Tarja Pösö

Research output

Research output per year 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025

• 101 Article
• 77 Chapter
• 14 Anthology
• 7 Book
• 11 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 3 Conference contribution
  • 3 Editorial
  • 1 Review Article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Ask the children: youth views about parenting, parental freedom, and child safety. A survey of youth in Finland, Ireland, Norway, and USA

  Duerr Berrick, J., Burns, K., Pösö, T., Roscoe, J. & Skivenes, M., 2025, In: International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 30, 1, 2462390.

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• 2024

  Licence Loss: Revocations of Residential Care Licences in Four Nordic Countries

  Pålsson, D., Backe-Hansen, E., Gundersen, T., Kalliomaa-Puha, L., Lausten, M. & Pösö, T., 14 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Child and Family Social Work. p. 1-10 10 p.

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  • Nordic Countries 100%
  • Revocation 100%
  • Residential Care 100%
  • Finland 100%
  • Denmark 100%
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• Palvelutarpeiden arvioinnin yhdenmukaisuus perhesosiaalityön ja lastensuojelun rajapinnoilla: Ammatillisen kuvittelun näkökulma

  Translated title of the contribution: Consistency and variability in child welfare assessments at the juncture of family services and child welfareRepo, J. & Pösö, T., Mar 2024, In: Hallinnon Tutkimus. 43, 1, p. 6-19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Child Welfare Workers 100%
  • Family Services 100%
  • Welfare Assessment 100%
  • Vignettes 66%
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Using vignettes to compare the views of social workers and service-users: Some findings and reflections regarding assessments in child welfare

  Pösö, T., Lamponen, T., Repo, J. & Aarnio, N., Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Social Work.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Social Services 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Social Workers 100%
  • Finland 50%
  • Research Design 50%
  16 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  Ensimmäinen vaihe lastensuojelun tilannearviointiin kehitetyn ARVOA© -menetelmän validioinnissa – laadullinen arvio menetelmän sisällöstä ja soveltuvuudesta.

  Aaltio, E., Jaakola, A.-M., Pösö, T. & Isokuortti, N., 2023, In: Kasvun tuki. 3, 2, p. 20-31

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• Family relatedness: a challenge for making decisions in child welfare

  Enroos, R. & Pösö, T., May 2023, In: FAMILIES, RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIETIES. 12, 2, p. 272-287

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Making Decisions 100%
  • Social Workers 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Family Relatedness 100%
  • Autonomy 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Palvelutarpeen arviointi lastensuojelun rajapinnoilla asiakasnäkökulmasta: Nuorten ja vanhempien näkemyksiä

  Aarnio, N. & Pösö, T., 2023, In: Janus: sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 31, 3, p. 235–252

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• Procedural causality hidden in child welfare assessments

  Aarnio, N., Pösö, T. & Repo, J., 2023, In: NEUE PRAXIS: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR SOZIALARBEIT, SOZIALPÄDAGOGIK UND SOZIALPOLITIK. Sonderheft 18, p. 83-92

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  • Procedural 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Welfare Assessment 100%
  • Social Workers 66%
  • Need for Services 66%

• Using self-report surveys in schools to study violence in alternative care: A methodological approach

  Ellonen, N., Pösö, T., Mielityinen, L. & Paavilainen, E., 2023, In: CHILD ABUSE REVIEW. 32, 4, e2814.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Violence 100%
  • Self-report Survey 100%
  • Alternative Care 100%
  • Self-Report 100%
  • Explanatory Analysis 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Care Order Decisions—in the Domain of Social Work or the Courts? Social Workers’ Frontline Views

  Enroos, R., Huhtanen, R., Korpinen, J., Pösö, T. & Välikoski, T.-R., Sept 2022, In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. bcac169.

