NOTIFICATION. - An expression of care

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1 NOTIFICATION - An expression of care

2 Professionals who work with children and young people have a special responsibility to ensure that children who show signs of failure to thrive get the wright help. This pamphlet shall give parent insight in, which action waysday care has, in order to ensure the individual child Get help at an early stage, before problems grow big and heavy you and not at least your child deserve this. There is no taboo in accepting help, but it can however be seen as a sign of strength to be aware of your parental responsibility, when you act on your child s signals of failure to thrive.

3 NOTIFICATION - an expression of care As starting point, we all as parents wish that our children thrive and have a good stabile everyday life. A notification can be the little help that makes the big difference. Professionals with children contact have a special responsibility to be aware of the thriving of the child and show the care, which a notification is the expression of. A notification will most often be sent in cooperation with you. If you disagree, the daycare services still have the obligation to pass on their concern for the individual child as a notification There may be special situations, where parents will not be involved, in order to protect the child. What happens, it the authorities are notified about the concern for a child? When the authorities receive a notification about a child, they are dealing the case, to uncover, whether the child needs special support. In those cases, where the child needs help, there will be designed a plan regarding how the child and eventually the family can get the support that is needed. In above mentioned both the child and the parental authorities are involved as much as possible.

4 Formålet med den støtte, kommunen kan yde til de børn og unge, der har et særligt behov herfor, er at sikre, at disse børn kan opnå de samme muligheder for personlig udvikling, sundhed og et selvstændigt voksenliv som deres jævnaldrende. foranstaltning for at afhjælpe barnets vanskeligheder. Se, hvordan andre familier og børn har fået hjælp på Kommunen har til pligt at sætte ind tidligt med den mindst indgribende Eksempel fra deldinbekymringnu.dk: JEG ER EN BEDRE MOR NU : Nanna manglede overskud og hendes dengang 2 årige søn Valdemar fik lov til at have magten og styre hjemmet. Hele situationen blev forværret af en dramatisk skilsmisse mellem Nannas forældre. Nanna fik en depression. Men så skete der noget, der vendte op og ned på familiens hverdag. Jeg er en bedre mor nu Nanna bliver indkaldt til en samtale på kommunen, hvor hun får at vide, at kommunen vil lave en børnefaglig undersøgelse af Valdemars trivsel. Jeg husker, hvordan jeg efter mødet googlede på ord som underretning og børnefaglig undersøgelse og da jeg så, at undersøgelsen kunne ende med en tvangsfjernelse, blev jeg vildt bange. Tænk hvis de ville tage Valdemar fra mig, tænkte jeg, siger Nanna her halvandet år efter. Men de mange samtaler handlede om, hvordan Nanna og Valdemar kunne få den rette hjælp i hjemmet Overskud til at være mor Da jeg fik resultatet af undersøgelsen, jublede jeg. Pludselig stod jeg ikke alene med det hele mere. Når Nanna skal fortælle, hvad det har betydet for hende og Valdemar at få hjælp, kommer svaret hurtigt: Jeg har fået overskud i hverdagen til at være mor. Hjemmekonsulenten kommer en gang om ugen. Hun er fantastisk og er god til at guide mig, så jeg får lettere ved at sætte grænser for Valdemar. Det er benhårdt arbejde, men det lysner nu, siger en glad Nanna

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6 The purpose with the support, the authorities can offer to the children and young people, who have a special need for this, is to ensure, that these children obtain the same possibilities for personal development, health and an independent adult life as those of same age. The authorities have a duty to take early action with the least radical measures, to overcome the child s difficulties. See, how other families and children have received help on: If you have questions about notification, you can contact: The staff at the daycare services Kolding Kommune s family counseling on Tel.: or seek more knowledge on Kolding.dk underretning-om-mistrivsel The Social Services Act 153 (increased notification duty) The social Services Act chapter 11 (special support for children and young people)

7 ABUSE PACKAGE - with the child at the center On October 1st 2013, the abuse package took effect. This resulted in an increasing effort towards children and young people, who are under suspicion of being exposed to violence or sexual abuse. The purpose with this abuse package is to protect children against abuse on a larger scale than has been possible until now. It is based on the cases, which have covered by the media, as for instance the Tønder-case and the Brønderslev-case. Every daycare has to notify the authorities, if they have suspicion on, that children are exposed to abuse, including of violent or sexual nature. This means, that if your children tell they have been beaten, or if the daycare in other ways have a suspicion, the authorities will have to be notified immediately. In these cases any individual daycare cannot inform you as parents about the notification, before the notification is sent. This in order to ensure the child and the information the child will give. The social worker shall evaluate the notification within 24 hours and immediately after this hold a children interview with the child in question. This children interview will most often be held in the individual daycare. After this the social worker will contact you as parents. The cooperation will continue in all areas as usual, with involvement, information and mutual cooperation If you have questions regarding the abuse package, you can contact: The staff at the daycare The Social Services website. The Kolding Kommune s Family counseling on Tel.: or on Kolding.dk

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