Support System for Vulnerable Children and their Families in Denmark

デンマーク　ニ　オケル　コドモ　ノ　シャカイテキ　ヨウゴ　ヨボウテキ　ヤクワリ　ノ　ヒツヨウセイ

サトウ, モモコ

Sato, Momoko

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

デンマーク

子育て支援

子ども家庭福祉

予防的ケア

child welfare system

Denmark

child protection

out-of-home care

early intervention

The aims of this paper are to review the background and the outline of the child welfare system in Denmark and to describe its preventive function. In the Danish system for child protection, the service is supposed to be provided as a comprehensive service, in contrast to the Japanese system. The Danish child protection system changed its focus from out-of-home care to preventive care (at-home care). The preventive care system provides support to families which have some problems with raising children or managing everyday life, and prevents the families from breaking up. As a case study, the practice of one municipality in Denmark was examined. It shows how the cooperation between each specialist in the social service helps to offer the preventive care. The importance of preventive care is based on the concept that out-of-home care is the most damaging condition for both children and parents. The purpose of preventive care in Denmark is early intervention, focusing not on children who have special needs but on ordinary children and parents. It should be noted how the child protection system is concerned to the general child welfare services.