SAHAKOSKI

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SAHAKOSKI

• FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER

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FRONTSIDE
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RIVERSIDE
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BACKSIDE
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ORGANISATION
MANAGER
HOUSEKEEPER
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SURVEY PERIOD FOR THE CHILDS OR ADOLESCENTS
LIFE SITUATION
Living in Kaisla from 1 month to 1 year
BACK HOME
CHILD OR ADOLESCENT COMES TO KAISLA
LONGTERM CARE IN VEHKA (SAHAKOSKI)
SURVEY AND EVALUATION
CLIENT PLAN IN 1- 5 DAYS
CONCLUSIONS
SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE
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PARENTHOOD ASSESSMENT AND FAMILY REHABILITATION
CONCERN OF SOCIAL WORKER
VISIT TO SAHAKOSKI
DECISION
KAISLA-PERIOD BEGINS
1-2 weeks
Living in Kaisla 1-5 months
ORIENTATION TO THE FUTURE
EVALUATION, INSTRUCTING
ORIENTATION TO SAHAKOSKI
AFTER KAISLA- PERIOD
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CAUSES FOR A PERIOD

• A CHILD/ADOLESCENT
• child endangers his/her own development by using
  intoxicant, missing school or committing crimes
• parents difficulties in parenthood
• childs behaviour problems
• parents intoxicant abuse (alcohol, drugs)
• parents/childs mental health problems
• domestic violence

• A FAMILY
• Instable circumstances in family life
• disability in parenthood
• parents intoxicant abuse
• mental health problems
• conflicts in family
• tiredness
• help for a young parent
• the management of personal finances

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MEANS OF EVALUATION

• THE WORK IS BASED ON INTERACTION BETWEEN
• CLIENT AND INSTRUCTOR
• Interview/basic facts
• Week plan
• Observations in everyday life and interaction of
  the family
• Rhythm of 24 hours
• Conversation with named instructor
• Instructing in everyday life
• Network with authorities
• The management of personal finances
• Professional cards and games, netmap, lifes
  path, circle of time, treasuremap, future
  planning
• Parenthood rolemap
• Child nursing

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CLIENT PROFILES

• A CHILD/ADOLESCENT
• child about 10 years and up who has the ability
  to manage daily life rutines
• problems in home, at school or in free time
• behaviour problems

• A FAMILY
• families with tiredness, relationship problems
  and problems in upbringing children
• families with problems in lifestyle and finances
• families with minor mental health and intoxicant
  problems

• CLIENTS WHO ARE NOT SUITABLE TO KAISLA
• serious violence and behaviour problems
• serious mental health problems
• serious intoxicant problems

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RESULTS

• There is need for this kind of a social service
  in Hamina.
• Social worker have a better overall picture in
  child welfare
• Co-operation between social workers, family
  workers and instructors is developing all the
  time
• Work has become more systematic and new methods
  to help families have been found

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• Feedback from the clients has mostly been
  positive
• 9 families within 1½ years the children in the
  families have been under school age
• in two families the children have been taken in
  to custody
• 14 children/adolescent within 1½ years
• 3 of them went to longterm care 11 of them
  returned home
• Clients commitment to Kaisla period has a
  significant influence to the results that the
  period can offer.

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CLIENTS FEEDBACK

• A CHILD/ADOLESCENT
• Positive
• improvement at school
• less disagreements with family
• better self control
• correct 24 hour rhythm
• Negative
• they didnt like rules
• home sickness

• FAMILIES
• Positive
• meanful experience in their lives offers support
  and clearness to their life situation
• satisfaction to family work
• possibility to change negative development in
  family
• most significant are the presence, interaction
  and dialogue with family workers and instructors
• Negative
• occational problems with communication
• families wanted more time to be with instructors
  or more child nursing

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CHALLENGES

• Continuing the development of co-operation with
  social workers and family workers.
• Collecting more feedback from the clients.
• Education for personnel.
• Motivating clients before and during the period
  for the commitment that the co-operation needs.