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Bilde av Vis, Svein Arild
Bilde av Vis, Svein Arild
Professor Forskningsgruppe for barne- og familievern svein.arild.vis@uit.no +4777623275 +47 45467979 You can find me here

Svein Arild Vis

Job description

Professor in child protection and child mental health with a special focus on:

  • Systems and methods in child welfare work
  • Mental health as a factor in child protection
  • Decision-making processes and children's participation
  • Oda Martine Steinsdatter Øverhaug, Johanna Laue, Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Mette Bech Risør :
    ‘There’s a will, but not a way’: Norwegian GPs’ experiences of collaboration with child welfare services – a grounded theory study
    BMC Primary Care 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristel Høie Nilsen, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Anita Iversen :
    How ‘the System’ Affects job Satisfaction and Intention to Stay or Leave—A Qualitative Study Among Child Welfare and Protection Workers in Norway
    Child & Family Social Work 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Camilla Lauritzen :
    What Is the Outcome When Schools Report Concern for a Child to the Norwegian Child Welfare and Protection Services?
    Child Abuse Review http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-0852 2024 DOI
  • Hervor Alma Arnadottir, Guðrún Kristinsdottir, Sissel Seim, Svein Arild Myhra Vis :
    Challenges for researchers when getting access to children and young people and their consent in research. A scoping review
    Nordic Social Work Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Astrid Strandbu, Svein Arild Myhra Vis :
    Barnets deltakelse i beslutningene
    Universitetsforlaget 2023
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, John Fluke, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Øivin Christiansen, Sturla Fossum :
    Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample
    International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristel Høie Nilsen, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis, Anita Iversen :
    Factors affecting child welfare and protection workers' intention to quit: a cross-sectional study from Norway
    Human Resources for Health 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kirsten Buck Rustad, Camilla Lauritzen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Sturla Fossum, Øivin Christiansen, Svein Arild Myhra Vis :
    The impact of case characteristics on child welfare service investigations in Norway
    Nordic Social Work Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, Øivin Christiansen, Charlotte Reedtz :
    Do the child welfare and protection services involve children in cases with parental mental health problems? A Norwegian case-file study.
    Frontiers in Psychiatry 07. January 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kirsten Buck Rustad, Camilla Lauritzen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Sturla Fossum, Øivin Christiansen, Svein Arild Vis :
    The impact of case factors on the initial screening decision in child welfare investigations in Norway
    International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kjell Morten Stormark, Svein Arild Vis :
    Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Crowell-prosedyren
    PsykTestBarn 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Vis, Tonje Berger, Camilla Lauritzen :
    Norwegian School Children’s Perceptions of the Child Protection Services
    Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Charlotte Reedtz, Bjørn Helge Handegård :
    Concerns of Parental Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Reported to Child Welfare Services—Testing a Moderated Mediation Model for Paths From Reports to Substantiated Concern and Service Provision
    Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Karen J Skaale Havnen, Sturla Fossum, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis :
    How does the Kvello assessment framework attend to important dimensions of the children’s needs and welfare? A comparison with the BBIC and the ICS frameworks for child welfare investigations
    Nordic Social Work Research 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, John Fluke :
    Screening decisions for non-abuse concerns reported to child protection agencies- a structural equation model for referral content and decision outcome
    Children and Youth Services Review 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein A. Vis, Camilla Lauritzen :
    Child Protection Managers’ Views on Frameworks for Assessment of Children in Need
    Child Care in Practice 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, Sturla Fossum :
    Systematic approaches to assessment in child protection investigations - a literature review
    International Social Work 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Svein Arild Myhra Vis, John Fluke, Øivin Christiansen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Camilla Lauritzen, Anette Christine Iversen :
    The mediating effects of physical child abuse allegations upon decision to provide child protection services.
    2024
  • Anita Salamonsen, Mariann Schjølberg Karlsen, Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Frank Hansen :
    Barnevernets undersokelsesarbeid: Fra bekymring til beslutning. Videopresentasjon Involvertseminaret 2022 professor Svein Arild Vis
    2024 PROSJEKT / DATA / FULLTEKST
  • Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Camilla Lauritzen :
    The impact of Covid restrictions upon youth in contact with Child Protection Services
    2023
  • Kirsten Buck Rustad, Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, Sturla Fossum, Øivin Christiansen, Karen J Skaale Havnen :
    Families refusing service provision from child welfare service
    2023
  • Marie Kvalø, Sabine Kaiser, Svein Arild Myhra Vis, Sturla Fossum :
