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Hotline:<\/strong> Operating Hours:<\/strong> Website:<\/strong> Outside the above operating hours, callers who dial up the Hotline Service of the Social Welfare Department can leave their message on the recording machine or press \u201c0\u201d to approach social workers of designated non-governmental organizations for assistance.\u00a0 In case of emergency, callers can dial \u201c999\u201d to seek assistance from the Police.<\/p>\n Four refuge centres for women, including the Dawn Court, Wai On Home for Women, Harmony House, Serene Court and Sunrise Court, provide temporary accommodation and support services for female victims of domestic violence and their children.\u00a0 Social workers of the refuge centres provide counselling and conduct therapeutic and educational programmes for the residents to help them overcome their traumatic experiences and rebuild self-confidence.\u00a0 The four refuge centres accept admission round-the-clock.<\/p>\n Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a02381 3311 Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a08100 1155 Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a02522 0434 The Family Crisis Support Centre (FCSC) operated by Caritas-Hong Kong provides a time-out facility and an integrated package of services for helping people under extreme stress or facing a crisis to manage their emotions and seek a positive solution to family problems, including domestic violence.<\/p>\n Hotline:<\/strong>\u00a018288 The CEASE Crisis Centre, operated by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, is a crisis intervention and support centre which aims to provide comprehensive support to victims of sexual violence and individuals \/ families facing domestic violence or in crisis.\u00a0 Services provided include a 24-hour hotline, crisis intervention \/ an immediate outreach service for adult victims of sexual violence and elder abuse. It operates after the office hours of the Social Welfare Department, and can provide short-term accommodation for victims when it is temporarily not suitable for them to return home, or short-term accommodation for those individuals \/ families in crisis.<\/p>\n Hotline (Address kept confidential):<\/strong>\u00a018281 Hotline:<\/strong>\u00a018288 Hotline (Address kept confidential):<\/strong>\u00a018281 If temporary accommodation is required, you may apply for temporary shelter at the urban hostel for single persons through the referral of social workers.\u00a0 The Urban hostel for single persons provides short-term accommodation and counselling for needy persons so as to help them find alternative long-term accommodation.<\/p>\n Compassionate Rehousing is a form of housing assistance, which aims at providing assistance to individuals and families who have genuine and imminent housing needs, but cannot solve the housing needs by themselves.\u00a0 Under this scheme, conditional tenancy can also be recommended to help those who are under going divorce proceedings (including victims of spouse battering) and having genuine housing needs while awaiting the court decision on their divorce applications.\u00a0 People in need of the service may apply to the social workers concerned.<\/p>\n Les Corner Rainbow of Hong Kong Against Child Abuse *For elder abuse, please refer to \u201c\u00a0Elder Abuse<\/a>\u00a0\u201d under the SeniorCLIC website.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Consumer Contracts” module_class=”posttitle” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] X. Assistance [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] A. Social Welfare Department Hotline:2343 2255 Operating Hours:Monday to Friday: 8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \/ 2:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Website:https:\/\/www.swd.gov.hk\/storage\/asset\/section\/271\/FCPSU_Leaflet_May_2024_Chi_EN.pdf Outside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Adoption is a legal process by which parental rights and responsibilities over a child are transferred from the birth parents to the adoptive parents. An adoption in Hong Kong must be effected in accordance with the Adoption Ordinance , Cap. 290<\/a> , Laws of Hong Kong. The guiding principle in the adoption process is the \u201cbest interests of the child\u201d ( section 8<\/a> of the Adoption Ordinance<\/a> ).<\/p> Local adoption service in Hong Kong is provided by the Adoption Unit of the Social Welfare Department and three non-governmental organizations, as Accredited Bodies:<\/p> The statutory requirements concerning the accreditation system in respect of local adoption in the HKSAR are set out in sections 26<\/a> , 26A<\/a> and 26B<\/a> of the Adoption Ordinance<\/a> .<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,39,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-lives-legal-issues","category-domestic-violence-and-assistance","category-topics"],"yoast_head":"\n
2343 2255<\/p>\n
Monday to Friday: 8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. \/ 2:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.swd.gov.hk\/storage\/asset\/section\/271\/FCPSU_Leaflet_May_2024_Chi_EN.pdf<\/a><\/p>\nB. Referral lines for Refuge Centres for Women \u00a0offering 24-hour Admission (Addresses are kept confidential)<\/h2>\n
Serene Court<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.cfsc.org.hk<\/a><\/p>\nSunrise Court \/ Wai On Home for Women \/ Dawn Court<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/womenrefuge.poleungkuk.org.hk\/en_index.html<\/a><\/p>\nHarmony House<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.harmonyhousehk.org<\/a><\/p>\nC. Referral Lines for Shelter and Crisis Centre – 24-hour Admission<\/h2>\n
The Family Crisis Support Centre<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/family.caritas.org.hk\/eng\/service03_cfcsc<\/a><\/p>\nMulti-purpose Crisis Intervention and Support Centre (CEASE Crisis Centre)<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/ceasecrisis.tungwahcsd.org<\/a><\/p>\nD. Men facing domestic violence<\/h2>\n
Family Crisis Support Centre<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/fcsc.caritas.org.hk\/<\/a><\/p>\nMulti-purpose Crisis Intervention and Support Centre (CEASE Crisis Centre)<\/h3>\n
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/ceasecrisis.tungwahcsd.org<\/a><\/p>\nTemporary Shelter \/ Urban Hostel for Single Persons<\/h3>\n
Compassionate Rehousing<\/h3>\n
E. Organisations for lesbian victims<\/h2>\n
Telephone\uff1a<\/strong>5281 5201(with Whatsapp)
Email\uff1a<\/strong>lescorner2015@gmail.com
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lescorner2015<\/a><\/p>\nF. Organisations for gay victims<\/h2>\n
WhatsApp Community Hotline:<\/strong> 9442 6910
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.rainbowhk.org<\/a><\/p>\nG. Organisations for child abuse victims<\/h2>\n
Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a02755 1122
Website:<\/strong>\u00a0www.aca.org.hk<\/a><\/p>\n