School Social Work Service     Service Description School social work service aims to identify and help students with academic, social or emotional problems, maximise their educational opportunities, develop their potentials and prepare them for responsible adulthood. The service is operated by non-governmental organisations (NGOs).     Current Provision As at 1 September 2011, 34 NGOs operate stationing school social work service for 478 secondary day schools over the territory.   Operating Hours of School Social Work School Social Work provides stationing service at schools.  Generally speaking, the operating hours are from 8:30 a.m. in the morning to 5 p.m. in the afternoon.  Given the schools and Non-governmental organizations (NGO) operating hours are subject to change to suit operational needs, please contact individual school and NGO for exact operating hours. List of School Social Work Organisations The names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses of the 34 NGOs operating school social work service can be downloaded here. Acrobat Doc MS Word Doc   Procedural Guideline 'A Guide on Multi-disciplinary Collaboration in School Social Work Service' (Chinese version only) can be downloaded here. Acrobat Doc

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