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Nordic social workers' assessments of child welfare problems and interventions: a common model in child welfare?
- Authors:
- BLOMBERG Helena, KROLL Christian, MEEUWISSE Anna
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 16(3), 2013, pp.311-326.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In international comparison, the Nordic countries are characterised by similar policy goals and institutional contexts in child welfare. But is it also possible to talk about a common Nordic model in child welfare at the level of social work practices? And if so, to what extent do the results match the ideal model of ‘preventive and family service oriented Nordic child welfare’? This article investigates similarities and variations in Nordic social workers' assessments concerning child welfare problems and possible interventions. It uses vignettes and focus group interviews in case studies in areas of the four capital cities: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm. The results seem to confirm the assumption of a preventive and family service oriented Nordic child welfare system regarding social work practices with smaller children, but not when adolescents are concerned. (Edited publisher abstract)
Children's services: shaping up for the millennium; supporting children in the UK and Scandinavia
- Editors:
- COHEN Bronwen, HAGEN Unni
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 764p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Comparative study exploring a wide range of services providing care, protection, education, health and recreation for children and young people in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Focuses on 3 main themes central to the development of these services. Firstly the response by those planning, providing or working in children's services to the growing emphasis on children's rights and ways of promoting involvement of children, young people and their parents or carers in the decision making process and in policy development. Secondly structures and methods of working which foster inter-agency collaboration in service provision. Thirdly finding ways in which services can be made more accountable to children, young people and their parents or carers.