Social Work Division

From 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day, to reach out to prominent spots in the street where young people usually gather at late night so as to provide them with appropriate, on-the-spot services, prevent them from falling prey to negative elements and steer those vulnerable away from drugs. Our social workers provide on-the-spot crisis intervention, including escorting YNDs back to their home or temporary shelters, if required, within the designated districts; provide short-term intervention, including counselling, welfare referrals and escorting YNDs to agencies concerned, if necessary; arrange YNDs and their families to receive mainstream young people and family services for positive social and personal development; and refer YNDs with drug history to Counselling Centre for Psychotropic Substance Abusers (CCPSA) or other drug treatment and rehabilitation (T&R) programmes for follow-up services.