Due to congestion in the social counselling for families with children we respond to Maisa applications and "Tarvitsen apua" (I need help online form) contacts within about a week of receiving the message.

Early Support Social Services

If you need support for the challenges of parenting or to manage the stress of everyday life, you can seek help from social counselling, social guidance, home services, the family counselling clinic or couples therapy. Don’t hesitate to contact us, as receiving services does not require you to be a customer of social services. 

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Social counselling for families with children
You can contact us at a low threshold when you are seeking solutions to upbringing issues, parenting challenges or straining daily life. You do not need to know in advance what kind of help your family would benefit from.
Social guidance for families with children
We support you and your family in parenting and bringing up your children. Our services also include Roma family work, groups for mothers of babies at risk of depression, and sleep guidance groups for babies who sleep poorly.
Home services for families with children
If your family is under strain or your life situation suddenly changes, you can get help at home. Home services aim to support the family’s own resources.
Family counselling clinic
Parenting guidance and family counselling will help you in questions related to bringing up your child or adolescent, difficult life situations and crises affecting your child or family.
Couples’ therapy
Couples’ therapy aims to promote the family’s well-being by improving interaction between the parents. Problems such as disagreements, infidelity, threat of separation or challenges of reconstituted families can be addressed in couples’ therapy.

Does your family or child need help?

Your concerns may be related to stressful everyday life or troubles in parenting, for example. Please, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Information and support elsewhere

When your child falls ill (Omaperhe)
When a child falls ill, the whole family is affected. Finding out that your child is ill alone is enough to cause a crisis in the family. Childcare help and peer support can help in a difficult situation. Find more about the available services in Omaperhe
Balancing work and family life (Omaperhe)
Parents are often nervous about balancing work and family life but services, flexible working hours and help are available. Read more on the Omaperhe website.
When a parent falls ill (Omaperhe)
When a parent falls seriously ill, children can be frightened and their sense of security can be momentarily shaken. Children need support in this situation. Read more on the Omaperhe website.
Financial problems (Omaperhe)
Financial problems affect the daily life of the entire family and can cause worry and stress. Help and support is available. Read more about different forms of support on the Omaperhe website.
Vanhempainnetti online service for parents (MLL) in Finnish
The Vanhempainnetti online service for parents includes information and support for the daily life of families with children.
Perhepulma helpline (Väestöliitto) in Finnish
The Väestöliitto Perhepulma helpline gives you the opportunity to discuss your concerns related to issues such as parenting, bringing up children and relationships with an expert.

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Therapeutic work for families with infants
We support the relationship and early interaction between the parent and the baby when there are particular concerns related to the pregnancy, childbirth or infancy.
Child health clinic psychologist
We help parents resolve concerns related to their children’s development and, if necessary, also organise help from other parties.

You can also find this page at hel.fi/early-support-social-services