Somehow that never actually applies to the people actually working with children, which are either front-line child protection "agents" (US term) or the people who actually take day-to-day care of children in care.
So let's check an actual social worker job in Denmark, working with these children. Nope. Denmark is the same as everywhere else. No requirements. If I understand this page (I'm using Firefox translate) correctly they state they're flexible if you don't even know the language.
So I think it's safe to say: the social workers in Denmark, who actually work with children, doesn't require any education at all, nothing, nada, zero, niente, just like everywhere else, and clearly: some don't even know the language the children speak.
This very, very large difference in what people think they know about the child protection system and what actually happens is extremely common everywhere, including in the Netherlands. Another point where people often have no idea how bad things really are is how locked up these children are in these institutions. One can make comparisons to point out how ridiculous it is: in the Netherlands a high security prisoner additionally punished with isolation on death row (yes, the Netherlands has a death row, just no executions) has significantly more rights than children in state care. (Some) children in care are isolated in a room 23 hours per day and are not allowed any personal effects, and never get to see other children. On death row, in isolation, you are isolated in a bigger room with a shower and a TV, and you're allowed personal effects like books. You also get 1h with other prisoners in the open air. Also, ironically, a prisoner on death row cannot be denied access to an (if necessary free) lawyer (children don't get lawyers, despite having to appear before a judge regularly. Not that those legally required judge appearances aren't often canceled), and also prisoners have the right to an education and whatever that requires (including web meetings with teaching staff, as many as required). The prison literally pays for the books. Some children in state care can and are denied education, and none get their books paid by the institution.
So let's check an actual social worker job in Denmark, working with these children. Nope. Denmark is the same as everywhere else. No requirements. If I understand this page (I'm using Firefox translate) correctly they state they're flexible if you don't even know the language.
https://midtjob.dk/ad/paedagog-omsorgsmedhjaelper-eller-ande...
So I think it's safe to say: the social workers in Denmark, who actually work with children, doesn't require any education at all, nothing, nada, zero, niente, just like everywhere else, and clearly: some don't even know the language the children speak.
This very, very large difference in what people think they know about the child protection system and what actually happens is extremely common everywhere, including in the Netherlands. Another point where people often have no idea how bad things really are is how locked up these children are in these institutions. One can make comparisons to point out how ridiculous it is: in the Netherlands a high security prisoner additionally punished with isolation on death row (yes, the Netherlands has a death row, just no executions) has significantly more rights than children in state care. (Some) children in care are isolated in a room 23 hours per day and are not allowed any personal effects, and never get to see other children. On death row, in isolation, you are isolated in a bigger room with a shower and a TV, and you're allowed personal effects like books. You also get 1h with other prisoners in the open air. Also, ironically, a prisoner on death row cannot be denied access to an (if necessary free) lawyer (children don't get lawyers, despite having to appear before a judge regularly. Not that those legally required judge appearances aren't often canceled), and also prisoners have the right to an education and whatever that requires (including web meetings with teaching staff, as many as required). The prison literally pays for the books. Some children in state care can and are denied education, and none get their books paid by the institution.