Family centres: meeting places for families
A family centre is a supportive and social space for families and soon-to-be-parents. You can find Family centres in four locations in Skellefteå municipality.
A family centre is a service centre for you and your child where preschool teachers, nurses, midwives and social workers collaborate around family matters.
It accommodates a childcare clinic (“BVC” in Swedish), maternity care and parental counselling, and has a play space called Öppna förskolan which translates to “Open preschool”, where you get to meet with other families and spend time together in a child-friendly environment.
As an adult, you and your child (0-6 years old) are warmly welcome to our open preschool at Hemmansgatan 4. We offer educational activities in a pleasant and child-friendly environment. Here you can meet other parents and children.
At Knuten family centre, you can get in touch with the preschool teacher at the open preschool, as well as maternity care, child health care, parental counsellors and the church.
Our opening hours and current weekly schedules can be found on social media:
Knuten family centre on Facebook External link, opens in new window.
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Contact us
Hemmansgatan 4
931 56 Skellefteå
Telephone: 073-066 62 50
Fruit, tea and coffee are available at cost price. We take swish. You can also heat your own lunch.
Contact child health care or maternity care
As an adult, you and your child (0-6 years old) are welcome to our family centre in Boliden! We offer educational activities in a pleasant and child-friendly environment. Here you can meet other parents and children, and we have trained staff. We are located in the same building as the Health Center.
At Boliden's family center you can get in touch with the preschool teacher at the open preschool, as well as maternity care, child health care and parental counsellors.
You can find our opening hours and current weekly schedules on social media:
Contact
Ringen 76
936 31 Boliden
Phone: 073-054 73 71
Fruit, tea and coffee are available at cost price. We take swish. You can also heat your own lunch.
Contact child health care or maternity care
Child health care: 090-785 91 23, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 13.00-13.30
Maternity care: 090-785 91 42
Bureå "open preschool" is located in Klossenhuset, Skärvägen 1. Welcome to a meeting place for adults and children 0-6 years. We offer educational activities in a pleasant and child-friendly environment. Here you can meet other parents and children.
You can find our current opening hours on Instagram. Bureå open preschool on Instagram External link, opens in new window.
Contact details
Skärvägen 1 (Klossen huset floor 2)
932 52 Bureå
Telephone: 073-054 62 72
Fruit, tea and coffee are available at cost price. We take swish. You can also heat your own lunch or coffee on site.
Here we have gathered most things that children, parents or parents-to-be need. We are located in the same building as the Health Center, Ringvägen 8, with entrance from the river side.
At Byske family centre, you can get in touch with the preschool teacher at the open preschool, as well as maternity care, child health care, parental counsellors and the church.
Our opening hours and current weekly schedules can be found on social media:
Contact us
Ringvägen 8
934 51Byske
Telephone: 072-202 86 11
Fruit, tea and coffee are available at cost price. We take swish. You can also heat your own lunch.
Contact child health care or maternity care
As a parent/adult, you are welcome here with your child, 0-6 years old. We offer educational activities in a pleasant and child-friendly environment. Here you will meet other parents and children, and we have trained staff. We are located at Skelleftehamnsvägen 206.
At Ursviken's family centre you can get in touch with the preschool teacher at the open preschool, as well as maternity care, child health care and parental counsellors.
You can find our current opening hours on our social media channels.
Follow us at Ursviken Family Center on Facebook External link, opens in new window.
or at Ursviken Family Center on Instagram External link, opens in new window.
Contact us
Skelleftehamnsvägen 206 A
932 35 Ursviken
Telephone: 070-189 20 17
Coffee, tea, fruit and simple snacks are available at cost price. We take swish. You can heat your lunch on site.
Contact child health care or maternity care
What is Öppna förskolan/ "Open preschool"?
Öppna förskolan is a designated meeting place for families of young children. You can come and go as you want; no registration is necessary. Here, you and your child will meet and get to know others to talk, play, sing and have fun together. You are welcome with your child as soon as he/ she is born.
Öppna förskolan/ "Open preschool" | Regular preschool | |
|---|---|---|
Main purpose | A meeting place for families of which the guardians are staying at home with their children. Here, you get to talk, play and have fun together with other parents and their children. | An educative and social place for young children from ages 1-6. It is the first step in the Swedish school system. |
Attendance | Guardians and children stay to play and socialise together with others. You cannot drop off your child here. | You drop off your child in the morning and pick him/ her up in the afternoon. |
Registration | You can pop in and out as you want during opening hours, no registration is necessary. | You apply for a placement for your child through Skellefteå municipality. The hours your child spends in preschool is based on a time schedule that you have registered. |
Fees | Free of charge. | The preschool fee is based on a combination of your income and on how many hours a week your child attends. |
Skellefteå Municipality has a parental counsellor affiliated to each of the municipality’s family centres, in Anderstorp in Skellefteå, in Boliden, Byske and in Ursviken. The service is free and is aimed at pregnant women and couples and parents of children up to 6 years of age.
How can a parental counsellor support you?
No subject is too small or large to address; sometimes we all need support in our parental role. As a parent, you will have many questions and concerns about your child, perhaps concerning their development or upbringing. Conversations might even deal with your current life situation, such as your parental role, relationships or practical issues. In brief, anything that affects you. We believe that if you feel good as a parent, your child will feel good.
So, how does it work?
Many parents are put in touch with a parental counsellor via their midwife or paediatric nurse but, of course, you are welcome to contact us directly. Parental counselling is part of the municipality’s open activities, meaning that no investigation or referral is required before you can access the support. We have a duty of confidentiality and do not keep records. Meetings may take place in one of our family centres, in central Skellefteå, in your home or over the telephone. Advice and support is available quickly when you feel you need it.
Who are we?
Parental counsellors are trained social workers with many years of experience of parental support. We are also parents of grown-up children, so we have encountered the challenges presented by parenthood and understand day-to-day family life and experiences during a child’s upbringing.
Contact us
We attend family centres during certain open preschool times. You can also reach us Monday to Friday during office hours by telephone or email via customer service. Telephone: 0910-73 50 00; Email: kundtjanst@skelleftea.se
Skellefteå Municipality offers a wide range of support for parents. In addition to individual counselling, we also offers various series of meetings for parents, all with the aim of providing support in your parenting.