Children's experiences of meeting professionals in the social services' child care investigations

The aim of the project is to examine how children experience meeting professionals in the social services when they are involved in a child investigation. The knowledge to be found on this topic seems to be mainly retrospective and concern children who have received out-of-home care. There seems to be a gap in the knowledge base regarding children’s experiences in the present regardless if the investigation leads to obtaining a service or not. I will first conduct a scoping review in order to explore what is already known about children’s experiences. Secondly I will interview children about their experiences and hopefully also get a chance to observe the children when they meet the child investigators.