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YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTRES IN THE NETHERLANDS
CLOSING THE GAP?
Caroline Vink – The Netherlands Youth Institute01-03-2011
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Overview:Providing the best for children and families; reasons behind the Youth and Family Centres in the Netherlands
The Netherlands
• 16.7 mln inhabitants
• 1 mln immigrants
• 180.000 births a year
• same size as Estonia
• first-time mothers - 29 year
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Youth Policy in the Netherlands
• 0 – 18 (25) years• 1 in 5 has an ethnic minority
background• Decentralised responsibilities• Youth-at-risk model (distinction
between preventive, general services and youth care)
• Transition of care to local level (after 2011)
Children and Young People in the Netherlandsfacts and figures
•0 - 18: 3.500.000 (22%)
•Doing well: 85% (2.975.000)
•Problematic youth: 15% (525.000)
•(very) serious problems: 5% (175.000)
•No cooperation parents: 3% (105.000)
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The introduction of youth and family centres• Several evalutions of the Dutch care
system• Too much focus at risk• Lack of support for parents• Fragmented support system• Ministry for Youth and Families 2007 –
2010• 2008 – 2011 Youth and Family centres
in all 405 Dutch municipalities6
Increase of children and young people in specialised care
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Child andYouth care
Average growth rate:
± 7.4% a year
Special education
Average growth rate:
± 17.5% a year
Mental health care
Average growth rate:
± 12.5% a year
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PrioritiesYouth and Family Centres (local level)Basic Model
A. Child and youth healthcare– Child health clinics and municipal health services
B. Five Functions stipulated in the Social Support Act on parenting support
– Information and guidance– Identification of problems– Guidance to help– Minor pedagogical help– Coordination of care– Including social work, family coaching and parenting support
C. Link to Youth Care Agency (entrance care system)D. Link to School Care and Advice Teams
Youth and Family Centres
15 May 2009 15 October 201064%
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Youth and Family Centres
• No blueprint – many forms• Co-operation model• Not organised around parents and
children• Baby well clinic +• Central role
Youth and Family CentresPossible model
Information and Advice
Information and Advice
Youth and Family CentresYouth and Family Centres
Preventive andPedagogical
help
Preventive andPedagogical
help
Co-ordinationOf Care
Co-ordinationOf Care LocationLocation MarketingMarketing
VisitingHours
VisitingHours
InternetInternet InformationAt schools
InformationAt schools
TelephoneTelephoneBrochuresBrochures
Prevention - universal Signposting Interventions
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Youth and Family Centres
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Challenges:
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care that cares
Reconciling positive image
and low threshold:(Needs of parents)
Challenges
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no child left behind
and at-risk focus:Risk control and child
protection(responsibility authorities)
Challenges
Integrated Working:
•Bringing together different disciplines•Professionals with different attitudes towards parents and care•Communication•Who is responsible?
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Challenges
Listening to and involving parents:
What do parents want:•Support•Meeting•Information
Attitudes towards parents
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What Youth and Family Centres can bring• Low threshold and support• Continuum of care• Early intervention• Integrated working around the
family and child• Co-ordination of care• One family, one plan
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Will we close the gap?
•Support and protection•Different professionals•Attitudes towards parents•Knowing what works?
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„Tento projekt sa realizuje vďaka podpore z Európskeho sociálneho fondu v rámci Operačného
programu Zamestnanosť a sociálna inklúzia.“
www.esf.gov.sk www.fsr.gov.sk