The aim of this study has been to highlight how school social workers experience their discretion, and furthermore how they feel about working in a context mainly dedicated to teachers. The study is executed with a qualitative research method where ten interviews with school social workers, in eight schools in the area of Stockholm have been conducted. The theoretical framework used to analyze the results was discretion, street-level bureaucracy and human service organizations.The main findings of this study imply that the most important ambition of the social work that was conducted in the schools was to help the students reach their knowledge goals. The assignment is, however, not clearly defined, which has lead to school social workers defining the mission and goals themselves. They all have wide discretion and great possibilities to decide how to execute their work, but how they use the freedom that was given seems to vary among them. An additional finding was that being a school social worker is often a solitary role in the organization, and therefore most of them highlight the importance of enjoying independent work and having a co-worker to discuss their work with.

I samband med den nya skollagen i Sverige 2010 förändrades skolkuratorns uppdrag. Ett syfte med förändringen var att knyta skolkuratorn närmare skolans övergripande uppdrag samt att styra arbetet till att företrädesvis handla om främjande och förebyggande insatser. Den här studien handlar om att undersöka hur skolkuratorer uppfattar att de kan bidra till lärmiljöer som främjar elevernas lärande och identitetsutveckling. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter lyfter fram psykosociala faktorer i skolans lärmiljö samt barn och ungas psykosociala utveckling. Tio semistrukturerade intervjuer på 40-60 minuter har gjorts med olika kuratorer som jobbar med elever årskurs 7-9 i Västra Götaland. Studiens resultat visar att en viktig del i arbetet med att skapa psykosocialt främjande lärmiljöer handlar om att nå ut till vuxna på skolan med kunskap, synsätt och sätt att bemöta eleverna. Resultatet visar också att skolkuratorn själv behöver ha god kontakt med eleverna samt att skolan som helhet behöver arbeta med psykosocialt perspektiv i åtanke. / In connection with the new school law in Sweden 2010, the school social counsellor's mission changed. One purpose of the change was to tie the school social counsellor closer to the school's overall assignment, as well as to direct the work to preferably supporting and prevention efforts. This study tries investigating how school social counsellor's perceive that they can contribute to learning environments that support pupils' learning and identity development. The theoretical foundations of the study highlight psychosocial factors in the school's learning environment and the psychosocial development of children and adolescents. Ten semi structured interviews, 40-60 minutes long, have been made with different school social counsellor's who work with pupils grade 7-9 in Västra Götaland. The results of the study show that an important part of the work on creating psychosocial supporting learning environments is to reach out to adults at the school with knowledge, approaches and ways to respond to the students. The result also shows that the school social counsellor needs good contact with the students and that the school as a whole needs to work with a psychosocial perspective in mind.

Hedersrelaterad problematik är ett svårdefinierat begrepp som återfinns i flera olika kontexter. Denna studie syftar till att belysa hur skolkuratorer på kommunala högstadieskolor arbetar utifrån sin profession med elever som befinner sig i en hedersrelaterad problematik. Vi har utfört en kvalitativ studie i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio stycken skolkuratorer från sex olika kommuner i Mellansverige. I analys av resultatet har vi använt oss av professionsteori tillsammans med tidigare forskning. Studien visar att skolkuratorernas arbete skiljde sig åt utifrån bland annat arbetslivserfarenhet, samverkan med socialtjänsten och skolan samt eget personligt intresse. Det som förenade skolkuratorerna var att det saknades handlingsplaner eller andra riktlinjer för hur arbetet bör bedrivas med elever som befinner sig i en hedersrelaterad problematik. Samtliga skolkuratorer såg ämnet hedersproblematik som svårt och utmanande utifrån dess komplexitet men det fanns ett intresse hos skolkuratorerna att utveckla arbetet med problematiken. Vidare visar studien på att det saknas kunskap, dels hur det praktiska arbetet bör bedrivas men även om hedersrelaterad problematik i stort. Avslutningsvis framkommer det att verksamhetsutveckling med tema hedersproblematik, samt framtagande av handlingsplan, ses som viktiga steg för att komma vidare i arbetet. Detta för att säkerställa att elever med hedersproblematik får det stöd, skydd och bemötande som kan vara livsavgörande för deras hälsa och utveckling. / The purpose of this study was to emphasize the methods of school counselors and how they approach secondary school students who are situated in such relations. We have conducted a qualitative study in form of semi-structured interviews with nine school counselors from six different municipalities in central Sweden. In analyzing the results, we have been using professional theory combined with previous research. The study is indicating differences in the school counselor handling in terms of work experience, collaboration with social services and the school, and also dissimilarities concerning personal interest. Though, an overall downside were the non-existing plan of action or other guidelines for how to professionally deal with students who are trapped in an environment of honor-related violence. But fortunately, there is a common interest among the school counselors in improving their work within this problematic topic. According to the school counselors, honor-related violence is considered a challenging and complex task to apprehend. Furthermore, the study clarifies an uncertainty in the subject itself but it’s also showing a lack of knowledge in how to practically manage successfully. In conclusion, it emerges that activity development concerning honor-related violence, as well as the development of an action plan, is seen as important steps in order to progress. This is to ensure that students with honor-related issues gets the support, protection and treatment needed since this could be vital to their health and personal development.