Family work

Family work will support your family by strengthening your resources and building mutual interaction. The aim of family work is to support families with children at the earliest possible stage and at the right time.

The goals and content of family work will be agreed on before the service commences. A family worker may, for example, support the family in forming a daily rhythm, or taking care and bringing up the children.

Family work will take place in an environment, that is familiar to you and your family, for example, at your home.

The wellbeing services county of South-West Finland will provide this service from 1.1.2023 onwards.

Requirements

Families will enter family work based on a social worker's decision made in accordance with the Social Welfare Act and the Child Welfare Act. This requires a client contact at the social welfare or child protection.

User instruction

If you are a client at child protection or social welfare, you may contact your own social worker.

You may apply for early family work through the basic services for families with children, such as the prenatal clinic, child health clinic, early childhood education or elementary education. You may also contact the family work, or social services for families with children in your town of residence.