Tongleju Child Abuse｜Social Association says management resigns from responsibility and hopes all child care institutions can learn from it

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children's "Tong Le Ju" was exposed to child abuse cases. Xia Mu, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, apologized to the public today (26th) and announced that the director general and the director of Tong Le Ju had accepted the resignation.

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service pointed out that it is a responsible practice for the management to resign to take responsibility. The incident reflects that there are many problems in the management of the organization, the lack of proper training for staff, and the serious loopholes in service supervision and monitoring. All child care service organizations Even social welfare organizations should learn from this to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Xia Mu (left), chairman of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Protection of Children, bowed and apologized.

(Photo by Lu Yiming)

The HKCSS stated that the independent investigation report put forward a number of reform recommendations for the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, which deserve support. To maintain high-quality services, in addition to providing regular high-quality professional training and supervision support for employees, it is also necessary to have appropriate active review and monitoring. Monitoring measures, and the leadership of the Board of Directors in organizational development and resource management.

The HKCSS hopes that the Independent Inquiry Committee will conduct an in-depth study on the overall operation, human resources, management and governance of the organization in the next stage, and make recommendations for improvement.

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The HKCSS also pointed out that it expects the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children to implement the recommendations, and consider setting up a dedicated service quality monitoring committee under the board of directors to continuously review the progress of service reforms and regularly report the implementation of the recommendations to the public.

The HKCSS pays special attention to the current physical and mental conditions of children and parents receiving institutional services, and will closely monitor the development of the situation. When necessary, it will discuss with the industry to assist the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, so as to continue to support related service users.

The HKCSS believes that in addition to the organization's own review, the government must also conduct an in-depth and impartial investigation, analyze the problem and prescribe the remedy, and make concrete improvement measures.

The SWD must give priority to the well-being of children, arrange suitable care plans for the abused children in this incident, and continue to monitor the implementation of various reform proposals by the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children to ensure that Tongleju can provide quality services for children.

At the same time, the HKCSS recommends that the SWD discuss with the industry how to improve the existing service packages and monitoring system to protect children's rights and physical and mental development, so that the public can regain confidence in children's residential services.

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