FSD3919 Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Service Providers 2020
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Study title
Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Service Providers 2020
Dataset ID Number
FSD3919
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3919https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3919
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Abstract
The data is part of a survey conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, which aimed to provide information on the activities, scope and content of round-the-clock child protection units. This dataset consists of a survey of service providers, the purpose of which was, among other things, to map the operation of service providers providing round-the-clock child protection services, the number of units, the capacity of care places, the availability and turnover of staff, and the quality of operations.
The first question asked was about staff turnover in the units and the availability of staff. The questionnaire also asked how the service provider was trying to attract staff and how staff turnover and availability problems had affected the operation of the unit. Next, the quality and quality management of the service, the use of experts by experience and whether the unit monitors the effectiveness of the care provided were asked. Experiences in improving the monitoring of services were also asked about. Further questions were raised as to whether the service would continue to operate in the same way or whether there would be changes.
The background variables are information on which provider is responsible for the provision of child protection services and how many units are part of the child protection service run by the service provider.
Keywords
child protection; children in care; personnel; residential child care; sheltered housing; social care; social services; social work
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Funders
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Time Period Covered
2020
Collection Dates
2020-03-23 – 2020-07-31
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Organization/Institution
Universe
Social and health care service providers whose activity is the provision of round-the-clock care in accordance with the Child Welfare Act and who have operating units established and approved for this purpose
Time Method
Cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Total universe/Complete enumeration
The questionnaire was sent to all child protection institutions - whether run by municipalities, joint municipal authorities, the state, private service providers or non-profit organisations - and to professional family homes. The questionnaires were addressed to the municipality/joint municipal authority, the service providers, the operational units and the residential units. In total, 155 responses were received from service providers.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Research Instrument
Semi-structured questionnaire
Data File Language
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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.
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Data Version
1.0
Related Datasets
FSD3918 Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Municipalities 2020
FSD3920 Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Operational Units 2020
FSD3921 Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Residential Units 2020
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
The researcher has removed identifying information from the data, such as personal data and information on the municipality of the service provider. Also mentions of the unit and references to the unit's function/region from the open-ended responses were removed from the data by the researcher.
The names of units and organisations as well as identifying information referring to them have been removed from the data at FSD.
Weighting
There are no weight variables in the data.
Citation Requirement
The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.
Bibliographical Citation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare: Round-the-clock Child Welfare Services: Service Providers 2020 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-03-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3919; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3919
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The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.
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