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Say No to Drugs – Path Builders for Youth Project – Light Up Your Path

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at providing rehabilitation service and mentoring programme for drug abusers under the age of 40 and promoting community acceptance of treatment and rehabilitation service. Project elements include outreaching stations, talent development activities, individual counselling, personal development programmes, career counselling, job skills training, entrepreneurship programmes, training for assistant mentors, volunteer services, certification or license courses for career development and peer supporter training/certificate courses for drug abusers/rehabilitees, mentor training and support counselling for mentors, mentoring activities, matching and mentoring programmes, and graduation recognition ceremony, and family/significant others counselling and programmes for family members of drug abusers/rehabilitees.

Sprouting a New Life Journey: A Holistic Parent Counselling and Support Program for Drug-Abusing Parents II

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at serving pregnant drug dependent women, drug dependent mothers and their children in the Kowloon East District. Project elements include individual counselling for drug abusing women, escort services to medical assessments, parenting counselling groups, in-depth group counselling, mutual support groups for mothers, family support activities, cross-discipline case work conferences.

Tap the Hidden, Tap your Talent 3.0

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at providing assesment, screening, problem identification and treatment to hidden substance abusers and their carers in order to improve their physical, mental and social health. Project elements include conducting comprehensive assessment with risk and problem identification to hidden drug abusers and their carers, performing home visits with tailor-made programmes for clients, and offering psychological and medical treatments and referrals to CCPSA and Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness.

Being A Mother Version 2: A Holistic Support Program for Drug-Abusing Parents and Caregiver

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at collaborating with medical professionals of CCDS, social workers of CCPSA, post-natal care workers and volunteers of the community to provide services to drug abusing parents and parents-to-be in Tai Po and North Districts. Project elements include individual counselling and in-depth counselling services, one-stop medical support, mutual support groups, parenting education, family support activities and volunteer community support services, as well as cross-discipline case conferences for frontline workers and other health-care professionals.

Project Embrace 2.0 – Mindfulness-based Intervention for Drug Abusers with Alcohol Problem

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at motivating current or ex-drug abusers with alcohol addiction problem to abstain from drugs and abuse through mindfulness-based interventions. Project elements include providing comprehensive physical check-up, medical consultation, psychosocial assessment and motivational interview to drug abusers with alcohol problem, applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness-based interventions, organising mindfulness-based online activities and experiential group activities, regular mindfulness reunion for ongoing practice and social support, mindfulness-based relapse prevention group for participants who achieved abstinence.

Online Certified Addiction Counsellor Foundation and Advanced Training Scheme

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at enhancing anti-drug professionals’ competency in delivery of addiction prevention, assessment and intervention through professional training and supervision. Project elements include a 6-day Certified Addition Counsellor foundation training course (Phase I) and a 4-day Certified Senior Addiction Counsellor Training (Phase II) for those who have successfully completed the foundation course, with all courses to be conducted through online training platform to allow flexibility and easier accessibility.

A Better Man Project 2.0

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at providing supprt to male drug abusers and ex-drug abusers aged 21-35 to motivate them to seek drug-related treatment or quit drugs. Project elements include physical and online outreaching services, case work counselling and group-based activities for helping participants to strengthen participants’ roles in intimate relationship, family, occupation or peer network, referral for medical assessments/consultations, a mentoring scheme for ex-drug abusers/drug abusers, and organising training workshops to frontline social workers.

Better Me

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at outreaching sexual minorities, youths at risk and drug abusing youths in the Hong Kong Island and encouraging early help seeking and treatment through narrative therapy, Chinese medical treatment and vocational/interest class training. Project elements include outreaching services in bars or hot spots and provide subsequent assessment and referral services, online Chinese medical consultation for high-risk youths, counselling sessions including narrative therapy and face-to-face Chinese medical consultations for drug abusing youths and provision of referral service, interest class and vocational training classes for high-risk or drug abusing youths.

“You Got Chance” – Multidisciplinary Holistic Outreaching Service for Drug Abusers 2.0

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at setting up a medical-social outreaching team to provide medical and psychosocial support to drug abusers and rehabilitees and providing community-based medical and counselling services to high risk groups in different districts. Project elements include setting up a multidisciplinary medical-social outreaching team, hospital-based support and intensive case counselling for low-motivated Substance Abuse Clinic’s outpatients, providing community-based on-the-spot motivational and crisis intervention counselling, medical care, assessment of clients’ mental health status and knowledge on side effects of drugs, Chinese medical consultation and treatment, internship programme for rehabilitees to deliver anti-drug messages and publication of booklets to enhance the awareness of drug harm among readers.

Equipping Families to Fight Drugs

Project Approved in 2020

This project aims at strengthening support andproviding preventive education to family members of drug abusers and general public. Project elements include anti-drug and communication skills seminars and family support group sessions organised for family members of drug abuser and general public, recruiting one rehabilitated drug abuser as rehabilitation officer to share their life experience and provide motivational support to the participants.