Child welfare placements
Child welfare placements refer to arrangements where a child’s care and upbringing are organised outside of their home. A child can be placed in family care, professional family care, a children’s institution, or in another type of appropriate care facility. Placement can be short-term (urgent placement) or of indefinite duration (taking into care).
The purpose of placement is to secure the child’s balanced development and well-being while responding to each child’s unique needs. When placing a child, the aim is to work closely together with the child’s parents/guardians whenever possible. Placement is implemented based on a client plan. All children undergoing child welfare placement have an allocated social worker who is responsible for their matters and for ensuring that the placement location meets the child’s needs and is in their best interest. The ultimate goal of placement is always to serve the child’s best interest and family reunification.
Do the following
Contact the allocated social worker responsible for the child’s matters with any questions about placements.
For whom / what terms
Child welfare placement is based on child-specific assessments. The allocated social worker responsible for the child’s matters will determine the child’s best interest and organise child protection according to the child’s needs.
Contact information
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Havurinne youth reception centre
The Havurinne youth reception centre is a 7-bed child protection institution. The Havurinne youth reception centre offers round-the-clock emergency child welfare reception services, treatment and rehabilitation for young people, and investigates, assesses and provides support to young people placed in Havurinne and their families. Havurinne also has one emergency place.
Havurinne offers short-term placements for young people under the age of 18. Usually, the placement period is 1 – 5 months, the goal being that the child can then return home. A young person can arrive at Havurinne through urgent placement when undergoing an acute crisis or in a planned manner, the placement being implemented as an outpatient care support measure.
Address
50500 Mikkeli
Kuutti children’s and youth home, Savonlinna
Kuutti offers non-institutional child welfare services, placement services and after-care services.
Kuutti has two units with seven places each and it offers round-the-clock care to children and young people aged 0 to 17.
Address
57100 Savonlinna
Pieksämäki social and health centre
At the Pieksämäki social and health centre, clients can access appointment and hospital services, services for families and services for the elderly.
Address
76100 Pieksämäki
Service hours
Mon–Fri 08:00–15:00
Setri
Setri houses the following social welfare services:
- Services for families with children; social services and service coordination, home services for families with children, family work, support worker services (support workers and families).
- Family law services; child supervisors.
- Child welfare services.
Service by appointment. Customer reception facilities are located on the 3rd floor.
You can park in the shopping centre parking lot.
Entrance to Setri from Lappeenrannantie street.
Address
50100 Mikkeli
More information: 3rd floor
Background and legislation
Child welfare foster care refers to the arrangement of the care and upbringing of a child who has been taken into care outside their home.
The purpose of foster care is to safeguard the balanced development and wellbeing of the child. Foster care can be provided as family care, in an institution or otherwise in accordance with the child’s needs. When organising foster care, the child’s opinion must be taken into account whenever possible. The child also has the right to contact their parents and other people close to them during their foster care. This right may only be restricted if it will jeopardise the realisation of the purpose of the foster care or otherwise prove harmful to the child.
In exceptional cases, a child who has been taken into foster care can also be placed with their parent or other guardian for a maximum period of six months, for example when preparing for their return home after their foster care.
The wellbeing services county that placed the child is responsible for the organisation and costs of the foster care. In practice, this is usually the wellbeing services county where the child’s municipality of residence is located.
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