Cultural competence and the importance of considering the child and the parents' cultural and religious background are stressed throughout the legal framework of Norway's Child Welfare Service, and in the recommendations and guidelines that follow from it. To enable case workers in the Child Welfare Service to fulfill these obligations, there is a focus on cultural competence in different training programmes. Among other things, cultural competence and sensitivity is made an obligatory part of the Master's degrees offered in Norway in child welfare and child welfare work.