School social workers operate at the interfaces between education and health and social services. Identifying and intervening in social problems is an essential part of their work. Most often, students are referred to a school social worker for behavioural reasons. These include absenteeism, neglecting school, reckless behaviour and breaking of rules, difficulties with concentration, lack of motiv ...
When applying for a decision from the Finnish National Agency for Education
When submitting your application, enclose copies of the following documents:
Provide a translation of each document into Finnish, Swedish or English if the original document is in a language other than Finnish, Swedish, Danish, English, Estonian, Icelandic, French, German, Norwegian or Spanish. The translator must be an authorised translator in Finland or an official translator in the source country, working in the language pair in question. Translations done by the body that has issued the original document are also accepted.
If you have qualified as a school social worker abroad and want to qualify as a school social worker in Finland, apply for a decision on eligibility from the Finnish National Agency for Education. The decision-making process can be influenced by whether you have completed a degree in an EU or EEA country, or whether you are a national of an EU or EEA country or another country.
You can contact the Finnish National Agency for Education for more information on decision-making criteria.
The Finnish National Board of Education is obliged to make the decisions on the recognition of professional qualifications within four months of receipt of all documents. For other decisions, the law does not specify a maximum processing time. The processing of an application takes on average 2-3 months counting from the date on which all the necessary documents were provided.
Finnish National Agency for Education decides on the eligibility that a foreign qualification gives for positions in the early childhood education and care, teaching, and positions for which a Master of Laws degree completed in Finland is required.