Social services approach to case assessment
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Social services approach to
Case Assessment
2014- 01-28
The County Administrative Board of Stockholm –
Counteracting prostitution and trafficking
National co-ordination in Sweden - Office of the national coordinator
Co-ordination for safe return of victims of trafficking
Support programs for rehabilitation of victims of trafficking
Mapping of the prostitution in Sweden
National Guidelines regarding trafficking in human beings
National Operational Co-ordination/ Children: National Police Board,
National Criminal Police, Specialised Police Units in Stockholm,
Prosecutors office, International Chambers, The Swedish Migration
Board/Child expert, Social services in i Stockholm & Gothenburg
A flexible and adjustable composition depending on needs
Operational support through advice/ national guidelines for social
services/ other authorities
National report on trafficked children in
Sweden, 2009-2011
2009–2011 Social service and NGO´s
registered 166 Children possible victims of
THB. (100 children reported to the police)
Of the 102 children in social services there
were:
81 of the children defined as unaccompanied/
approx. 50/50 children from EU and asylumseeking children
12 children was with their parents
50/50 Boys and Girls. Age 3 to 17 years
50 % Sexual-exploitation- majority girls
50 % criminality, begging and work –majority
boys
Very few THB cases with children to court.
3 persons convicted in three years, 5 children
involved.
Conclusions and Proposals from the report
Increased national responsibility for trafficked children
Specific guidelines to social services*
Skills development and increased authority-cooperation*
Qualified and specialized institutions for the target group*
Protect children from disappearing*
Strengthen children's rights in the legal process
Revision regarding legislation in cases with children
Stronger cooperation in-between EU countries*
Child protection
Report 14:1 SoL
First assessment/
Risk assessment
Is there need for
immediate protection?
Trafficking suspicion
Report to the police
Start social investigation
11:1,2 SoL/ BBIC
How is the child heard?
Assessment- why is a
social investigation not
started?
Social assessment/
Legal guardian
§ 6 LVU
Open or closed
institution
Contact embassy/LST
Stockholm/IOM/ social
authorities in home
country
Brussels II regulation?
Social Services Act/ Child Protection
Social services act – SoL
14 kap 1 § SoL – report
11 kap 1,2 §§ SoL – social assessment (4 months)
LVU - Care of Young Persons Act –(1 month/ 6
months) LSU
Emergency assessment of risks/ protection
measures
BBIC – Children’s needs in focus – NBHW - a
framework for assessment, planning and reviewing
in child welfare
Legal guardianship/ dilemmas
Brussels II regulation
Difference in praxis and decisions from
Administrative courts/ municipalities
Children are not identified as victims
Decision process/ Care of young persons act
Social
worker/
suggestion to
decision
LVU (LVM)
Municipality
Chairman of
Social Welfare
Board
Administrative
court
decision
Cooperation: Authorities & Organisations
Child
protectio
n/ Social
service
Outreach
socialworkers
POLICE/
PROSECUTOR
The
Child
Health
services
Institution
NGO´s
Best Interest Determination/ Dilemmas
Child committing a crime being a possible victim of
trafficking
Institution needs to have knowledge about the
specific needs
Treated as a criminal not as a victim
Identification/ former criminality?
Quick information regarding this from the police.
Effects the protection measures taken by social
authorities.
In the Child's best interest to have the charges
dropped and be classified as a victim of trafficking.
The child might not agree on this
Ethical dilemmas in the best interest determination
The social services and the child´s view on best
interest determination
Specific issues transnational cases
Embassies
Cooperation national authorities for family assessment/
Best interest Determination
Brussels II regulation
Coordinating/ planning a voluntary and safe return
Contact:
Charlotta Thorelius, tfn +46-8-785 41 14
e-post: [email protected]
http://projektwebbar.lansstyrelsen.se/NMTSVERIGE
Example of a process/ authorities/ BID?
Asylum seeking
child/ when
committing a
crime
social services
contact / child
committing a crime
and restart the
asylum process disappears
The child has no
connection to any
authority except from
a missing persons
report at the police
Goes missing –
reported from social
service/ legal
guardian to the
police
After 2 weeks- case
closed in migration
services
Social services close
11; 1,2 Sol when the
child is not found.