school schedule and can include public holidays, summer breaks etc. Foster Yes Service is available A social worker in the In 2014, care/Living in across the country municipality 1,032 family homes Services can be used carries out persons used or in homes both shorter and longer an assessment to decide residential with special term on the entitlement children and service for Administrated and The individual has a youth, children and handled by the possibility to choose the Persons using young persons municipalities provider ‘Living in (Anpassat Both municipal and All services under the LSS family homes boende barn private service shall be based on the right or in homes och unga) Profile of providers exist to self-determination, with special (where children users: integrity and influence service for are placed in the children (paragraph 6-7). Anyone children and domestic under the who has been granted young environment of age of 18 support under this service persons’ has a family that is is entitled to an individual decreased not their own) plan (10) with 26% The instructions from the since 2010. National Board for Health and Social Affairs (Socialstyrelsen) informs particularly that the persons shall have influence over the service and that the service
school schedule and can include public holidays, summer breaks etc. Foster care/Living in family homes or in homes with special service for children and young persons (Anpassat boende barn och unga) (where children are placed in the domestic environment of a family that is not their own) Yes Profile of users: children under the age of 18 Service is available across the country Services can be used both shorter and longer term Administrated and handled by the municipalities Both municipal and private service providers exist A social worker in the municipality carries out an assessment to decide on the entitlement The individual has a possibility to choose the provider All services under the LSS shall be based on the right to self-determination, integrity and influence (paragraph 6-7). Anyone who has been granted support under this service is entitled to an individual plan (10) The instructions from the National Board for Health and Social Affairs (Socialstyrelsen) informs particularly that the persons shall have influence over the service and that the service In 2014, 1,032 persons used residential children and youth, Persons using ‘Living in family homes or in homes with special service for children and young persons’ has decreased with 26% since 2010.
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