Local Youth Xperts
CHILD PROTECTION
Who can benefit from the tools
- decision-makers in the municipal council, the executive committee, the heads of upbringing and youth services board, or other main committees
- service managers, headteachers, project leaders, or advisors in the municipal administration
Those who are invited must receive understandable, engaging information about:
- what the theme is and what the answers will be used for
- who is wondering about this and why these questions are being asked
- how the answers will be used
The responsibility of decision-makers when collecting answers from children and young people
- ensure that the participants receive a greeting or a video as thanks for taking part
- ensure that the participants know how they can get in touch if they have more to contribute or are wondering about something
- ensure that the participants are told how the answers they have contributed have been used as the basis for the decision and what weight it has been given. This can be done through a text, an audio file, or a video
- publish on the municipality’s website or social media how the answers have been used as the basis for the decision and what weight it has been given
A group of young adults from the municipality or district, whom many children and young people trust, are given the task of collecting advice from children in the Child Protection System.
Decision-makers meet children and young people in the Child Protection System directly through sessions together with a young youth worker.
Decision-makers receive answers from children and young people in the Child Protection System through the administration preparing digital forms that young people can answer.
Decision-makers, employees in the upbringing and youth administration, and child protection managers can publish questions for children and young people in the Child Protection System on a website. Children and young people can also share advice or ideas.