Welfare Worker
Job Description
Take care of children in children’s homes and residential nurseries
Qualities and Qualifications
Aged 21 or above
5 passes in the HKCEE, including English Language (Syllabus B), or equivalent; and
Able to write Chinese and speak fluent Cantonese
Career Path
Residential child care service basically consists of institutional care and non-institutional care. The service provides non-family residential care for children from newborn to under 21 years of age.
Institutional Care
Residential crèches take care of children from newborn to 2 years of age
Residential nurseries are for children aged from 2 to below 6
Children’s reception centres provide occasional child care for children at or below 12 years of age who are in family crises
Children’s homes are for children and young persons between 6 and under 21 years of age
Boys’/Girls’ homes are for children and young persons between 7 and under 21 years of age with minor behavioural or emotional problems. Schools for social development are run within some of these homes with the aid of the Education Department
Boys’/Girls’ hostels provide residential service to young persons between 14 and under 21 years of age who are studying or working
Non-Institutional Care
The service includes foster care and small group homes
Foster care is for children from newborn to under 18 years of age
Small group homes are for children from 4 to 18 years of age. A small group home provides normal family setting for up to 8 resident children, providing them family life under the parental care of a married couple
By providing care, individual counselling and group activities, staff in residential care help children grow up healthily and happily.
Child Protective Service
This service is for children who are victims of physical or psychological abuse, gross neglect or sexual abuse
Adoption Service
This service is for children who have no home and are in need of permanent homes. Children may be adopted locally or abroad