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School curator services

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The curator supports you, for instance, with your family situation, problems at school, interaction and issues regarding human relationships.

Among student welfare curators are the school curators in elementary and lower secondary schools, and study curators at high schools and vocational schools. A curator is the social worker at a school, or at an educational institution.

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Contact the curator at your own school, high school or educational institution. The curator can be contacted by the child or youth themself, along with the custodian, a person among the school staff, or some other official or organisation.

For more information, see the Wilma or DigiOne service of your own school, high school or educational institution.

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To whom and on what terms

All students in basic education, high schools and vocational institutions may use the school curator's services.

Background information

At pre-primary and basic education and secondary level educational institutions, a student welfare social worker provides guidance and counselling related to studies and school attendance. Support is provided in such issues as the family situation, interaction and interpersonal relationships. These services are available at every educational institution.

A student must be organised a possibility of talking to a student welfare social worker in person at the latest on the seventh working day after the student or a guardian has requested a meeting. In urgent cases, this possibility must be organised on the same or the following working day. The social worker participates in developing the welfare of the entire community of the educational institution. He or she also refers the student to other student welfare services if necessary.

The service is provided by

The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland

Responsible for the service

The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland
Text edited by: The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland
Updated: 25/3/2024