Swedish and Finnish profession; a social worker working with psychosocial questions in healthcare or a school.
1Another was reportedly told by a social welfare officer "too many people from **** are coming here to take benefits for free".
2His father was taken by social welfare officers in 1954 and also beaten.
3Community welfare officers are now called social welfare officers.
4Police, government social welfare officers and NGO workers were all involved in the mission to rescue the children.
5Fa'afete Taito told the social welfare officers he was being abused by his father and didn't want to return home but they didn't believe him.