Briefing Session for Fieldwork Arrangement Department of Applied Social Sciences Briefing Session for Fieldwork Arrangement SEM 1-2 CONCURRENT PLACEMENT (2018-2019) (FOR BASW-FT STUDENTS) MS. ELLA CHOW FIELDWORK COORDINATOR

Fieldwork Hours Program Placement Time Supervision Time Total Hours MSW (PT) BASW (FT) 22 weeks/ 5 sessions per week (with 2 weeks of holiday, i.e. 10 sessions) (Period:10/9/2018 – 16/2/2019) 25 weeks/ 4 sessions per week (with 2 weeks of holiday, i.e. 8 sessions) (Every Wed & Thurs) (Period:17/9/2018- 23/3/2019) 2 hours per week (50% of on-site supervision and 50% of individual supervision) 400 *Please spare additional 50% of placement hours for written work, that is roughly 200 hours

Types of Services Rehabilitation Service Family Service Elderly Service Residential Non-residential Residential Non-residential Children & Youth Service Service for Offenders Patient/Health Service Community projects School Service Community Services Source: Social Welfare Department (2017) (http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/)

Rehabilitation Services Targets: Ex-mentally ill persons Intellectual impaired persons Visually impaired persons Physically impaired persons Hearing impaired persons

Rehabilitation Services (Non-residential) Sheltered workshop*▲ Supported employment* ▲ District Support Centre * ▲ Integrated vocational rehabilitation services centre/ on the job training program* ▲ Day activity centre* ▲ Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness * ▲ Parents Resource Centre* ▲◊ * Day time only ▲ Case, group, project ◊ group and project only

Rehabilitation Services (Residential) Hostel  Supported hostel  Half-way house  Care and attention home Long stay care home   Case, group, project

Elderly Services (Non-residential) District Elderly Community Centre (DECC) *  Neighbourhood Elderly Centre (NEC) *  Day Care Centre for the Elderly (DCC) *  Enhanced Home and Community Care Services (EHCCS) *  * Day time only  Case, group, programme

Special project in elderly service End of life service in the community (mainly case work) CD project for caregivers or elderly CD project for special issues of elderly

Elderly Services (Residential) Care and Attention Homes for the Elderly* Nursing Home for the elderly *  *Day time only  case, group and project

Family /Integrated Family Service Integrated family services centre * Family Crisis Support Centre**  * Multi-purpose crisis intervention and support centre **  * Residential Service for Abused Women  Home for Street Sleepers/Single Persons  * Day time only  case, group & project

Children & Youth/Integrated C & Y Service Children & Youth Services^ Integrated Children & Youth Services^ District Youth Outreaching Social work service Hotline Services for Youth at Risk Counseling Services for Psychotropic Substance Abusers   case, group & project ^ group & project only

Patient/Health Related Service Medical Social Work Service*  Health Resource Centre*^ Integrated Discharge Support Programme*  Patients Self-help group ^ * Day time only  case, group & project ^ group & project only

Service for Offenders Community Support Service Scheme (CSSS) Boys’ or Girls’ Home  Services for ex-offenders  Homes for drug-addicts   case, group & project

Primary, Secondary & Other Edu-related Service Kindergarten *~ Primary school *~ Secondary school *~ Vocational Training Council*~ * Day time only ~ case, group & project

Community Services Community Service Centre ^ Social Networking Project ^ Community Development Project ^ Neighbourhood Level Community Development Project (NLCDP) ^ Services for minority group Care and Support Networking Team (CSNT) ^ ^ group & project

Special Projects across different services On-line Counseling Career Counseling & Employment Services Centre for Adolescent mental Health Prevention and Intervention

Location Preference (1) Hong Kong Island (Central, Western, Eastern, Southern, Wanchai) (2) Kowloon East (Kwun Tong & Tseung Kwan O, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon City) (3) Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong, Shamshuipo) (4) New Territories East & North (Shatin, Tai Po, NT North) (5) New Territories West (Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Islands) * Usually the traveling hour from work/home to fieldwork unit is around one hour.

Introduction of the Student Personal Particulars for FW placement For foundation practicum, mainly based on location preference, please indicate your preference according to home/work place. For professional practicum, both preferences and location will be taken into consideration. Fieldwork placement arrangement will also be based on the availability of fieldwork units, the requirements of agency, the availability of students’ placement time, the wide coverage of different service natures, and the development of service trend etc.

Student Personal Particulars for FW placement Student will receive an individual email with personal link to complete the form. Student should NOT share the email with others. The form should be completed in the provided time frame. The Link will be lapse after the deadline. You can save your personal particulars anytime with the click of “resume later”. However, you must create your own password and input the personal email.

Email Notification Sample For enquiries about the system, please contact Ms. Winnie Wong at 2766 5720, sswinnie@polyu.edu.hk

Screen for Full-time Students For BASW-FT student, please select professional

Fill in any additional information that requires the attention of the fieldwork coordinator, for instance, your previous job information, previous supervisor, conflict of interest etc..

Your application is completed

Email confirmation Sample

Important If you haven’t received confirmation email, this implies that you haven’t confirmed all the necessary information Please make sure that you have gone through all these stages. For enquiries about the system, please contact Ms. Winnie Wong at 2766 5720, sswinnie@polyu.edu.hk

Matching Process Month Task Sept Collecting students’ personal particulars for fieldwork Mid Oct Offshore Placement interview Late Oct Sending out concurrent placement request letter to respective NGOs End Feb Collecting Agencies’ feedback on our concurrent placement request March Matching students’ concurrent placement preferences with agencies’ reply June Release student and unit matching results to students Early Aug Announcing matching concurrent results to students Aug Sending out of confirmation letter to NGOs Commencement of Concurrent Placement

Criteria for Matching Placement No. of offers from different NGOs Special requirements stated by agencies (e.g. maturity, year of study, program of study, sex and religion, RSW etc.) Recommendation from teachers Total number of students in competing for the same placement choice (e.g. Medical Social Work, Family Services, academic results will be used as one of the criteria)

Good Preparation for FW Placement Psychological and physically well prepared for the workloads of placement Good time management Seek advice from teachers and previous students about the survival tips Be open-minded, flexible and accept the point that “Every setting will provide learning opportunities to you”

Application for the attached Reminder Deadline of submission of student personal particulars form:20 Oct 2017 Fieldwork coordinator: Ms Ella CHOW Tel: 2766 5707 (EF733) email: ella.chow@polyu.edu.hk SPIS system administrator: Ms. Winnie Wong Tel: 2766 5720 (HJ415) email: sswinnie@polyu.edu.hk Fieldwork Resources Website: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/apss/spis/

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