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District Welfare Planning Protocol and Social Indicators on District Welfare Needs Social Welfare Department April 2005 Background Social Welfare Department re-organisation in September 2001 Roles and functions of District Social Welfare Officers (DSWOs) enhanced in district welfare planning, service co-ordination, community partnership and outreaching services in the district Study Reports Report of Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Social Welfare Department’s Enhanced District Social Welfare Office Functions Report of the Review Panel on Family Services in Tin Shui Wai Recommendation recommends that DSWOs should work on a well-established district welfare planning mechanism with evidence-based information so as to critically assess the welfare needs of the district Pledges Policy Address 2005 – one of the Administration’s initiatives to strengthen district welfare planning and co-ordination is to develop a protocol for the district welfare planning mechanism A district planning protocol and social indicators will be ready for consultation in Q1 of 2005/06 Development of District Welfare Planning Protocol and Social Indicators Taking stock of current practices of district welfare planning exercised by DSWOs Review of available data sources and information systems A draft Protocol with a built-in list of social indicators developed Internal consultation within SWD and Health, Welfare and Food Bureau Revised draft Protocol for consultation Rationales of the Protocol Aims to consolidate good practices currently exercised by DSWOs Sets out a standardised planning framework and common approach for DSWOs to follow Covers the commonly concerned areas and allows flexibility for addressing specific characteristics and needs of individual districts A set of general guidelines and a user-friendly flow chart of the planning process Definition of District Welfare Planning in the Protocol The process whereby: the welfare needs of the district are assessed and pr