Family work under the Social Welfare Act supports and guides your family in matters related to wellbeing. The service involves supporting parenting, guiding the care and upbringing of the children, managing the everyday life and routines at home, strengthening the family's ability to function in new situations, supporting the family’s interaction skills, expanding the family’s social networks and ...
Family work is provided to client families of the wellbeing services county with children aged 0–17 in need of special support. The content and objectives of family work are written down in a client plan together with your social worker.
To receive family work under the Social Welfare Act, you must be a client of family social work services. You can apply for family work under the Social Welfare Act with the help of a social worker.