Date: 20/01/2013
Ms. Lai Ka Yan, a consultant from our Employee Development Service (EDS) was elected as one of the Outstanding Junior Social Workers in the 22nd Outstanding Social Workers’ Award Ceremony. Since 2008, Ms. Lai has been working at EDS, a service that provides Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) to more than 70 local and international companies with a total of over 280,000 employees and their family members.There are 900 cases of professional counselling which includes crisis intervention service and psychological first aid for affected employees of critical incidents such as suicides, suicide attempts, industrial accidents, traffic accidents, industrial violence, armed robberies, sudden mental illness, death of a spouse, natural disasters, sudden deaths and other traumatic accidents.In addition, Ms. Lai introduced new elements that cater to the needs of corporate clients in the area of training and developing wellness promotion programmes. These programmes are well received by both participants and corporate clients. She is highly complimented by our service users and those within our field.
