Group and family group home for the underage

The Group and Family Group Home for the underage immigrants houses children and underage asylum seekers with a residence permit, who have come to Finland without a guardian.
The home has 20 places.

The Group Home is the living place of the children or young during the process of asylum seeking. The asylum seekers come directly from the Pirkanmaa Police Department or from a different reception centre.

The Family Group Home is intended for the children and young having obtained a residence permit. The children living in the Family Group Home are assisted in their integration in Finland.

Each child arriving to Härmälä gets a personal counselor who helps and supports the child in everyday life. Moreover, a representative is ordered for the child to supervise his/her interests, for example, during the asylum seekers interview or interviews carried out by the Immigration Service. Pakolaisneuvonta ry (Refugees Counseling) takes in charge legal issues relating to the process of application for asylum.

The young of the Härmälä Group and Family Group Home attend Finnish language courses. Later their further studies are planned on an individual basis. Their free time activities are organized by the counselors of the Group and Family Group Home. Support services are provided by the Pirkanmaa Interpreters Centre.

The Group and Family Group Home has a nurse who is in charge of the health services of the children and young. She directs them, if necessary, to a doctor’s consultation, to the Mental Health Service or to special health care.

The Group and Family Group Home cooperates with others specialists when necessary.