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Meeting with social services

The are responsible for ensuring you are given information that is important for you to know. You can always ask questions and let them know if you don’t understand something.

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Before the meeting

You can have the help of an interpreter if you speak a language other than Swedish. Let social services know before the meeting if that is the case!

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You can bring someone else along to the meeting, for example, a parent, recreation leader, friend or sibling.

Examples of questions you can ask

  • Why do I need to meet social services?
  • Do I have to go to the meeting?
  • Who am I going to meet?
  • Who else is going to be there?
  • What are we going to talk about?
  • What sort of help are social services going to provide?
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It’s ok to ask your social worker these questions before the meeting

At the meeting
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At the meeting

You are always entitled to ask questions. If you don’t understand, ask again!

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You decide for yourself what you want to say and what questions you want to answer. You can be completely silent and just listen.

Examples of questions you can ask

  • What’s going to happen to me?
  • Who’s going to be informed about the things I tell you?
  • What was actually decided?
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It’s ok to ask your social worker these questions at the meeting

At the end of the meeting
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At the end of the meeting

You can ask the social worker to summarise what was said at the meeting and explain what is going to happen next.

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You can always contact your social worker after the meeting if there was something you did not understand.

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Usually you have the right to read what social services have written about you.

Examples of questions you can ask

  • Are we going to have more meetings?
  • Who will I see at the next meeting?
  • What are social services going to do now?
  • Can we be in contact via text messages (sms)?
  • How can we be in contact otherwise?
  • Can you remind me when it’s time for the next meeting?
Informations bubbla

It’s ok to ask your social worker these questions after the meeting

How did you feel after the meeting?

How did you feel after the meeting?

Click on one of the feelings to get advice on what you can do. Your answer will not be saved nor passed on to social services or anyone else.

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