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Human Health Activities

Other municipalities using same salary system wreaking havoc for Helsinki city workers

Publishing Newspapers

HBL: East Uusimaa employers colluding to hold down social worker salaries

Name change still eases job hunts for Roma

Childrens Ombudsman

Authority finds child welfare units keep inadequate records on use of disciplinary measures

Ilkka Manninen (Author)

Corrections of typos, wrong dates needed in some of Finland's EU Covid certificates

Childrens Ombudsman

Yle investigation: Child welfare workers face verbal threats, physical violence

Child Protection

Corona crisis increases need for child protection services, survey finds

Social barometer: People most in need left without help during pandemic

Report: 80% of child welfare workers face violence at work

Earnings Information

Earnings-related unemployment allowances hit 20-year high

Regional and Local Authorities

'Sote' reform proceeds to Parliament

Childrens Ombudsman

40% of municipalities say child welfare notices increased during pandemic

Temporary Parenthood

"Once you check in you don't check out" -- Finland's long haul foster care placements

Restaurants, nightclubs may face new opening hour restrictions

Fewer accidents but more domestic incidents during corona spring

Childrens Ombudsman

Child welfare reports double in 10 years

New social and health services reform proposal heads for review

Survey: Crisis worsened hunger, financial distress in Finland

Childrens Ombudsman

What you need to know about Finland's child welfare system

The Finnish Broadcasting Company

Yle investigates: One in ten foster homes in Finland has broken the law

Childrens Ombudsman

Failed early intervention system behind rise in child welfare reports, care placements

Police step up youth supervision as school term ends

Wages and Employee Benefits

Helsinki to hike wages for home care and social workers

Aging and Senior Citizens

Watchdog probes up to 15 deaths at senior care homes

Opposition Party

Care home crisis talks produce 25-point improvement list as opposition parties table confidence motion

Embattled CEO of elder care home quits over negligence reports

Child welfare notifications up 15 percent

Helpline and Hotline

Child welfare helpline logs over 20k phone calls in 2017

Oulu Sub-Region

Tuesday’s papers: Slippery roads, pop-up icebreakers, busy social workers and another tax deadline

Poverty and Social Security

Social worker: Emergency housing for homeless merely temporary solution

Finland formally apologises to children abused in care

Aging and Senior Citizens

Elderly residents could be housed alongside people with disabilities in care-home shakeup

Academic: Disputed theory used in child custody cases violates child protection law

Daily: Some 200 children in Vantaa lack child welfare case workers

Monday's papers: 'People have too many guns,' some child protection 'deplorable,' Helsinki Airport's luggage system malfunctions

Finnish child welfare: Child protection or "for profit" foster care?

Temporary Parenthood

Tell us your story: Foster care in Finland

Temporary Dwelling

Helsinki homeless rush to shelters as cold snap bites

Good Holiday Spirit campaign raises more than 1 million euros

Poverty and Social Security

Specialist: Universities must do more to tackle social worker crisis