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka skolkuratorers upplevelser och erfarenheter av anmälningar omoro till socialtjänsten då barn misstänks fara illa. Fem enskilda intervjuer samt en fokusgrupp utfördesi denna fenomenologiska studie. Den tolkande fenomenologiska analysmetoden, IPA visar attskolkuratorer fyller en viktig funktion i skolan när de agerar stöd åt övrig personal. Skolkuratorernaföreträder även den lagliga skyldigheten att anmäla oro för övrig skolpersonal. Analysen visar även attskolkuratorerna har olika metoder för att hantera den upplevda emotionella stress i arbetet medanmälningar samt för att öka motivationen att fortsätta arbetet. Skolkuratorerna uppger sig arbeta föratt göra barnet delaktig i arbetet med anmälningar om oro. Studien visar att det finns en risk för att ettbarnperspektiv saknas i skolans och socialtjänstens arbete när barn far illa då de vuxna tenderar attfokusera på frivilliga insatser och ett samarbete med föräldrar. Detta medför att vuxnas perspektivriskerar att få företräde och barnet riskerar att påverkas negativt av arbetet med anmälan. Anmälningarom hög skolfrånvaro identifieras av skolkuratorerna i studien som ett problem då det råder osäkerhetkring rutiner och ansvarsfördelning för de olika aktörerna skolan, BUP och socialtjänsten. Osäkerhetenkan leda till att barn med hög skolfrånvaro inte får lämpligt stöd i tid och att barnperspektivet kansaknas även i dessa situationer.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur skolkuratorer ser på samverkan mellan hem och skola och att identifiera vilka förhållningssätt i socialt arbete samt förebyggande och åtgärdande insatser som skolkuratorer använder i föräldrasamverkan. Betydelsen av föräldrars delaktighet i barnens skolgång är erkänd internationellt, tillsammans med skolkuratorers roll i samverkan mellan hem och skola. Behov av mer förebyggande arbete i form av samverkan mellan hem och skola lyfts fram internationellt, medan behovet av mer främjande och förebyggande arbetet i Sverige lyfts fram utan någon tydlig koppling till föräldrasamverkan. Det finns ingen svensk forskning om skolkuratorers roll i skolans föräldrasamverkan. För informationsinsamling har fem skolkuratorer i grundskolor inom Örebro län intervjuats. Materialet har analyserats med hjälp av tre teoretiska modeller. Resultaten visar att kuratorerna ser många uttryck i skolan för att hem och skola ska vara åtskilda och att de önskar en ökad samverkan. Kuratorerna använder de olika praktikteoretiska förhållningssätten uppgiftscentrerat, systemteoretiskt, empowerment och antiförtryckande förhållningssätt i sitt arbete, med tonvikt på det förstnämnda. Kuratorerna arbetar i högre grad åtgärdande än förebyggande. / The purpose of this study is to examine the view of school counselors concerning the cooperation between the home and school and to identify what practice theories in social work as well as preventive and treatment efforts are used in the cooperation with parents. The importance of parent participation in education are internationally recognized, as well as school counselors´ part in cooperation between school and families. Need of more prevention work are highlighted internationally, combined with models for school and family cooperation. Prevention perspective is also a part in the guidelines for Swedish school health care, but the connection to school and family cooperation is weak. There is no Swedish research concerning school counselors´ role in the cooperation with parents. To collect new information in this area five school counselors working in Örebro län has been interviewed. The material has been analyzed with the help of three different theoretical models. The result shows that even though the counselors want more cooperation there are many signs and expressions to keep the school and parents divided. There are a few different approaches used by the counselors, the task centered, the system theoretical, empowerment and the anti-oppressive. The most used approach is the task centered and the work is more focused on treatment activities than prevention.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka psykisk ohälsa bland högstadieelever utifrån skolkuratorernas perspektiv. De efterfrågade frågeställningarna för denna studie är hur psykisk ohälsa hos elever kan se ut utifrån skolkuratorernas perspektiv, vilka strategier som används för att motarbeta detta fenomen och vilka orsakerna är till psykisk ohälsa. Metoden som användes för denna studie var att intervjua fem skolkuratorer om frågor som berör ämnet psykisk ohälsa bland unga. Resultatet visade att den psykisk ohälsan har ökat de senaste åren och att stödsamtal och föreläsningar används av skolkuratorer som strategi för att motverka psykisk ohälsa bland unga. Utifrån skolkuratorernas utsagor framgick dessa orsaker som var bland annat stress, påverkan av sociala medier, problematiska relationer inom familjen och till vänner, kärleksrelationer samt socioekonomisk utsatthet. Studien beskriver även rollen som skolkurator och kuratorns professionella förhållningssätt gentemot eleverna. Avslutningsvis indikerar resultaten att det är brist på forskning inom det valda området, som kräver mer vidare forskning. / The purpose of this study is to investigate mental illness among high school students from the perspective of school counselors. The questions asked for this study are how the experiences are examined from the school counselors' perspective, what strategies are used to counteract this phenomenon and what the causes are for mental illness. The method used for this study was to implement interview five school counselor questions concerning the subject of mental illness among young students. The results showed that mental illness has increased during recent years and that supportive talks and lectures are used by school counselors as a strategy to counteract mental illness among young people. According to the school counselors' statements, there are reasons such as stress, the influence of social media, problematic relationships within the family and with friends, love relationships and socio-economic vulnerability. The study also describes the role as school curator and the curator's professional attitude towards students. In conclusion, the results indicate that there is a lack of research in the chosen area, which requires more further research.

