(1)

 (a) Through the implementation of the 'Family Support Programme', the Integrated Family Services Centre (IFSC) and the Family and Child Protective Services Unit (FCPSU) mobilize volunteers to identify 'hidden families' through concern visits, proactively reaching individuals or families with potential service needs but not seeking for help.

(b) To support families in the district by means of life adjustment courses, mutual-help, support, educational and social groups, and other activities, to strengthen their members' confidence and resilience and foster the value of family harmony.

(c) IFSCs continue to implement 'Neighbourhood Project' to strengthen community network and by organizing outreaching consulations, roving exhibitions and mutual childcare services, etc. to identify individuals and families in needs and offer them with assistance and support.

(2)

(a) Through launching different projects of the mutual help group named 'Linking Hearts', FCPSU(TM) recruits and offers trainings to clients who have overcome the adverse situations of domestic violence.  By means of volunteer work and mutual help, clients provide peer support and assistance to victims and their children of domestic violence.

(b) FCPSU(TM) continues to implement the 'Batter Intervention Programme' to correct batterers' myths towards violence behavior, to help them learn to control their emotions and the skills to communicate effectively so as to improve the relationships with their spouses.

(c) The Medical Social Services Unit of Tuen Mun Hospital continues to implement the 'Child and Adolescent Mental Health Community Support Project', for early identification of children and youths with  services  needs and providing support to them including organizing activities and providing case consultation services to them.

(d) Medical Social Services Unit of Castle Peak Hospital through promotional activities, talks and collaborating with non-governmental organizations and schools to hold training programmes and group work activities promotes local people's understanding towards youth mental health problem.

(e) Through casework and group work activities including patients' mutual help groups, social skills training groups etc., to enhance patients and their families' abilities to cope with the distress, financial and caring problems caused by their illness or disabilities.

(f) Responding to the youth crime and drug problems, Tuen Mun Probation Offices organizes activities for probationers and their families to help them understand the harms of triad society and drug abuse, and to strengthen the law-abiding sense of probationers.

(g) To encourage persons pending employment to regain their work motivation, the Intensive Employment Assistance Project continues to assist recipients of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and the near-CSSA clients to support themselves for self-reliance.

(h) Through coordinating the elderly service units, to provide early identification and assistance to 'hidden elders' with service needs, particularly elders living in private premises and rural areas.

(3)

Establish the 'District Welfare Coordinating Mechanism' and the multi-disciplinary locality platforms for promoting connection and coordination of local services, hence enhancing efficient use of community resources

(a) To establish the 'District Welfare Coordinating Mechanism' - 'Tuen Mun Network' for strengthening the coordinating of various types of service system in the district and devising the overall strategies and the district welfare plan.

(b) Apart from the  District Coordinating Committees / Local Committee, to develop and continue to promote the operations of locality platforms in services coordination for more efficient utilization of the resources to meet the needs of the localities.

(c) Through the Tuen Mun District Liaison Group on Domestic Violence and the Joint Meeting among Medical Co-coordinators on Child Abuse / Child Abuse Investigation Unit / FCPSUs on NTW Cluster Basis, to continuously promote cooperation among various  disciplines for effective handling of domestic violence cases.

(4)

(a) To facilitate residents' use of more services to provide a better service  environment, the four IFSCs and FCPSU(TM) will respectively arrange office removal or unit environmental improvement works this year.

(b) Through 'Customer Liaison Groups' and 'Work Improvement Teams', all service units continue to collect and respond to views from clients and colleagues to improve service efficiency and effectiveness, hence enhancing professionalism.

(c) All service units hold regular staff sharing sessions, exchange sessions, and visits to other service units, to enhance communication and strengthen service network with other units.

(d) The Standardized Care and Need Assessment Management office (Elderly Servcie) (New Territories West) assists to organize the 'Minimum Data Set-Home Care' assessor trainings, seminars on clinical assessment records and publications.

(e) To set up an internal training mechanism in the Social Security Field Units to enhancing the job knowledge and skills by designating of the newly recruited staff experienced social security assistants to coach and share working experience with them.

(5)

(a) To echo the theme 'Caring for Our Community 2007/08 - Gathering Family Power to Foster Love and Care' promoted by the Central Steering Committee on Promotion of Volunteer Service from 2007, advocate participation of family members as a whole for collective force in contributing to the society. 

(b) IFSCs through continuous promotion of volunteer work, encourage the vulnerable groups of service users to join the volunteer teams to visit other vulnerable families and elders in the district, aiming at helping others to help themselves.