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The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment" (4th round) and "Central Fund for Personal Computers" (16th round) now accept applications.

Eligible organisations, educational institutes and individual persons with visual impairment may apply for "The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment" whereas "Central Fund for Personal Computers" is for people with disabilities engaging in supported employment or self-employment.

Detailed information and application forms can be downloaded from SWD Website: http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_rehab/sub_listofserv/id_itforpeople/ ; or CyberAble.net:   http://www.cyberable.net

and enquiries can also be made to Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch, Social Welfare Department:

"The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment"

Telephone: 2892 5652; Email Address: srm3@swd.gov.hk ; Fax:      2119 9035.

"Central Fund for Personal Computers"

Telephone No.: 2892 5156; Email Address: srm5@swd.gov.hk ; Fax:      2119 9035.

To let residents acquire social services information easily, Yuen Long District Social Welfare Office has produced the "Yuen Long District Social Services Information Booklet" with the implementation of the "Yuen Long District Social Service Ambassadors Project", aiming at giving prompt and appropriate information to those residents living in Yuen Long for solving their social service enquiries and directing them to receive proper services. The booklet can be downloaded here. (Chinese version only)

To meet the demand for Enrolled Nurses (General) and Enrolled Nurses (Psychiatric) in the welfare sector, the Social Welfare Department organises the third batch of a two-year full-time welfare-oriented Enrolled Nurse (General) / Enrolled Nurse (Psychiatric) Training Programme, and the Hospital Authority is commissioned to provide the training.

The programme will commence on 3 December 2007.  Application for admission to the programme starts on 3 April 2007, and will be closed on 22 May 2007.  The following documents can be downloaded here:

(1) Guide to Applications       Acrobat Document     (2) Application Form      Acrobat Document

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Published by the Social Welfare Department, the book features 15 real life stories on cases or service projects handled by different frontline workers.  They reveal how they go out all the way to help those in need to stand on their own feet and share their thoughts and feelings in the process.  You may click here to download: (Chinese version only)

StoriesBehind

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 16 March 2007 to the NGOs (rehabilitation services) for their submission of quality proposal for the following three projects of Community Rehabilitation Day Centres (CRDCs), namely:

(i) NTE CRDC at Ground Floor, Luk Chuen House, Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin, New Territories;
(ii) NTW CRDC at Unit 1-6 & 9-16, Ground Floor, High Block, Wu Kwong House, Wu King Estate, Tuen Mun, New Territories: and
(iii) Kowloon CRDC at Ground Floor (Portion), No. 4,Fuk Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.

Site visits and a briefing session will be held with schedules as follows:

(i)	23 March 2007 4:00p.m. to 5:30p.m.		Site visit to Kowloon CRDC (Ground Floor (Portion), No. 4, Fuk Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.)
(ii)	26 March 2007 4:00p.m. to 5:30p.m.		Site visit to NTE CRDC (Ground Floor, Luk Chuen House, Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin, New Territories)
(iii)	27 March 2007 4:00p.m. to 5:30p.m.		Site visit to NTW CRDC (Unit 1-6 & 9-16, Ground Floor, High Block, Wu Kwong House, Wu King Estate, Tuen Mun, New Territories)
(iv)	28 March 2007 4:00p.m. to 5:30p.m.		Briefing session on three projects of CRDCs at Room 206, Lady Trench Training Centre, 44 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Service proposal of no more than 65 pages (A4 with font size at 12 and in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy), should be sent on or before 11 May 2007 (Friday), 5:00 p.m. to the following address:

Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch
(Attn: Mr Charles LEUNG, SS(RM)3)
Social Welfare Department
Rm 901, Wu Chung House
213 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Late application will not be accepted.

For access to the Invitation Letter (copy), Summary and full sets of the Service Specifications and related Annexes of the project, please click here:

• Invitation letter
• Service Specification
• Annexes : 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8
  

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 13 March 2007 to the NGOs (welfare) for their tendering of quality proposal for operation of the following new rehabilitation project:

The Supported Hostel for Ex-Mentally Ill Persons at Lok Wah South Estate, Kwun Tong.

A site visit to the premises and a briefing session will be held as follows.

Briefing session:
	Date: 19 March 2007
	Time: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
	Venue: Lok Wah Community Hall
Site visit:
	Date: 19 March 2007
	Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
	Venue: Unit 127-138, Fai Wah House, Lok Wah South Estate, Kwun Tong.

Service proposal of no more than 30 pages (For English version, A4 with front size at 12, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm) (For Chinese version, font ‘新細明體’ size 13, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm), should be sent in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy on or before 18 April 2007 (Wednesday) 5:00 p.m. to the following address:

	Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch
	[Attn.: Mr Edmond NG, SS(RM)4]
	Social Welfare Department
	Rm 901, Wu Chung House,
	213 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Late Application will not be accepted.

Please download the Invitation Letter (copy), Summaries and full set of the Service Specification and related Annexes of the project.

• Invitation Letter (copy)
• Service Specification
• Information to be Included in the Proposal
• Annex 1
• Annex 2
• Annex 3
• Annex 4
• Annex 5(I), 5(II) 
• Annex 6
  

Social Welfare Department has launched the VRS for the private homes with a view to encouraging the continuous improvement of their services. Under the Scheme, information of the applying private homes will be uploaded onto the Departmental webpage for public browsing when their services have met the requirements of the VRS. The registered list under the VRS will be updated when necessary. For details about the VRS and the registered list, please click the following link:

http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_rehab/sub_roprchdvrs/

The Tender Notice for the Implementation of Client Information System for Social Welfare Department (tender reference PT/0307/2006) has been issued by the Government Logistics Department on 16 February 2007.  The tender closing will be at 12:00 noon on 20 April 2007.  Please click the following link for details of the Tender Notice:

https://www.ets.com.hk/English/GeneralInfo/info.asp

The Task Group on Implementation of Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSCs) (Task Group), comprising representatives from all the nine Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating IFSCs, two NGOs operating the Integrated Services Centres in Tung Chung, 12 District Social Welfare Offices of Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, was formed in May 2004 to discuss on operational issues and common areas of concerns arising from the implementation of IFSCs.  A total of twenty-one Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and March 2007.  You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section:

Notes of meeting	Month / Year
First meeting Second meeting	September 2004
Third meeting	October 2004
Fourth meeting	November 2004
Fifth meeting	December 2004
Sixth meeting	January 2005
Seventh meeting	March 2005
Eighth meeting	April 2005
Ninth meeting	June 2005
Tenth meeting	July 2005
Eleventh meeting	September 2005
Twelfth meeting	October 2005
Thirteen meeting	December 2005
Fourteenth meeting	February 2006
Fifteenth meeting	April 2006
Sixteenth meeting	June 2006
Seventeenth meeting	September 2006
Eighteenth meeting	December 2006
Nineteenth meeting	February 2007

You may download here the notes of the twentieth meeting.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in April 2007 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

You can also click here to make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on approved fund-raising activities.

The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2007 to March 2008 can be downloaded here.

You can also click here to make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on flag day.