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The role and function of the spokesperson in care order proceedings: A cross-country study in Finland and Norway

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  • Enroos, Rosi
  • Stein Helland, Hege
  • Pösö, Tarja
  • Skivenes, Marit
  • Tonheim, Milfrid

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The article explores the spokesperson's role and function when representing children in care order proceedings in Norway and Finland. The Norwegian and Finnish child welfare systems share many similarities in international comparisons – they both have a family-service approach with a strong recognition of children's rights – but they have established quite different ways of representing children in care order proceedings via spokespersons. Based on the analysis of legislation and interviews with experienced spokespersons, we claim that the Norwegian spokesperson system represents the child's voice perspective and the Finnish system both the child's voice perspective and the child's best interest perspective. Although both child welfare systems have high ambitions to involve children in care order proceedings, the role of the spokesperson still needs to be paid a lot of attention in order to meet those high ambitions.

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  • Enroos, Rosi & Stein Helland, Hege & Pösö, Tarja & Skivenes, Marit & Tonheim, Milfrid, 2017. "The role and function of the spokesperson in care order proceedings: A cross-country study in Finland and Norway," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 8-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:74:y:2017:i:c:p:8-16
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.01.017
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    Cited by:

    1. Judith Cashmore & Peiling Kong & Meredith McLaine, 2023. "Children’s Participation in Care and Protection Decision-Making Matters," Laws, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-26, June.
    2. Haarberg, Frøydis Lønborg, 2024. "What do we know about children’s representation in child protection decisions? A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    3. Strömpl, Judit & Luhamaa, Katre, 2020. "Child participation in child welfare removals through the looking glass: Estonian children’s and professionals’ perspectives compared," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).

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