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National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

Sosiaaliportti is maintained by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

Knowledge in Social Welfare

Sosiaaliportti.fi collects and offers classified information from different sources, a space for virtual communities and other high-quality interactive web services for social work professionals.

The web portal supports knowledge exchange between professionals and encourages collegial support. The aim is to strengthen the status of social work in Finland.

Information is offered free of charge and is open to all web users.

 Good Practise Label 2007 given to sosiaaliportti.fi web portal


Sosiaaliportti.fi

Sosiaaliportti - The Social Gateway - is designed for social workers and other professionals in the social sector. The web portal supports social workers in their daily work.

Sosiaaliportti is a gateway bringing together different actors and organisations in the Finnish social sector.

Welcome to Sosiaaliportti.fi

The English version introduces the main features of the Finnish portal.

eConsultancy 
eConsultancy service in different professional areas.
 In English      In Finnish

eHandbook for child welfare
Daily tools for social work, laws, methods and descriptions of working processes.
 In English     In Finnish

Web pages for development projects in social welfare
Number of websites for national development projects in social welfare. 
 In English     In Finnish

Link index
Link index includes more than 2000 classified links to practice-related web pages.
 In Finnish

Daily news and happenings
Daily news from the field of social work and calendar offering information on events, courses and work opportunities.
 In Finnish

Discussion groups 
Professionals discuss on work related issues and gain peer support.
 In Finnish

Extranets
Closed groups that are working spaces for the social work professionals.
 In Finnish

Blogs
Social work professionals write their online diary.
 In Finnish

Online directory with contact information of special experts
Search for supervisors, consultants, trainers etc.
 In Finnish

 

Good Practices

Goodpractice.fi publishes descriptions of functional and effective social and health care practices.

 Goodpractice.fi

Guardianship in Child Protection

Easy access to information and material on guardianship in child welfare cases.

 Guardianship in Child Protection