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Social conditions, welfare and crime: Child welfare and family counselling
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Less children received measures from the Child Welfare Services
A total of 54 600 children received measures, both care and assistance measures, in 2019. This represents about a thousand children less than in 2018
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More seek help to strengthen relationship
In 2017, the number of family counselling cases increased by 2 per cent from the previous year. The proportion of couples was higher, as was the number who wanted to strengthen their relationship or parental Collaboration.
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Largest increase in family counselling cases in 15 years
The number of family counselling cases increased last year by 9 per cent. This is the sharpest increase since the turn of the century.
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Increased number of notifications
In 2016, the Child Welfare Services received 58 300 notifications relating to 52 100 children. This is 7 per cent more than in 2015. At the same time, fewer notifications were dismissed without starting an investigation.
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Fewer parent mediations, more family counselling cases
There were just over 20 000 completed parent mediation cases in 2015 – a decline of nearly 4 per cent from the year before. Meanwhile, there were more than 27 000 new family counselling cases, which constitutes a relatively strong increase of 8 pe...
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Increased number of children in care centers
Care centres for minors are part of the Child Welfare Services, and therefore included in these statistics. The large influx of refugees that came to Norway in autumn 2015 caused a significant growth in the number of unaccompanied minors in such c...
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Minifacts about Norway 2015
The 2015 edition of Minifacts about Norway was the final edition.Minifacts about Norway presents key information about Norway in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
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Children and adolescents with immigrant background in Child welfare services 2012
Reports 2015/16
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Turnover in child welfare among municipalities
Reports 2014/18
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Unaccompanied minor refugees in the Child welfare services 2011
Reports 2014/07
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