    Adolescents treated in child welfare locked institutions: Who commit's drug related crimes and who does not?
    2023
  • Anita Salamonsen, Svein Arild Vis, Mariann Schjølberg Karlsen, Frank Hansen :
    Å medvirke når barnevernet undersøker: Et videointervju med professor Svein Arild Vis, Regionalt kunnskapssenter for barn og unge - Nord
    2023 PROSJEKT / FULLTEKST / DATA
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Service provision following a child protection investigation - do we need to worry about agency differences?
    2023
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Individual indicators for outcome in child protection
    2023
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Legislation and best practices relating to participation in the context of child protection
    2023
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Agency level indicators for outcome in social work
    2023
  • Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen :
    The relationship between child welfare and protection services and schools
    2023
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Directions for Administrative Data
    2022
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Changes in reporting patterns to child welfare and protection services in the Nordic countries following Covid 19 
    2022
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Samvær etter omsorgsovertagelse
    2021
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Journaler som datamateriale i forskning
    2021
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid - fra bekymring til beslutning
    2021
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Barnevernundersøkelser i Tromsø kommune
    2021
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    What determines children's influence in child protection investigations?
    2021
  • Anita Salamonsen, Svein Arild Vis, Mariann Schjølberg Karlsen, Frank Hansen :
    Barns medvirkning i barnevernssaker: Et videointervju med Svein Arild Vis, førsteamanuensis ved Regioalt kunnskapssenter for barn og unge - Nord (RKBU Nord)
    2021 DATA / PROSJEKT
  • Kirsten Buck Rustad, Øivin Christiansen, Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen, Sturla Fossum :
    Hva påvirker beslutningen om å undersøke en bekymringsmelding. En studie på hvordan saksfaktorer påvirker beslutninger hos barneverntjenesten
    2021
  • Anita Salamonsen, Yngvild Arnesen, Tove Andersson, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis, Charlotte Reedtz et al.:
    Utfordringer med barn og unges medvirkning: En undervisningsfilm med refleksjonsspørsmål til fagfolk i tjenester for barn og unge
    2021 PROSJEKT / DATA
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Hva skal til for å sikre god kvalitet i barnevernets meldings og undersøkelsesarbeid
    2021
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Child protection investigations in Norway - results from a 5 year collaborative study
    2020
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Er det behov for ny barnevernlov
    2020
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid - lokal utviklingstrekk
    2020
  • Karen J Skaale Havnen, Øivin Christiansen, Eirinn Hesvik Ljones, Camilla Lauritzen, Veronika Paulsen, Frederikke Jarlby et al.:
    Å medvirke når barnevernet undersøker. Delrapport 5. Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid fra bekymring til beslutning.
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020 FULLTEKST / ARKIV
  • Svein Arild Vis, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Øivin Christiansen, Camilla Lauritzen :
    De kunne sagt unnskyld
    Dagbladet 08. June 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Kirsten Buck Rustad, Øivin Christiansen, Sturla Fossum, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis :
    Hva påvirker beslutningen om å undersøke en bekymringsmelding? En studie av hvordan saksfaktorer påvirker beslutninger hos barneverntjenesten.
    2020
  • Mariann Schjølberg Karlsen, Svein Arild Vis, Camilla Lauritzen :
    Her er forskernes nye anbefalinger til barnevernet
    22. October 2020 FULLTEKST
  • Svein Arild Vis, Øivin Christiansen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Camilla Lauritzen, Anette Christine Iversen, Torill Tjelflaat :
    Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid- fra bekymring til beslutning. Samlede resultater og anbefalinger
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / OMTALE / PROSJEKT
  • Svein Arild Vis :
    Hvordan kan barn og unge medvirke i egen barnevernssak?
    2019 FULLTEKST
  • Camilla Lauritzen, Svein Arild Vis, Gro Ulset, Torill Tjelflaat, Kirsten Buck Rustad :
    Meldinger til barnevernet. Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid - delrapport 3
    2019 FULLTEKST
  • Øivin Christiansen, Karen J Skaale Havnen, Anette Christine Iversen, Marte Knag Fylkesnes, Camilla Lauritzen, Reidunn Håøy Nygård et al.:
    Når barnevernet undersøker - Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid - delrapport 4
    2019 ARKIV / FULLTEKST

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    Research interests

    Investigation and asessment in child proetecion

    The effects of child protection interventions

    Child protection desicionmaking

    Use of administative data in service management

    Teaching

    Child protection asessments

    Child participation

    Child protection and mental helath

    Researcher profile in Cristin

    Member of research group

    Forskergruppe for barnevern og familievern   Norsk innhold Research Group for Child Welfare and Family Counselling and Mediation   English content

    Member of project

    RSA-p3: Referral Screening Assessment    English content Barnevernets undersøkelsesarbeid    Norsk innhold Child welfare investigations    English content Meldinger og undersøkelser i barnevernet - RSA    Norsk innhold Family council in foster care work