Child welfare efforts protect children’s rights

What do we do?

The Central Union for Child Welfare engages in specialist work to develop the quality of child welfare operations. We conduct surveys on child welfare, gather information and lobby to influence legislation. We organise annual training events for child protection professionals, and we work with other organisations in the field at national and international level. We promote the development of conditions for high-quality child welfare services and for the fulfilment of children’s rights as well as the engagement of children and parents in child protection activities.

Child welfare operations fulfil a public service mission, the objective of which is to ensure balanced development and well-being of children.

Child welfare services are divided into child- and family-specific and preventive child welfare operations. Preventive child welfare in the broad sense refers to all public services that support the well-being of children, young people and families. Depending on the customer-specific plan, children and families are supported by either open care, substitute care or after-care services. 

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