We concern the service gap and needs of ethnic minorities (EM) on drug treatment and rehabilitation support. From April 2013, we have been sponsored by Beat Drugs Fund to support the community-based treatment and rehabilitation support service for ethnic minorities. With the adoption of PERMA+ model, the EM drug abusers, rehabilitates and their family members build their wellbeing through various programmes in this project in order to increase their treatment motivation, strengthen their rehabilitation process and improve their family relationship.
Services
Cultural Inclusion
Project EMBRACE - Community-based Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Support Service for Ethnic Minorities + Pre-Release & Drug Prevention
Service Objective
Project EMBRACE provides an one-stop, continual and culturally sensitive rehabilitation treatment to EM drug abusers for restoring body-mind function, reconciliating family relationship, consolidating peer support network, constructing life goal and building a healthy community.
Service Users
Present & ex-drug abusers and their family member irrespective of their resident status in HK.
Scope of Service
- Outreach Service: Going to gathering spots or workplaces for supporting active/ex-users and potentials users
- Individual Follow Up Services: Counselling, medical follow-up, urine test and referral service provided by social workers and senior peer educators
- Pre-release Preparation Service: Briefing, interviews and pick-up service to inmates at Drug Treatment Centres or nearby places
- Health Support Group: Health workshop, drug treatment introduction and image restructuring class for active users
- Mothers'Group: Therapeutic workshop, relaxation classes and peer sharing
- Rehab Group Activities: Fitness, recreational, leisure activities for ex-users to build a support network
- Career and Life Training Programs: Volunteer work, pre-vocational skill trainings, job matching and trials
- Family Programs: Home visit, outdoor activities for maintaining parent-child and family relationship
- Educational Prevention Program: Professionals training to frontline staff and preventive workshop or sharing to EM primary and secondary schools
- Multilingual Service: We have social workers and EM peer educators who speak Urdu, Hindi, Nepalese, English and Chinese
Service Fee
Free of Charge
Service Hours
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Monday to Friday |
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
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Saturday, Sunday and public holidays |
Closed |
Service Application
Applicant may submit the application directly or through referral made by other organizations/institutions.
Service Withdrawal
Service can be terminated upon worker’s professional judgment and mutual agreement made with the service users. Service users may terminate service voluntarily at any juncture of the service process.
Enquiries and Contact
| Address: Room 404, 2/F, 402-404 Shanghai Street, Kowloon (near Yau Ma Tei MTR Exit A1) |
| Tel：(852) 2323 3983 |
| Fax：(852) 3747 1857 |
| Email：pic_care@sidebyside.org.hk |
| Facebook：Project EMBRACE, SRACP |