HMSC 健康管理與社會關懷 Health Management and Social Care

Forms of social care
Formal care	provided by government and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) provided by trained individuals coordinated / supervised / guided by professionals
Informal care	provided by the carers who: receive no official payment / the time spent on providing care is unpaid provides care on a voluntary basis

Volunteer
As a form of demonstrating social concerns and responsibility	The role of social care: learn reciprocity and mutual care and support increase empathy to the disadvantaged and commitment to the community gain personal confidence through the experience of social care and social support develop communication and problem solving skills in the context of family, community and society grow up as balanced and socially responsible individuals
Roles of volunteers in complementing to the private care	do not charge the clients for their services extra manpower resources to the services - trained and organised to provide care services autonomy - independence from the government and the market

Concepts of Social Security and Social Welfare

Social Security	Social protection established by government that provides individuals and households to ensure access to health care and to guarantee income security when faced with the contingencies such as sickness or unemployment
Social Welfare	In the narrow sense - social services provided to people in need such as elderly and disabled persons by the Social Welfare Department and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) In the broad sense - cover the other public services such as health care, education, housing and employment

Categorization of Welfare Services

Categories	Examples	Booklets
Different Target Groups	Family and Child Welfare Services for the Elderly Rehabilitation Services Services for Offenders	11 – Welfare Services in Hong Kong
Different Purposes of Intervention	Preventive or Crisis Intervention Center-based or Community-based Integrated or Specialized Services	14 – Purposes of Intervention and Development of Services
Different Professional Areas	Outreaching Social Work Social Work in Integrated Family Service Centres Medical Social Work	12 – Working in Different Professional Institutions

Concept of Social Security

Contributory Programmes	Non-contributory Programmes
Old Age Protection The Mandatory Provident Fund Voluntary savings and insurance	Provided by the Social Welfare Department Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme Social Security Allowance (SSA) Scheme Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation (CLEIC) Scheme Traffic Accident Victims Assistance (TAVA) Scheme Emergency Relief

Development of Social Care in Hong Kong

Emergency Relief in a Community of Immigrants (Early Settlement to 1950s)	in the form of mutual help in the private sphere and was mostly taken up by voluntary agencies
Beginning of Social Assistance (1950s to 1960s)	Emergency Relief Fund Scheme Overseas relief organisations Social service was regarded as charity
Golden Decade of Welfare Development (1970s)	Means-tested public assistance scheme Development of social services, especially the youth service
Challenges in the Development of Social Welfare (1980s’ to now)	Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme Lump Sum Grant

Social Welfare Systems in Different Countries

	Market-oriented countries	Welfare states
Rationale	Individual needs should be satisfied by the private market and family. Only when these break down should social welfare institutions come into play and then only temporarily.	Social welfare is an integrated institution in the society and the provision is based on individual needs
Policy objectives	To minimize government intervention and dependence on welfare	To provide universal services for all people To achieve resources reallocation
Feature of service provision	The funding of social security is from the tax on the employers of enterprises and business Company and private insurances are important parts	Universal coverage Benefits from National insurance to protect an individual from birth to death

Latest update: October 2019

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