Sharing Forum on the Report of the Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of SWD’s Enhanced District Social Welfare Office Functions

Commentaries on the Recommendations and Follow up of the Report

Presented by:Noel Yeung

Kwun Tong Methodist Social Service

Agency’s Background

- District based

- Mulit service

- Small NGOs

- Member of Concern Group for Small NGOs

- Mother Agency: Methodist Church, Hong Kong

Participation since 2001

- 3 DCCs, 1 LCSYP& working groups under KTDSWO

- 2 sub-committees under KTHAD:

- 2 sub committees under SWD Headquarters:

-Revamping of services: ICYSC(successfully formed), NEC(not enough resources), IFSC(pilot project being turned down.

- Anti-Sars Battle: closely worked with KTDSWO, District Organizations such as MACs, Churches, Christian Organizations, other NGOs etc.

- Non subvented service: new arrivals service, Family counseling, primary school social work service, Employment service, clinical psychology service,’

Significant issues/incidents fell in the same period of re-organization taken place

- Revamping Exercise

- SARS

- Pilot and reformation: IFSC, FSRC, FSNT

Feedback on the Enhanced DSWO Functions

- Did their very best

- Right direction but weak in planning

- Overload by tasks but no time & energy to consolidate

- Priority: urgency, easier to achieve

Commentaries on the Recommendations (a to h)

- Roles of DSWO: e, g, h

- Enhanced Functions of District Social Welfare Office: b, d, f

What is the future of DCC

Disrtict Welfare Council: overlap with DCSRC

DC members disagrees DCC overlap with DCSRC

Local welfare committees = Area Committees?

- Image enhancement: a, c

Suggestions on the Follow up:

- Resources: a, f, h

- Building up realistic community network and select strategic partners: d, e, h

Within reasonable timeframe and involve different strategic partners to establish platform to

Collect views and opinions (forming part of need assessment)

Share common vision, objectives and community strategy (increase the sense of ownership)

Monitor and evaluate (further consolidation, sense of achievement)

- Redefine of functions and roles of central and District: b, c, g