The eHandbook for Child Welfare gives an overview of the child welfare work process:
- What is child welfare?
- Child participation
- Preventive child welfare
- The need for child welfare
- Assessing the need for child welfare
- Community care
- Urgent placement
- Taking into care
- Substitute care
- After-care
- Special issues
The different stages of the work process include information on relevant legislation, after which professionals are given advice on how to act in accordance with the law. The sections also include tips on good practice and other useful tools.
The overview of the work process also takes into account a number of special issues, such as working with immigrant clients and child abuse.