“…Beddoe, 2018;Rafter, 2022;British Association of Social Workers BASW 2023b). One prominent task for Swedish SSWs is to meet children's needs by offering individual counselling (Kjellgren et al, 2022;Kjellgren et al, 2023b). Individual counselling is described by the Swedish authorities as "professional counselling, such as supporting, motivating and crisis counselling as well as assessment of and counselling with individual pupils and their families" (Skolverket and Socialstyrelsen, 2016, p. 31).…”