Some children come to Bufff with lots of questions, worries and anxieties.
- We talk about one thing at a time.
The most important thing is that the children feel that they are not alone - that there are more like them, says Johanna Modin.
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Crisis at home
Johanna Modin, operations manager Bufff Örebro.
It often becomes a crisis when one parent is detained.
It could be that the children are placed in a day care center or the partner who does not even know what happened.
- The economy is rapidly deteriorating and families have to move, there will be incredibly large consequences in some cases, says Johanna Modin.
Some children are very sad, others are cursed.
- Some are relieved and think it's nice that they now know where Dad is, that he gets food and that the conversations with him all the time end.
Buff's experience is that adults who meet children of detainees need more knowledge about their needs.
The children often feel forgotten and that no one understands their situation.
Institutional visits
Johanna Modin and her colleagues visit institutions to reach parents there, but the organization does not work for reunification.
- The child may be afraid of his parent.
It is the prison service and the social services that investigate whether it is good for the child to have contact with the parent.
The institutional visits are about raising the target group of parents and making them think about how the children are affected, what the children need and how they feel.
- We talk about how to act, when to make contact and whether to make contact, says Johanna Modin.