9. ReportReport
For ex.
school,
health care,
parents
Social
Welfare
Service
Social
Welfare
Service
PolicePolice
and/or
Assessment: The best interest of
the child including need of
protection
Pre-
mee
ting
Pre-
mee
ting
Consulting Meeting:
Prosecutor
Police
Social worker
Somatic doctor
Child psychiatry counsellor
CH
Social workers: – How toinvolve the children?
Prosecutor
Police
Finish without
any further
measurements
Measuring
Preliminary
Investigation
Closes down
Take legal
measures
against the
suspect
Case Process
Preliminary
Investigation
starts
Forensic
interview
Forensic
interview
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10. Ongoing study
“Children in Children’s House
– an interdisciplinary study into the
perspective of children”
A case study of Swedish Children’s House (CH)
1. from the perspective of children and children’s
perspective - make the children’s voices heard
2. from social worker’s perspective. The
commission of Swedish Social workers in CH
and the investigational work involving the
children
Ann-Margreth E. Olsson @ 2015
17. I am not approaching the child
Social workers talk about themselves as becoming
disorientated, not sure about what is permitted in
relation to the criminal legal proceedings
•finding no convenient moment for approaching the
child or
•concluding that there is already too many different
new persons for the child in CH
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18. The whys
– Enough for today for the child…
– I will not be this child’s social worker – a
colleague will take over …
– First we always meet the parents .…
– Later we will invite the child…
– Tomorrow we will check if the child has
arrived to school, about reactions and
questions…
(in participating observations)
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19. Leaving
and there is no immediate need of protection
The child leaves CH with the legal guardian
and safety person…
• returns to school or day care without any further
support.
• not knowing the parents’ responses and
reactions when informed.
• later goes home to the parents without further
support or information about what is going on,
• not given opportunities in relieving of feelings
after being summoned and brought to police
interrogation in CH
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23. The dream: Involving the child
• firm and successful in the negotiation and
power game between criminal/legal domain &
social/legal domain
• living the idea of involving the child improving
assessment and support
• exploring the child’s point of view here and
now, needs, resources and future contacts
• giving the child the social worker’s visiting card
- telephone number, e-mail - how to come in
contact
• consulting the child afterwards – same day or
next day
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24. Conclusions and suggestions
• Introduce professional considerations about the
involvement of the child before, during and after
the forensic interview
• Develop joint actions in inviting the child into a
dialogue with the social worker
• Introduce and develop special support to
children returning to school or day care or
create an alternative solution the rest of the day
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25. Thank you and welcome to contact:
ann-margreth.olsson@hkr.se
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