"Better homes, for better childhoods"
WHY WE CHOSE TO START THE ASSOCIATION
Én kjærlighet - Ett hjerte - Ett mål:
The issues we’ve seen are recurring, and there’s every reason to believe that the causes of the problems are at system level. The weaknesses we have observed propagate in the systems from the State Administrator at the top to the individual child welfare offices and institutions, including caseworkers and other employees.
Caseworkers often receive a lot of strong criticism from parents and others on social media, but in our opinion the criticism should to a greater extent be directed upwards to the management of the child welfare services/institutions and up to the State Administrator. We believe that case managers often have inadequate tools, inadequate guidelines and a lack of training in problem identification and understanding.
The State Administrator has the supervisory authority and mandate to analyze, understand and implement necessary changes downwards in the system. In this context, caseworkers and parents/children also have a shared responsibility to report issues that are not working as intended, with potentially very serious consequences for parents and children. We go so far as to say that this is the duty of both caseworkers and parents.
Our goal is to assist parents and children in similar situations, as well as to be the association that is equipped to unite the interests of the state and parents/children.
key figures from child welfare in 2021
53 468
Concern messages
8 883
Number of children placed in foster homes
26%
of children with child protection measures have an immigrant background
71%
care takings were carried out by force
Foreningen Én Kjærlighet - Ett Hjerte - Ett Mål er en interesseorganisasjon som arbeider for å fremme enighet mellom foreldre, barn og barnevernet. Foreningen har som målsetninger å:
The association One Love - One Heart - One Goal will:
Promote the rights of parents and children:
Work to strengthen parents’ and children’s rights in encounters with various bodies, including child welfare services, BUP (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), interview processes, the County Board and the State Administrator.
Be a consultation body:
Participate as a consultative body to identify weaknesses and deficiencies in the system and contribute to the improvement of rules and protocols within child welfare.
Establish a register:
Work for the creation of a register for documenting deviations from caseworkers and experts, known as the “Deviation Register”.
Remove fixed bindings:
Work to remove permanent and potentially inappropriate links between child welfare services and experts, psychologists and other actors, to ensure independence and objectivity.
Provide guidance:
Provide guidance and support to parents and children, so that they are better equipped to handle situations and cooperate with the aforementioned bodies.
Inform parents and children:
Inform parents and children about relevant processes, rules, rights and expectations that apply in their meeting with child welfare services and related agencies, through lectures and individual meetings.
Help to promote your own voice:
Contribute to parents and children being able to express their own experiences and perspectives based on experiences from emergency homes, institutions and the like, especially in connection with complaint and supervision processes led by the State Administrator.
Improve collaboration:
Contribute to improved collaboration between child welfare services, parents and children, with an emphasis on understanding cultural differences, body language, language barriers and other factors that can affect communication and collaboration.
