Osallisuuden aika ry on lastensuojelun palveluita asiakasnäkökulmasta kehittävä yhdistys. Keräämme lastensuojelun asiakasnuorten näkemyksiä heitä koskevista palveluista ja viemme tätä tietoa eteenpäin päättäville tahoille.
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Osallisuuden aika ry, in english "Time to participate", is an association which main purpose is to increase involvement of former service users of child protective services and professionals of social services. Two key goals are to develop social services as an equal partnership with service users and professionals, and to increase cooperative way of working in child protecting services.
HISTORY
The association of Osallisuuden aika was founded in April 2014 from the roots of group called the Young Developers. The Young Developers group started as an expert group by experience in 2011. In November 2012 the Young Developers was awarded the Finnish National Democracy Award, which was an important recognition of the group’s development and participation work.
The youth who work in our association are former service users of child protective services. The youth have for example been giving speeches and lectures together with professionals of social services in multiple conferences, they have been teaching new social workers in University of Helsinki and in a spirit of co-reserching method they have participated many different work groups that develop new, better functional social services. When we develop social services that really does work, it saves money in a long run.
THE METHOD OF CO-RESEARCHING
The method of co-researching is the main method that we use in our association. This method is based on the systemic innovation model formulated by Pasi Pohjola and Juha Koivisto (2013), where development is seen as a networking process, an interaction by various actors and elements, and as unlinear. Former service users, young people, work as an equal relationship with different professionals, students and researchers.
The principles of the method are acting within a relationship, voluntary participation, empowerment, equal and open expertise, trust, cooperation and co-planning, influencing and ethics (Kati Palsanen, 2013). This method makes our association special and unique.
CONTACT US
Please contact us, if you have any questions or you want to know more about our work.
Heidi Rosback, the project manager, tel. +358 400 850 605
Vilma Vähämaa, the COB / expert through expirience,
tel. +358 50 518 2665Maya Waitara, project worker tel. +358 45 358 5056
Vappu Taipalus, project worker tel.+358 45 892 3823
Josefiina Pystynen, project worker tel. +358 40 169 5649
Email addresses: info@osallisuudenaika.fi