Sheung Tak House

Sheung Tak House has always steadfastly upheld the core belief in empowering service users and advocacy. Closely aligned with the forefront development of the recovery movement, Sheung Tak House has successfully transformed from a traditional residential training service into a service unit centered on the recovery philosophy. This transformation not only highlights a strong emphasis on the subjective experiences of service users but also firmly implements a user-led service model, fully reflecting a people-oriented value pursuit. Together with the recent active promotion of strengths-based case management and peer support services, Sheung Tak House has achieved a dual enhancement in professional practice and service effectiveness, ensuring that every service user can gain the greatest degree of autonomy and recovery outcomes through support and respect.

Purposes

1. To promote good community care practice in the field of mental health
2. To provide support and rehabilitation services to people suffering from mental and emotional disturbance

Objectives

1. To provide life skills training enabling willing service users to regain independent living through skills and vocational training.
2. To encourage service users to learn communication and interpersonal skills within a communal living environment.
3. To assist service users in personal growth and rebuilding self-confidence.
    

Scope of Services

1. Operate using the "Therapeutic Community" model, providing a living environment staffed by personnel on duty 24 hours a day.
2. Conduct group and social activities.
3. Provide individual counseling.
4. Offer life skills training.
5. Cultivate habits of medication adherence among service users.
    

Staffing

Staff includes registered social workers, nurses, rehabilitation health workers, rehabilitation assistants, and other supportive staffs.

Who Can Apply

Applicants must:

1. Persons in mental recovery who are aged 15 or above and mentally stable (open to both sexes);
2. with reasonable vocational ability and motivation for open employment, physically healthy and free from infectious disease, alcohol or drug addiction; and
3. capable of self-care, able to get along with others.
    

Length of Stay

Ranges from six months to two years

How To Apply

Applicants must be referred by social workers to the Social Welfare Department’s "Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services" for placement on the waiting list. Upon acceptance of application by the hostel, applicants will be arranged for an interview and assessment. Those in need will be further arranged for an evaluation by a designated psychiatrist. The application result will be notified in writing to the referring party who will in turn inform the applicant.

Discharge and Service Withdrawal

All service users will have a discharge plan developed according to their recovery progress. Service users may proactively request to withdraw from service, but this must be discussed with their attending psychiatrist, medical social worker, family, and hostel staff, and the relevant discharge procedures must be completed.

Fees

Determined in accordance with the standards set by the Social Welfare Department.

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