Tin Shui Wai Family Education and Support Centre

Service Objectives

To help provide a comfortable environment for families in the Tin Shui Wai district, we have used ‘growth and development’ as our theme to organize different types of family support activities to encourage families make good use of community resources to promote the development of both physical and mental health as well as harmonious family relationships, thereby helping to establish a caring and inclusive environment in our community.

Promote self-awareness and problem solving abilities of service users and their family members; emphasize participation to build harmonious family relationships, and initiate the mutual help spirit among neighbours; build mutual help and concern in the community, and help the unemployed or underemployed to acquire work skills training and improve their self-confidence and abilities.

Service Contents

Service Description 1

Family life education:

1.Organize family life education activities by social workers, e.g. parenting activities, talks, workshops, to encourage families with different backgrounds to participate and to promote harmonious family relationships.

Organize different types of parent education activities to improve parenting skills and quality.
Organize other activities including women’s volunteer group, parent groups, training for management of emotions and parental effectiveness.

Service Description 2

Employees Retraining Courses:
1. Organize following placement- tied courses: Foundation Certificate in Cosmetician Assistant Training, Foundation Certificate in Nail Technician Training, Foundation Certificate in Junior Beautician Training and Foundation Certificate in Escort Service for Out-patient Visit Training. For the persons who are aged 15 or above, no schoolings/unemployed and interested in working in related industry.

2. Organize following Skills Upgrading Courses: Foundation Certificate in Aromatherapy for Beauty I (Part -time) and Foundation Certificate in Day time Make up Techniques(Part time)

Service Description 3

Supportive Service for Special Education Needs Children and Their Families:

Autism Express: Provide Autistic Spectrum Disorders children who aged 2 -13 and their families with Early Parent-mediated Intervention for Children with Autism (EPICA) Course, Speech Therapy, Parent Talks, Parents Cheer-up Gatherings, Parents Resources Centre
Training Subsidy Programme for Children on the Waiting List for Subvented Pre-school Rehabilitation Services (TSP) by the Social Welfare Department: Provide special education needs children with individual trainings, speech therapeutic trainings and groups, social skills trainings.
Other Supportive Service: Intensive trainings, play groups, parents mutual support groups, music/art therapy, family activities and outings, etc.

Service Description 4

In-School services/ Programmes
1. Provide diverse teachers training, in-school group activities and parent seminars

Co-organizing homework guidance classes and after-school care programmes with schools, which includes the “School-based After-school Care Service Scheme” subvented by the Community Care Fund and jointly implemented by the Labour and Welfare Bureau / Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the Education Bureau.

Service Description 5
Drop-in Services and Other Support Services
1. To promote the utilization of center amenities during residents’ leisure hours—including toy borrowing and magazine reading—thereby fostering a stronger sense of community and belonging to the center