This article presents the first results of a Danish research project Supervised Contact: Support and sustainable development in vulnerable children's everyday life (SOUL) (2023-2026). Supervised contact (SC) takes place when contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents is considered important but where the parents are not capable of taking responsibility for the contact by themselves without the risk of violating the child's best interest. Based on qualitative data deriving from practice research seminars and interview studies, we analyse and discuss the complexities of children's needs in and around SC. A major point is that there is a need to strengthen collaborative practices supporting children in making sense of SC and the relationship to their parents. This need goes beyond dichotomous political discourses in Denmark currently projecting a contradiction between children's and parents' right to participation and voice: a contradiction which may reinforce the child's experience of being positioned in a conflict of interest and loyalty. Avoiding this is of great importance for the child's experience of genuine participation and voice in SC and for the capacity of social work to promote empowerment and democratic participation. Denne artikel pr ae senterer de f & oslash;rste resultater af et dansk forskningsprojekt SAMV AE R: St & oslash;tte og b ae redygtig udvikling i udsatte b & oslash;rns hverdagsliv (SOUL) (2023-2026). St & oslash;ttet og overv & aring;get samv ae r finder sted, n & aring;r kontakten mellem b & oslash;rn anbragt uden for hjemmet og deres for ae ldre anses som vigtig, men hvor det vurderes, at for ae ldrene ikke selv er i stand til at tage ansvar for samv ae ret uden risiko for, at barnets tarv tilsides ae ttes. Baseret p & aring; kvalitative data fra praksisforskningsseminarer og interviewstudier analyserer og diskuterer vi kompleksiteten af b & oslash;rns behov i og omkring st & oslash;ttet og overv & aring;get samv ae r. En vigtig pointe er, at der er behov for at styrke samarbejdet i og omkring samv ae r p & aring; en m & aring;de, som st & oslash;tter b & oslash;rn i at danne mening om samv ae ret og relationen til deres for ae ldre. Dette behov r ae kker ud over dikotomiske politiske diskurser i Danmark, som opstiller en mods ae tning mellem b & oslash;rns og for ae ldres ret til deltagelse og at have en stemme: en mods ae tning, som kan forst ae rke barnets oplevelse af at v ae re positioneret i en interesse - og loyalitetskonflikt. At undg & aring; dette er af stor betydning for barnets oplevelse af genuin deltagelse og af at have en stemme i SC og for socialt arbejdes kapacitet til at styrke empowerment og demokratiske deltagelse.
