– It hurts to read. It is quite clear to me that the best interests of the child have not been leading. We need fewer of these cases, not more. The leader of the family and culture committee in the Storting, Grunde Almeland (V), is upset about reading the case about the little boy’s fate. Will make clear demands The five-year-old was in a foster home where he was safe and loved. However, due to a conflict with the child welfare service, the foster parents chose to terminate the assignment. This in turn led to the child welfare service in Larvik moving the boy home to the mother, who was clear that she was not able to take care of him at this time. The Liberal Party will take the initiative to give the authorities a better overview and control of the child welfare services in the municipalities. Almeland believes that clear requirements must be set for child welfare services. – Good, predictable agreements must be created. A foster family must know the conditions under which one becomes a foster family. Then the conditions must not change along the way. The goal must be that such stories should not be repeated, says Almeland. – We can not allow the public to gamble with children’s lives in this way, or that the help provided is so different from municipality to municipality. news has again been in contact with municipal director Jan Erik Norder in Larvik municipality. He says that the municipality does not want to give further comments on this matter. Previously, the municipality, through the child welfare manager, has stated that it is the child’s best interests and needs that always govern their assessments. Feeling out of place Silje Hjemdal (Frp) says that the case is an example of children being thrown balls on the basis of conflicts between child welfare services and foster homes. Now she believes it is urgent to find good solutions to avoid foster children being moved unnecessarily. Member of the Family and Culture Committee in the Storting, Silje Hjemdal (Frp) expects the government to take action to prevent children from becoming throwing balls in the foster home system. Photo: Ida Yasin ANdersen / news – No child should risk a lost childhood because they feel like a throwing ball or a financial burden in their municipality. The FRP politician has sent written questions to the Minister. Now she expects the Minister for Children and Families to come up with measures in the field of foster care. – I expect her to deliver something concrete on what can be done to strengthen the foster homes. You can not just sit and wait for samples, studies and other projects. Concerned The case makes an impression on Minister for Children and Families Kjersti Toppe (Sp). She is concerned that children in foster homes are being moved too many times. – There are many things in the child welfare field that must be addressed in order to get better quality. There may be individual incidents, but there may also be systematic failures in one area. We must ensure that the system does so so that more relocations than necessary can be avoided. Minister for Children and Families, Kjersti Toppe (Sp) says that she is working to strengthen the rights of foster parents. Photo: Morten Waagø / news Toppe is aware that children should receive the same good and predictable offer no matter where they live in the country. Now she wants to ensure better rights for children and foster parents. – We have started work to look at how we can strengthen foster parents’ rights, both party rights, but also the financial rights, which we often know are a source of conflict.
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