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• Children’s consent to child welfare services: Some explorative remarks

  Pösö, T., 2022, In: Children and Society. 36, 1, p. 52-65

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  • Childrens 100%
  • Child Protective Services 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Meaningful Participation 100%
  • Child Assent 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Confinement and restrictive measures against young people in the Nordic countries: a comparative analysis of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

  Enell, S., Andersson Vogel, M., Henriksen, A. K. E., Pösö, T., Honkatukia, P., Mellin-Olsen, B. & Hydle, I. M., 2022, In: Nordic Journal of Criminology. 23, 2, p. 174-191

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Finland 100%
  • Nordic Countries 100%
  • Comparative Analysis 100%
  • Denmark 100%
  • Sweden 100%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Lapsen tilanteen arvioiminen lastensuojelussa: analyysia asiakasturvallisuuden ja laadun näkökulmasta

  Jaakola, A.-M. & Pösö, T., 2022, In: Janus. 30, 4, p. 359-375

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• Licence to Care – Licensing Terms for For-Profit Residential Care for Children in Four Nordic Countries

  Pålsson, D., Backe-Hansen, E., Kalliomaa-Puha, L., Lausten, M. & Pösö, T., 2022, In: Nordisk välfärdsforskning. 7, 1, p. 23-35

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Social workers as relational actors: descriptions of care order preparations in Finland

  Eronen, T., Korpinen, J. & Pösö, T., 2022, In: Nordic Social Work Research. 12, 1, p. 180-191

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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  • Finland 100%
  • Care Orders 100%
  • Social Workers 100%
  • Child Welfare 50%
  • Preparation Method 33%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• Suostumus lapsen huostaanottoa koskevassa päätöksenteossa

  Enroos, R., Huhtanen, R., Korpinen, J., Niiranen, A., Pösö, T. & Välikoski, T.-R., 2022, In: Oikeus. 51, 2, p. 315 – 324

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• The Invisible Child. A comparative study of newborn removal judgement from a Child Equality Perspective (CEP)

  Križ, K., Krutzinna, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2022, In: International Journal of Children's Rights. 30, 3, p. 644-674

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Disillusioned compromise of substitute care: A critical point for the ‘future' in child welfare

  Korpinen, J. & Pösö, T., 2021, In: Social Work and Society. 19, 1, 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• ‘Informed consent’ in consensual child welfare: some reflections on its controversial nature

  Enroos, R., Korpinen, J. & Pösö, T., 2021, In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 24, 5

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  • Informed Consent 100%
  • Care Orders 100%
  • Child Welfare 100%
  • Ordering Decision 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Child welfare removal of infants: Exploring policies and principles for decision-making in Nordic countries

  Hestbæk, A.-D., Höjer, I., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2020, In: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 108, 104572.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Error Correction of Restrictive Measures: Appeals Made by Young People in Care

  Kalliomaa-Puha, L., Pösö, T. & Toivonen, V.-M., 2020, In: Young. 29, 1, p. 81-96 16 p., 1,10331E+15.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Kuulemistilaisuus institutionaalisena vuorovaikutuksena lapsen huostaanoton valmisteluprosessissa

  Translated title of the contribution: Administrative hearings as institutional communication as part of care order preparationsVälikoski, T.-R., Pösö, T. & Huhtanen, R., 2020, In: Janus - sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti. 28, 4, p. 323-340

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• Moniammatillinen palvelutarvearviointi muutoksessa ja muuttuvassa ympäristössä: lapsi- ja perhepalveluiden ammattilaisten näkemyksiä

  Nieminen, I., Vierula, T., Paavilainen, E. & Pösö, T., 2020, In: Janus : Sosiaalipolitiikan Ja Sosiaalityön Tutkimuksen Aikakauslehti. 28, 3, p. 237-253 17 p.

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• Social workers' views about children's and parents' competence in child protection decision-making

  Korpinen, J. & Pösö, T., 2020, In: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK.

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

  19 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Are child protection workers and judges in alignment with citizens when considering interventions into a family? : A cross-country study of four jurisdictions

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2019, In: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW.

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Children's and parents' involvement in care order proceedings: a cross-national comparison of judicial decision-makers' views and experiences

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2019, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 41, 2, p. 188-204

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  22 Citations (Scopus)

• "Haluaa kotiin äidin luo" : erimielisyydet ja lapsen etu huostaanoton jatkamista koskevissa valituksissa ja hallnto-oikeuden ratkaisuissa

  Pösö, T., Toivonen, V. & Kalliomaa-Puha, L., 2019, In: Oikeus. 48, 3, p. 226-243

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• Moniammatillisuus ja palvelutarvearviointi lapsi- ja perhepalveluissa : Ammattilaisten näkemykset pulmakohdista

  Vierula, T., Pösö, T. & Paavilainen, E., 2019, In: Yhteiskuntapolitiikka. 84, 3, p. 293-301

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

• The documented layer of children's rights in care order decision-making

  Hoikkala, S. & Pösö, T., 2019, In: CHILD AND FAMILY SOCIAL WORK.

