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

2. 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/ /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

3. 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) (

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

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

15. 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

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

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Student Personal Particulars for FW placement
Student will receive an individual with personal link to complete the form.
Student should NOT share the 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 .

20. Email Notification Sample
For enquiries about the system, please contact Ms. Winnie Wong at ,

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

23. 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..

24. Your application is completed

25. Email confirmation Sample

26. Important
If you haven’t received confirmation , 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 ,

27. 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

28. 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)

29. 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”

30. Application for the attached Reminder
Deadline of submission of student personal particulars form:20 Oct 2017
Fieldwork coordinator: Ms Ella CHOW
Tel: (EF733)
SPIS system administrator: Ms. Winnie Wong
Tel: (HJ415)
Fieldwork Resources Website:

31. Thanks for your participation