Implemented a pilot scheme on Home Care Service for Persons with Severe Disabilities in Tuen Mun and Kwun Tong
districts.
(b)
Introduced a pilot Bought Place Scheme for Private Residential Care Homes for Persons with Disabilities.
(c)
Introduced the Residential Care Homes (Persons with Disabilities) Bill into the Legislative Council to set up a licensing
scheme to ensure the services of residential care homes for persons with disabilities meet the statutory standards.
(d)
Revamped the community mental health support services and set up Integrated Community Centre for Mental
Wellness (ICCMW) in all districts and enhanced their services for persons with severe mental illness, including
strengthening of manpower of ICCMW to handle more cases.
(e)
Increased subvented residential care places, provided additional places for day training and vocational rehabilitation
services to increase employability of persons with disabilities, provided additional places for pre-school rehabilitation
services for children with disabilities, including autistic children.
(f)
Strengthened physiotherapy, nursing care and other support services in subvented residential care homes for the
mentally handicapped in light of the ageing profile of residents.
(g)
Strengthened the medical social services to dovetail with the services of the Hospital Authority.
2.6 YOUTH AND CORRECTIONS
(a)
Injected additional resources to further enhance the manpower of District Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams.
(b)
Launched a pilot project on Enhanced Probation Service at the probation offices serving Kowloon City Magistrates’
Courts and Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Courts.
(c)
Established four Counselling Centres for Psychotropic Substance Abusers (CCPSAs) with on-site medical support
service.
(d)
Allocated additional resources in all CCPSAs to launch on-site medical support services.
