Lea Wong, Assistant Director, Children Services, oversees the Children Services Case Management in Mother’s Choice and she is passionate in child welfare and committed to be the voice for children in their best interests to pursue their permanency plan. Lea takes lead of developing the first self-financed fostering program in Hong Kong called Project Bridge and with the vision to enhance the current foster care system in Hong Kong. She works directly with social workers and the leadership team to bring the CANS, an evidence-based tool, to Hong Kong with the vision to transform practice and measure outcomes for children and families. Lea is a certified user and trainer for CANS in Hong Kong.
Lea holds a Degree in Social Work and Master Degree in Counselling from the University of Hong Kong. She is a highly motivated professional with comprehensive employment background in which she developed an extensive experience of supporting, developing and motivating teams to do better and to drive continuous improvements across a range of work activities. She describes herself as compassionate with logical, problem-solving skills and ability to work positively with people from diverse background while her wide-ranging background offers much versatility and a commitment to excellence. Lea and her family are an approved Bridge Family, and they have fostered 5 children since 2017. In the future, Lea wants her passion and commitment to be continuously focused on working with those vulnerable children and to learn and grow professionally in order to provide the best services possible to the community.