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  8 Citations (Scopus)

• The hidden proceedings - An analysis of accountability of child protection adoption proceedings in eight European jurisdictions

  Burns, K., Kriz, K., Krutzinna, J., Luhamaa, K., Meysen, T., Pösö, T., Segado, S., Skivenes, M. & Thoburn, J., 2019, In: European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance. 6, 4, p. 339-371

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Adoptio lastensuojelussa - lukumääristä ja ominaispiirteistä

  Laine, S., Pösö, T. & Ujula, T., 2018, In: Yhteiskuntapolitiikka. 83, 2, p. 199-207

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

• Care order templates as institutional scripts in child protection: A cross-system analysis

  Duerr Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2018, In: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 84, p. 40-47

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Children in immediate danger: Emergency removals in Finnish and Irish child protection

  Lamponen, T., Pösö, T. & Burns, K., 2018, In: CHILD AND FAMILY SOCIAL WORK.

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  10 Citations (Scopus)

• International Perspectives on Child-responsive Courts

  Duerr Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2018, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS. 26, 2, p. 251-277

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  A Cross-Country Comparison of Child Welfare Systems and Workers' Responses to Children Appearing to be at Risk or in Need of Help

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2017, In: CHILD ABUSE REVIEW. 26, 4, p. 305-319

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Familiarity or Not: Children's Choice of Interviewer in a Study of Substitute Care

  Helavirta, S., Laakso, R. & Pösö, T., 2017, In: CHILD CARE IN PRACTICE.

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Letters from the Future : An Exercise with Child Welfare Predictions

  Pösö, T., 2017, In: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE.

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Social Workers and Independent Experts in Child Protection Decision Making: Messages from an Intercountry Comparative Study

  Dickens, J., Berrick, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2017, In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 47, 4, p. 1024-1042

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The Representation of Children's Views in Finnish Court Decisions Regarding Care Orders

  Pösö, T. & Enroos, R., 2017, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS. 25, p. 736-753

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• The role and function of spokesperson in care order proceedings: A cross-country study in Finland and Norway

  Enroos, R., Helland, H., Pösö, T., Skivenes, M. & Tonheim, M., 2017, In: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 74, p. 8-16

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Vuosi huostassa. Lastensuojelun aikatietoista tarkastelua

  Enroos, R., Heino, T., Helavirta, S., Laakso, R. & Pösö, T., 2017, In: Janus. 25, 4, p. 297-311

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
• 2016

  A Multifaceted Risk Analysis of Fathers' Self-Reported Physical Violence Toward Their Children

  Ellonen, N., Peltonen, K., Pösö, T. & Janson, S., 2016, In: AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Free-text comments as a tool for developing the self-report method: parents' responses to a survey on violence against children

  Ellonen, N., Fagerlund, M. & Pösö, T., 2016, In: AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Parents' involvement in care order decisions: a cross-country study of front-line practice

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2016, In: CHILD AND FAMILY SOCIAL WORK.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Time, Institutional Support, and Quality of Decision Making in Child Protection: A Cross-country analysis

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2016, In: Human service organizations : management, leadership & governance. 40, 5, p. 451-468

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Voluntary' and 'involuntary' child welfare: Challenging the distinction

  Pösö, T., Pekkarinen, E., Helavirta, S. & Laakso, R., 2016, In: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  23 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Children's involvement in care order decision-making: a cross-country analysis

  Berrick, J., Dickens, J., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2015, In: Child Abuse & Neglect. 49, p. 128-141

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  79 Citations (Scopus)

• Holistic, expert and centralised models for organising care placement decisions: findings from Finland

  Pösö, T. & Laakso, R., 2015, In: Adoption & Fostering. 39, 2, p. 159-169

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The formalized framework for decision making in child protection care orders: A cross-country comparison

  Berrick, J., Peckover, S., Pösö, T. & Skivenes, M., 2015, In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY. 25, 4, p. 366-378

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Time in care: the first months in care

  Pösö, T., Helavirta, S. & Laakso, R., 2015, In: FAMILIES, RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIETIES.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)