A growing number of children in Finland’s major cities are seeking the help of the country’s child protection services. More than eight percent of youngsters in the six largest cities in Finland have been assisted by the welfare authorities, with this figure shooting up to more than 10 percent in Vantaa.
Overall, the number of children needing protection rose by more than 10 percent in 2009, compared with 2008. Vantaa, which is just north of Helsinki, saw the biggest rise with the number of vulnerable kids climbing by more than 20 percent in a year. Tampere, however, had the smallest increase of less than two percent.
Social workers claim the gain could be down to the revised Child Welfare Act which came into effect almost three years ago. The reworked legislation saw the threshold for filing a child welfare report lowered.
Merja Nikitin, head of child welfare services in Espoo, also cited other reasons, however.
“For instance early use of intoxicants has clearly increased,” she said in a report by YLE “However, we tend not to see a minor as having a substance abuse problem, but more to see the abuse as a symptom of his or her situation at home or school,” she added.
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