{"id":14132,"date":"2020-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/skrifad-undir-samning-um-innleidingu-skilnadarradgjafar\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:24:57","slug":"signed-a-contract-for-the-implementation-of-separation-counselling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/skrifad-undir-samning-um-innleidingu-skilnadarradgjafar\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement signed on the implementation of divorce counselling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister for Social Affairs and Children, \u00c1smundur Einar Da\u00f0ason, and the Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, yesterday signed an agreement for the town's participation in a pilot project run by the ministry on the implementation of divorce counselling. The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will therefore, in cooperation with the ministry, implement and develop a new procedure aimed at preventing and\/or reducing parental conflict during the divorce process. <\/em><\/p>\n

The project involves, on the one hand, parents going through a divorce process having access to an e-learning course, and on the other, consultation with a family services specialist. Its aim is to implement and develop a new working method with a focus on social advice in divorce cases.\u201eI am very pleased with the response from local authorities to the newly announced pilot scheme on counselling for parents going through a divorce, something that is of great importance to the children and families who are going through it. The project involves preventative measures for the benefit of children and families, which have been shown to have a positive impact on their mental health and appear to reduce the duration of certain difficulties following a divorce.<\/em>\u201csaid \u00c1smundur Einar at the signing.\".<\/p>\n\"Hop\n

Pictured are R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and \u00c1smundur Einar Da\u00f0ason, Minister for Social Affairs and Children's Affairs, centre, along with \u00c1g\u00fast Bjarni Gar\u00f0arsson, Chairman of the Municipal Council, Gy\u00f0a Hjartard\u00f3ttir, social worker and specialist in children's affairs at the Metropolitan Police Commissioner's Office, Dr Sigr\u00fan J\u00fal\u00edusd\u00f3ttir, Professor of Social Work at the University of Iceland, and Rannveig Einarsd\u00f3ttir, Head of the Family and Child Welfare Department for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

The project is modelled on the Danish system, but following recent changes to Danish divorce laws, all parents who apply for a divorce and have children under the age of 18 together must now take a course on the effects of divorce on children. According to studies that have been carried out, the practice has already proven very effective, as the mental well-being of parents who have taken the course is noticeably better than that of those who did not during the study period. Furthermore, the course has promoted better parental cooperation and, among other things, has led to parents who have attended it taking significantly fewer sick days from work than they otherwise would have. All of this suggests that a course such as this benefits both parents and their children.<\/p>\n

To begin with, this will be a pilot project in the country, in collaboration with several municipalities. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is the first of them to sign a formal agreement. If it is successful, consideration will then be given to how the project should be implemented in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201eI am very grateful to the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, which has shown great interest in the project from the outset and a sincere willingness to support it. It is therefore extremely pleasing that the city should be the first local authority in the country to formally implement it.\u201c<\/em> said \u00c1smundur Einar at the signing today. R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, agrees with the minister's words.. \u201eWe have been and want to continue to be a leading local authority in the implementation of new projects, particularly in the field of social welfare. It is exciting to be able to take part in this development project, but it is well known that the consequences of disagreement in a divorce can have a significant impact on the well-being and behaviour of all those involved, and particularly the children. We are a child-friendly community, working in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the stated aim of providing particularly good care for children and their families. This project supports that well.\u201c <\/em>says R\u00f3sa.<\/p>\n

More municipalities will begin to implement the new procedure in the coming quarters. The Ministry of Social Affairs will ensure the implementation of the project with regard to the costs of contracts, on the one hand with the Danish company Samarbejde Efter Skilsmisse (SES) and on the other hand with Icelandic specialists who will oversee the project's implementation in Iceland, including translation of material, training and guidance for staff. These are Gy\u00f0a Hjartard\u00f3ttir, a social worker, a specialist in children's affairs at the Metropolitan District Commissioner's Office and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Iceland, and Dr Sigr\u00fan J\u00fal\u00edusd\u00f3ttir, Professor of Social Work at the University of Iceland and a family counsellor at the Tengsl Treatment Service.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

F\u00e9lags- og barnam\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0herra, \u00c1smundur Einar Da\u00f0ason, og b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar, R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, undirritu\u00f0u \u00ed g\u00e6r samkomulag um \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku b\u00e6jarins \u00ed tilraunaverkefni \u00e1 vegum r\u00e1\u00f0uneytisins um framkv\u00e6md skilna\u00f0arr\u00e1\u00f0gjafar. Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r mun \u00fev\u00ed, \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0 innlei\u00f0a og \u00fer\u00f3a n\u00fdtt vinnulag sem hefur a\u00f0 markmi\u00f0i a\u00f0 koma \u00ed veg fyrir og\/e\u00f0a draga \u00far \u00e1greiningi foreldra \u00ed skilna\u00f0arferli. Verkefni\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barnvaent-sveitarfelag","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14132"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}