: 2465 6053
Fax: 2466 3672
Email: [email protected]
Webside: www.hkfws.org.hk
