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If you wish to adopt a child alone or with your spouse, you (both) need to seek adoption counselling.
The aim of child guidance and family counselling is to support the healthy growth and development of children and young people by strengthening parenting and family relationships.
At the child health clinic, we monitor your child's physical, mental and social growth and development.
In child welfare, family care means arranging the care and upbringing of a child in a foster family or professional family home.
Provided under the Child Welfare Act to children and young people aged 0-17 in the form of short- and long-term, emergency or open care placement or taking into care.
Child welfare social work supports children and families if the health and development of the child are endangered by the child's growth environment or their own behaviour.
We provide low-threshold advice and guidance for families with children.
The child welfare officer's task is to determine the parenthood of a child born out of wedlock.
Divorce support for families with children is a service for parents of families with children who are considering a divorce or need support in coping after a divorce.
You can live in a family group home if you are under the age of 18 with a residence permit and do not have a guardian in Finland.
You can seek family mediation in the event of a divorce when you need support in adjusting to a new life situation and agreeing on the child's affairs.
Family rehabilitation promotes families' ability to function and their safety in a 24-hour institutional setting and their living environments.
Family work under the Social Welfare Act supports and guides your family in matters related to wellbeing.
Holiday activities for children with disabilities are provided during the school's Christmas and summer holidays according to the family's situation and service needs.
Home services for families with children provide temporary everyday assistance to a family that is unable to function normally.
Intensive family work strengthens your child's wellbeing and your family's ability to function through temporary, structured work.
At the maternity clinic, we monitor the progress of your pregnancy and ensure the health and wellbeing of you and your unborn child.
Medical rehabilitation is a complementary rehabilitation service involving therapies and assistive equipment granted on an individual basis.
Youth mental health and substance abuse services can help you with problems related to mental health, substance use, gambling and life management.
We offer support for issues related to, for example, regulating your child's emotions and behaviour, friendship skills or mood and coping.
Our dietitians provide guidance and advice on eating habits and nutrition.
Occupational therapy provides support to perform age-appropriate activities.
Schoolchildren are invited to oral health check-ups in grades 1, 3, 5 and 8. More frequent check-ups are also possible if necessary.
The wellbeing services county can provide a wide range of social care services for your child and/or family.
Physiotherapy supports age-appropriate development and offers guidance to parents on how to support the development of the child's skills.
School psychologists support you with issues related to learning, emotional wellbeing and everyday life in pre-primary education, schools and upper secondary institutions.
In a custody dispute, a social worker prepares a report for the social welfare board about the situation of the child and the family at the request of the court.
School health care promotes the health and wellbeing of pupils in basic education, the school and the entire study community.
School social workers support the studies and wellbeing of pupils and students together with other school staff and the close social network.
Securing child custody and right of access is a service in which a child welfare officer assists parents in making an agreement on their child's custody and right of access.