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If a young person is at risk of, for example, abuse or crime, the social welfare board of the municipality of origin can request compulsory care in accordance with the Youth Care Act, LVU.
Every year, about 1,000 people are placed in a home for young people, the so-called Sis home, according to LVU. About 60 young people who have been sentenced to closed youth care are also placed in homes each year.
Social services in the country All municipalities have been offered to respond to a Swedish radio survey on how they think the practices at Sis-hem work.
Some respond that the placements work well or that it is a good way out in an emergency situation.
But 80 municipalities – 40 percent of the municipalities that responded to the survey – affirmed that they have experience that the situation of children and young people who are placed in youth homes deteriorates during the time at home.
Regina Johnsson, Social Secretary in Karlshamn Township, he says ignorance among Sis employees may be one of the reasons young people go in the wrong direction during placement.
– It is staffed 24 hours a day with a lot of staff so it is enough that there are a couple of them and they can ruin a lot for a young person. Because it’s important to think about everything you do when you have these difficult youngsters. Because this is not easy youth.
Malin Östling, Director of Operations at Sis says that government employees should be able to act professionally even when faced with challenges.
– But it is clear that these are people and sometimes it is difficult, sometimes there is a bad answer and it is not acceptable.
Is it difficult to find good staff?
– It varies. But I think that, in general, in social functions in public activities, the need for personnel is skyrocketing. So there are many of us who compete for personnel.
