Barnahus Linköping
Working together in Child Abuse cases.
Barnahus includes…
- Child Appropriate/Child Friendly Facility
- Multidisciplinary Team
- Coordination of Resources
- Forensic Interviews
- Medical Evaluation
- Crisis- and Therapeutic Intervention
- Competence development
- Trauma focused assessments
- Statistics and evaluations
Barnahus Linköping
• Barnahus team
• 9 social services, around 90 social workers in 9
municipalities, 260.000 inhabitants
• 4 prosecutors
• 2 police districts around 10 police officers
• Child and adolescent medical hospital
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Forensic medicine
• Women´s Hospital
Cooperation agreement
Important document
5 years, extended by 2 years if not terminated by either partner
6 months prior to the termination of the agreement.
Signed by all partners
Not only those who contribute economically.
Including commitments
For each individual partner
What is mainly included in the
Cooperation agreement
• Aim/purpose and the goal of Barnahus Linköping
• Target group
• Organisation
• Economy and cost allocation
• Assurance of competence
• Evaluation
• Commitments - specified for each partner
Polismyndigheten
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Delta på samråd.
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Barnförhör enligt målgruppen ska ske på Barnahus.
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Medverka till att barn som besöker Barnahus blir väl omhändertagna.
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Ansvara för sin del i den brottsutredning som pågår.
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Medverka till att sprida information och kunskap om Barnahus verksamhet.
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Delta vid kompetensutveckling inom samverkan.
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Delta vid kompetensutveckling som avser Barnahus målgrupp, inom den egna myndigheten.
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Bidra till statistikinsamling, utvärdering och uppföljning.
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Genom representanter medverka på arbets- och styrgruppsmöten.
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Ansvara för nödvändig teknisk utrustning i förhörsrum samt i medhörningsrum.
Kommun/socialtjänst
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Delta på samråd.
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Delta i medhörningsrum under barnförhör.
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Medverka till att barn som besöker Barnahus blir väl omhändertagna.
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Ansvara för den utredning som pågår enligt socialtjänstlagen, vilket inkluderar den skyddsbedömning som görs i
samband med barnförhör.
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Tillse att handläggande personal har den kompetens som behövs.
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Medverka till att sprida information och kunskap om Barnahus verksamhet.
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Delta vid kompetensutveckling inom samverkan.
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Delta vid kompetensutveckling som avser Barnahus målgrupp, inom den egna myndigheten.
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Bidra till statistikinsamling, utvärdering och uppföljning.
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Genom representanter medverka på arbets- och styrgruppsmöten.
How do we make it work?
Prosecutors (4)
Police (6 + 4)
”Children weeks” = the same
prosecutor that attends the joint
consultation meeting is also present
in the hearing room during the
interview, the same week.
”Children weeks” = the police officers that
attends the joint consultation meeting are
also conducting the interview, the same
week.
Children´s hospital
Social services
The specialists have a ”Barnahusschedule” for attending the joint
consultation meeting. Examinations are
done by pediatrician on call.
The social worker who handles the
case attends the joint consultation
meeting and is present in the hearing
room.
Child-and adolescent
psychiatry
A representative attends the joint
consultation meeting. If the child has
an ongoing contact, that person
attends.
Barnahus team
Schedule for holding joint consultation
meeting and presence in the hearing
room. Teamassistent calls to joint
consultation meeting and works as a
secretary. Offers crisis intervention and
some treatment.
…together!
”We don´t need to plan and be responsible for the practical things around the child.
Barnahus staff has the overall picture. Barnahus is a neutral place where we meet and
collaborate on equal terms”. Helene Gestrin, prosecutor.
”We win a lot of time since the partners plan together at the same occasion.
We notice a huge difference when we have cases outside Barnahus district.”
Maria Eklund, social services
”We get a lot of practical help around the planning and also when the child comes to
Barnahus. This means that we can focus on what we are good at: the interview of the child.
We can also contact Barnahus staff for help and support.” Linda Vallin, police officer
“Barnahus promotes good cooperation between the child- and adolescent
psychiatry, the municipalities and the other partners.”
Åsa Lundberg, child- and adolescent psychiatry
“We enjoy having a well-functioning and robust machinery that facilitates good
communication between the partners. It makes our job easier.” Peter Wide, pediatrician
Voices about Barnahus Linköping
We have a
thought of solving
issues together!
Good knowledge
of the staff at
Barnahus.
Constant work
to get better!
The different
professionals can
help each other.
The work in the house
is alive and things are
captured, discussed
and changes are made
both in the big and the
small!
Things raised in the working group
Examples of ”details” in the cooperation…
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From prosecutors – social workes need to be better prepared for the joint
consultation meetings.
From social services – prosecutors have been tough in their appearance in the joint
consultation meetings.
From pediatricians – reminding ourselves about routines when children come to the
hospital outside office hours.
From the police – importance of having right name and phone number to witnesses,
in the police report.
From Barnahusteam – questioning time aspects.
Examples about broader issues…
 How do we ensure the best child´s perspective?
 How can we improve the routines when it comes to genital mutilation and honorrelated issuses?
 What kind of themes do we want in the meetings ahead?
 What kind of need do we have according to competence building and what can we
learn from each other?
Always ongoing…
Euqal terms
Understanding of each other's possibilities
and limitations
Evaluation
Developing our skills