Social- og Indenrigsudvalget 2019-20
SOU Alm.del Bilag 202
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13.3.2020
Annika Parsons
[email protected]
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FINNISH FAMILY POLICY
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Provides parents the means to have and raise children
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Harmonizing work and family life
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Child benefit and day care for children even out the cost of
having children and highlight the society’s responsibility to
support child welfare
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The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
responsible
for Finland’s social and health
policy
prepares legislation on social welfare and health
responsible for the planning, guidance and
implementation of social policy
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CONSTITUTION OF FINLAND
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Includes basic rights for all citizens and residents in Finland
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Children have equal rights and right for protection
For example:
Equality
Right for life and personal freedom
Right of movement
Right for privacy
Educational rights
Right of religion
Right for social security
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SOCIAL SERVICES IN FINLAND
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All residents in Finland are entitled to
social services and social security
benefits
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Local authorities (municipalities) are
responsible for organizing social welfare
and health service provision
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The services are funded by the municipal
tax system and allocations from central
government.
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Municipalities can purchase services
from private service providers and non-
governmental organizations
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SOCIAL WELFARE
General, proactive and preventative services
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short and effective support
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aims to reduce the amount of customers in
child protection
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includes right for home services for families
with children
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includes for example family work, home
services, family advice and counseling
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CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
1) Parents or guardians are primarily responsible
for
a child’s upbringing and
care
2) Child welfare services are obliged to help
parents with the
child’s upbringing and
care if
needed
3) If parents are unable to take care of their
children’s wellbeing, Child welfare services
are
obliged to intervene
Activities and decisions of child welfare workers
are based on the
Child Welfare Act (417/2007)
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THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
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All decisions concerning a child must be based on the best interest
of the child
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Consideration must be given to the extent to which the alternative
measures and solutions safeguard the following for the child:
1) balanced development and wellbeing, and close and continuing
relationships;
2) the opportunity to be given understanding and affection, as well as
supervision and care;
3) an education consistent with the child’s abilities and wishes;
4) a safe environment in which to grow up, and physical and
emotional freedom;
5) a sense of responsibility in becoming independent and growing up;
6) the opportunity to become involved in matters affecting the child
and to influence them; and
7) the need to consider the child’s linguistic, cultural and religious
background
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STARTING PROCESS IN CHILD WELFARE
1)
An application i.e. a parent or a child contacts child welfare
service
2)
A request to evaluate the need for child welfare services
made by a client and an official together
3)
A child welfare notification
4)
A child welfare worker has otherwise received information
that a child is in need of protection.
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DECISION MAKING AND CO-OPERATION
The municipal officeholder (social worker) or the municipal
officeholder directing social services will make the decisions
Child’s
named social worker
is obliged to collect all relevant
information and expertice
about the child’s growth and
development, health care, legal and other issues relevant to
child welfare work
Specialist child welfare group will assist social worker in a
case of child’s placement into a care as well as planning and
preparing such issues. The group will also help with other
child welfare matters and give statements to support desicion
making in child welfare.
Health care is obliged to give specialist support as well as
organise monitoring and healthcare or therapy services.
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OPEN CARE AND PLACEMENT
1)
Most child welfare work is implemented as support
measures in
open care i.e. non institutional care.
(family
work, a support person or family, open care placement)
2)
If the problems are serious or have lasted for a long time,
child can be
urgently placed in care
or
taken into care
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Urgent placement 30 days
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Taking into care as long as the child needs it or till he/she
is 18 years
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Decision must always be justified
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Child’s care
or surroundings
or child’s
own behavior
threaten the health or growth of the child
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Open care is not sufficient and alternative care is in the
best interest of the child
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Alternative care in a foster family, a professional family
home or a child welfare institution (max 7 children per unit)
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PLACEMENT
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The decision about the
child’s
living situtation and placement
has to be based on the childs best interest
Relatives, other important people who could look after the
child
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The
child’s
social worker is obliged to co-operate with the
parents during the
child’s
placement as well as with the
representative of the place where the child is placed
alone
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The child has a right to meet up with his or her social worker
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Child has a right to keep in touch with his or hers parents and
other close relatives or people and this has to be supported
Act
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Ristrictions during a placement regulated in the Child Welfare
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AFTER CARE
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Municipality is obliged to arrange social service support after
placement till the young adult is 25 years old
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After care can include any child welfare open care service for
the child/young person or his/her family or other carer
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For example financial support, housing, studing etc.
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CHILD WELFARE CHALLENGES
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2018 children placed outside their home 18 554
- urgently placed 4390 children (6,9 % more than 2017)
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Children in child welfare have multiple developmental, learning,
social and health related problems and needs. 33 % of the parents
have mental health and 26 % substance abuse issues.
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40 % of children who are considered to be taken into care have
needed previously at least 7 different services
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Many children in child welfare services and/or their parents do not
have adequate access to mental health services
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Integration between different services is needed
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Old and even illegal practices in child welfare institutions
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