Law firm offers scheme to rehabilitate people getting over psychiatric problems
For four years Baker & McKenzie has demonstrated its commitment to better the community through its co-operation with the Phoenix Clubhouse Transitional Employment Scheme.
Through a client contact the company followed suit of its branch offices in New York and Tokyo, which had already been involved in the scheme for a number of years.
The Phoenix Clubhouse is an international accredited adult psychiatric rehabilitation service under the department of psychiatry at University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital. One of its programmes is the Transitional Employment (TE) Scheme, which helps place its members in a work environment and assists them to return to the workplace in a sympathetic environment while building their self-confidence and motivation.
David Fleming, managing partner of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Vietnam, said the importance of work in rehabilitation could not be underestimated. 'This is an essential aspect of rehabilitation and has proved highly successful for Clubhouse members.'
Under the scheme, Baker & McKenzie employs five part-time staff from the Phoenix Clubhouse. They mainly undertake administrative and marketing duties. Mr Fleming said they had the same opportunities as other staff to move on to more challenging duties if they worked well.