Outreach youth work

Youth Act, Chapter 3, Section 11

Disclosure of information to youth outreach workers

The disclosure of information for the purposes of outreach youth work requires the consent of the young person, unless otherwise provided in this Act or elsewhere.

Notwithstanding the provisions on confidentiality, the young person’s identification and contact details must be disclosed to their home municipality for the purposes of outreach youth work as follows:

1)

the education provider must disclose information about young people who are not subject to compulsory education and who discontinue their studies in vocational education, upper secondary education or preparatory education for qualification-based education;

2)

The Defence Forces and the Civil Service Centre must disclose information about young people who are exempted from military or civil service due to unfitness for service or who interrupt their service.

(30 December 2020/1232)(switch to another service)

The education provider, the Defence Forces and the Civil Service Centre may refrain from disclosing the information referred to in subsection 2 concerning a young person if, based on the information available to them and taking into account the young person’s situation and need for support as a whole, they assess that the young person is not in need of the services and other support referred to in section 10. (30.12.2020/1232)(switch to another service)

Notwithstanding the provisions on confidentiality, the identification and contact details of a young person may be disclosed to the young person’s home municipality for the purposes of outreach youth work as follows:

1)

the education provider may disclose information about young people who have completed basic education and have not enrolled in post-basic education;

2)

the education provider may disclose information about a young person subject to compulsory education who discontinues their studies in vocational education, upper secondary education or preparatory education for qualification-based education;

3)

Authorities other than those referred to in this section and the Social Insurance Institution may also disclose information about young people if the authority or the Social Insurance Institution assesses, on the basis of information obtained in the course of its duties and taking into account the young person’s situation and need for support as a whole, that the young person needs immediate support in order to access services and other support.

(30 December 2020/1232)(switch to another service)

If registered associations, foundations or other organisations offering leisure activities for young people assess that a young person is in need of outreach youth work, they may, with the express consent of the young person or the guardian of a minor, report the young person’s identificationand contact details to outreach youth work.

The provider of the information referred to in this section shall, in an appropriate manner, inform the young person and the guardian of a minor in advance that information concerning the young person may be disclosed for outreach youth work in the situations referred to in subsections 2 and 4.

The Child Welfare Act (417/2007)(switch to another service), sections 25 and 25 c(switch to another service), stipulate the filing of child welfare notifications and advance child welfare notifications. Section 35 of(switch to another service) the Social Welfare Act (1301/2014)(switch to another service) regulates contacting social welfare services to assess the need for support. If the person responsible for reporting under these provisions has contacted the social welfare authority, there is no need to report the same information to youth outreach services.