Child protection is an example of a municipal service that must remain uninterrupted at all civil contingency alert levels. Child protection is a collaborative effort involving all those who work with children and the general public, who are often in a better position to observe a child's circumstances and report any concerns to the child protection services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A referral to the child protection committee is not a complaint, but rather a request for assistance for the child or family in question, whom the referrer believes is in need of help. It is possible to send a notification in through the child protection referral form<\/a> <\/em>\u00a0or call 585-5500 during the opening hours of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Borough Service Desk, all weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact with the on-call duty officer in the evenings and at weekends is via the emergency number 112.<\/em><\/p>\n It is generally requested that members of the public keep a close eye on the circumstances of children and report them to social services if the conditions in which they are living appear to be unacceptable. This is no less important during these unusual and difficult times that society is currently experiencing. Children and their families are now at home more during the day, without routines and normal activities. School and nursery are limited, families are visiting friends and relatives less, and regular sports and leisure activities have been cancelled. On top of this, in some cases, people have added worries about their finances, lockdowns, and the virus itself, which can increase anxiety and distress for both parents and children. Furthermore, not all children have parents who are imaginative enough to create a schedule of activities and quality time for the whole family. Those who are already most vulnerable are now facing an even tougher time than before, and so these children and their families are under a great deal of strain. Alcohol and substance use can increase and, unfortunately, so can the accompanying violence, both towards adults and, not least, towards children.\u00a0<\/p>\n The staff of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur encourage residents and friends of the town to keep a close eye on the children and young people in their local area, and remind them that the duty to report concerns to child protection services has never been more important. Let us be curious about children and their well-being.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barnavernd er d\u00e6mi um \u00fej\u00f3nustu sveitarf\u00e9lagsins sem \u00fearf a\u00f0 haldast \u00f3rofin \u00e1 \u00f6llum vi\u00f0b\u00fana\u00f0arstigum almannavarna. Barnavernd er samstarfsverkefni allra \u00feeirra sem vinna me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnum og hins almenna borgara sem oft \u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0um er \u00ed betri a\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u til a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0um barna og tilkynna til barnaverndar ef \u00fea\u00f0 er eitthva\u00f0 \u00ed umhverfi e\u00f0a umgj\u00f6r\u00f0 barna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237","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=14237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14237"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Let's be curious about the circumstances of children and young people.<\/h4>\n
Let's join hands and make our voices heard.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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