District Youth Outreaching Social Work Service
Description
District Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams seek to reach out and provide counselling and guidance to those young people aged between 6-24 who normally do not participate in social or youth activities and are vulnerable to undesirable influences.
Provision
Nineteen Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams have been providing outreaching service to address the needs of high-risk youth and to tackle issues of juvenile gangs.
Operating Hours
The 16 District Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams generally have morning sessions from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and afternoon sessions from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. As each team would flexibly determine its service hours according to the actual operational needs of the region, the details are subject to the information announced by individual team.
There are also 3 Youth Outreaching Teams providing services in Tseung Kwan O, Ma On Shan and Tung Chung districts. The general service hours are from 10:00 am to 6:00 am the next day.