Professional Family Services
Professional Family Services are provided in the Uusimaa (around Helsinki) and Kymi (some 200 km east of Helsinki) regions. The unit supplies and develops the services, which are provided to families at home.
Services can be purchased by families, municipalities and organizations in the regions. They meet the family’s individual needs and are solution-oriented.
Professional family services include family work and care for children in vulnerable circumstances or with injuries and chronic illnesses. They are provided when families need assistance in child care and support in coping with every day life and may be short-term, regular, or long-term.
Family work plans can be drawn up together by the family, family workers and a representative of local social services. They are followed through and assessed and updated continuously.
Points of Departure for Professional Family Services
- Support for parents in coping with everyday stress
- Priority on the well-being of children
- Referral of families to social work and health care services when necessary
Professional family services are financed by municipal health and social welfare authorities, either through fixed-term agreements or with vouchers.
Our Work in 2007
In Uusimaa region family work comprised 33% of the family services, family work 39% and care for children in need of child protection or with injuries or chronic illnesses 28%. In the Kymi region the respective figures were 17%, 6% and 77%.
The services were used by 259 families with more than 1000 children. A total of 4650 family visits were made and more than 24,200 hours of care were recorded.
Contact Information
Uusimaa region:
Munkkiniemen puistotie 25 A, 00330 Helsinki
tel: +358 40 732 4233
perhepalvelu.uusimaa@mll.fi
Kymi region:
Kymenlaaksonkatu 7, 48100 Kotka
tel: +358 5 3400 755
perhepalvelu.kymi@mll.fi