This study aims to examine school social workers experiences of creating professional relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, six semistructured interviews were conducted with school social workers in different schools in Malmö Stad. A thematic approach was used to analyse the data from which the following themes emerged: being present and visible, Non- judgemental approach, professional knowledge, and working in new ways.  The themes were discussed in relation to relevant research and the theoretical perspectives of Carl Rogers and Aaron Antonovsky.This study concludes that relationships are essential for school social workers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mental illness has rapidly increased in Sweden and today around ten procent of swedish children suffers from mental illness. The purpose of this study is to investigate how school curators work with children that suffers from mental illness and how they work preventive with this problem.  The empirical material has been collected through qualitative interviews with six school curators. With the intention of analyzing the empirical data two theoretical framework has been used. Client-oriented and room for maneuver. The results indicates that school curators mainly uses different types of conversations, but also exercises and strategies around self-esteem and indefication of emotions. They also coach the teachers in order to give them tools to identify mental illness among children. It turned out that there are many ways to promote preventive work aimed at children’s mental illness. Giving lectures and performing group exercises on topics related to self-image, bullying and conflict management were common. Lastly the room for maneuver was experienced as quite big among our interviewed school curators. There were factors that could indicate that the room for maneuver is still limited in certain parts of the work. Such as lack of time, laws and governing documents.

The purpose of this paper is to deeper understand Swedish school counselors’ work to build trustful relationships with pupils and the counselors’ possibilities to discover child sexual abuse. This will be studied, considering that the school holds many different professions. This paper will also look into the social workers opportunities and obstacles in the profession. The result of the study has developed from qualitative interviews with five school counselors where they were asked questions about their experiences and current work situation. The result showed that all of the school counselors had both suspected and discovered child sexual abuse among the pupils. They try their hardest to be as efficient as possible and to build relations, although they consider time to be their biggest obstacle. The economy and the interest principals and politicians take in the counsellors, turned out to have an impact on the priority the school counselors’ work will have.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka skolkuratorns roll i arbetet mot mobbning. Systematisk litteraturgenomgång samt användande av innehållsanalys tillämpades för att besvara litteraturstudiens syfte och frågeställningar. Rollteori samt tidigare forskning utgjorde underlag för analys av resultat. Resultatet visade att begreppet mobbning av skolkuratorer kan tolkas olika och medför därav en syn på mobbning som är mångtydig. Skolkuratorer kan i sin förklaring av hur de ser på mobbning utgå ifrån ett eller flera perspektiv. Mobbning kan betraktas ur ett allmänorienterat, individorienterat eller miljöorienterat synsätt. Ett allmänorienterat synsätt utgår ifrån en helhetssyn kring eleverna. Ett individorienterat synsätt betraktar att elevers individuella svårigheter, kroniska tillstånd eller funktionsnedsättningar ger upphov till inblandning i mobbningsincidenter. Ett miljöorienterat synsätt innefattar en psykosocial syn där norm, kultur, familj, lärare samt klasskamrater betraktas som bidragande till involvering i mobbning. Arbetet mot mobbning betecknar en komplex funktion där skolkuratorns roll består av flera aktiviteter. Exempel på ett urval av aktiviteter involverar initiativ som individuella samtal, stödgrupper, medling samt samarbete med familj och skolpersonal. / The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of the school counselor in the work against bullying. A systematic review of literature and use of content analysis were applied to answer the aims and questions of the literature study. A role-theoretical framework and research provided the basis for analysis of results. The result showed that the concept of bullying by school counselors can be interpreted differently, and thus entails a view of bullying that is ambiguous. In their explanation of how they view bullying, school counselors can start from one or more perspectives. Bullying can be viewed from a general, individual or environmental view. A general-oriented view is based on a holistic view of the students. An individual-oriented view considers that students' individual difficulties, chronic conditions or disabilities give rise to involvement in bullying incidents. An environment-oriented view includes a psychosocial view where norm, culture, family, teachers and classmates are considered contributing to involvement in bullying. The work against bullying represents a complex function in which the role of the school counselor consists of several activities. Examples of a selection of activities involve initiatives such as individual discussions, support groups, mediation and collaboration with family and school staff.