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Counselling Services The Counselling Services consolidate the work of the School Social Work Unit, the Student Guidance Team, the Media Counselling Centre and the Wellness Mind Centre. Given the current unprecedented challenges, the service addresses different emotional health issues across the units and via different platforms.
Youth Emotional Health The following services were offered under different categories:
Community Youth Wellness Project STEP, supported by HSBC’s 150th Anniversary Charity Programme, was initiated to promote emotional wellness and provide support to youth in need. A brand designed mobile truck, HKFYG Moving Wellness, visited over 120 locations, which included schools and different communities. The purpose was to encourage “wellness time’’, or a time for either being alone or with others, filling the moment with positivity and caring. An interactive educational theatre called “Click on your choice” was introduced to about 50 secondary schools teaching students how to handle their emotions. Under the Psychiatric Service Scheme and newly launched Chinese Medicine Service Scheme, immediate psychological assessment, psychiatric consultation and medication were provided for around 60 eligible youth.
School Stationing Services Over the last year, 22 primary schools and 19 kindergartens were served through the Student Guidance Team. A total of 1,201 developmental and prevention activities were organised for students, parents and teachers. 454 cases and 21,595 consultations related to emotion, family, behaviour and study issues were handled. Case supervisions, crisis support and professional training were also rendered to school social worker employed by primary schools.
Wellness for Youth School-based Programmes Over the last year, young people had to face and cope with numerous and unprecedented challenges. With schools moving online, emotional problems among students become more common. To that end, the Wellness for Youth schoolbased programmes were conducted in 50 secondary schools, with a total of 385 talks, group sessions, workshops and mass programmes benefiting students, teachers and parents.
Nine schools with 11 school social workers were served. School Stationing Services were provided for 35 secondary schools, of which 21 were served by the 12 Youth S.P.O.Ts and the other 14 by the School Social Work Unit. A total of 3,534 cases were handled, while 21,362 consultations and 6,256 programmes and group sessions took place in 2019-20. During both the period of the social unrest and the pandemic, it was found that students were beset by anxiety and difficulties due to all the changes that they had to face. As a result, the School Social Work Unit began the HKFYG_SSW Instagram Channel, to provide timely emotional support. In six months, more than 200 posts, videos and stories were published, with a total of 64,000 views. Simultaneously, the school social workers reacted promptly and maintained active engagement with students through online counselling, online group work and workshops, all in hopes of maintaining a strong balance of body, mind and soul. 39
