Becoming a support person
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A support person is an adult outside of the child's or adolescent’s home who meets the child or adolescent 1-4 times a month. The meetings are a few hours long and are spent doing things together, for example having a hobby. We are looking for balanced, reliable and committed adults of different ages. Both an adult living alone and an adult with a family can act as a support person.
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You can become a support person via Soite for a child or an adolescent who needs one. New volunteers are given an introduction to and schooling about beeing a support person. Persons who wish to become a support person must fill in an application. The social advisor gives more information.
Background information
A support person or family may be arranged for a child in need of special support and the child’s family. The child does not need to be a client of child welfare services in order to be assigned a support person.
Both support person and support family activities are tailored to the individual needs of the child and their family. The support person meets the child for a couple of hours every one to two weeks, and during their meetings, they pursue mutual activities or hobbies together. In support family activities, the child can, for example, spend one weekend a month with the support family.
The support person or family is paid a fee, and their expenses are reimbursed. Training is available for these roles. Support persons and families are bound by a duty non-disclosure that continues even after they cease their activities.
The Social Welfare Act