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The aim of this study is to examine social worker’s experiences of collaboration within the Swedish individual and family care and to what extent staff turnover could affect this. This study will contribute to giving a better understanding of how complex collaboration is and which obstacles it surrounds. The study’s approach includes semi-structured interviews with eight social workers where four were family therapists and four were social workers at the child department. A composition of national and international research was used as a research overview together with organization theory and system theory to analyze the result.  Conclusions of this study shows that collaboration in Swedish individual and family care is necessary both for the sake of the social workers but also for the client. According to the professionals who were interviewed, some factors which prevent a functional collaboration are: staff turnover, bad communication, different opinions, lacking relationships and routines. Both units wish for a closer interaction where they can create consistent relations with who they work with. Staff turnover was a consistent obstacle which created more difficulties between the professionals and clients.

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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vikten av faktorerna bemötande, stöd och brukarinvolvering för en gynnsam substansberoendevård. Detta har genomförts utifrån brukarperspektiv och yrkesprofessionellt perspektiv genom kvalitativ metod. Åtta stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts, fyra av deltagarna är brukare som har erfarenhet av substansberoendevård och fyra av deltagarna är professionella inom substansberoendevård. För att analysera empirin har en tematisk analysmetod använts. Resultatet visar att de båda perspektiven är överens om vikten av faktorerna bemötande, stöd och brukarinvolvering för en gynnsam vård. Dessutom påvisar resultatet att faktorerna förutsätter varandra. Däremot skiljer sig brukarperspektivet och det professionella perspektivet kring huruvida välfungerande implementeringen av dessa faktorer är. Vidare framkommer även andra faktorer som är av stor vikt för en gynnsam substansberoendevård såsom allians och relationsskapande. Utöver detta påpekar både brukardeltagarna och de professionella att det finns förbättringsmöjligheter inom substansberoendevården kring faktorerna bemötande, stöd och brukarinvolvering. Det krävs även en förändring på samhällsnivå för att kunna förbättra substansberoendevården.     Nyckelord: en gynnsam substansberoendevård, bemötande, stöd, brukarinvolvering, brukarperspektiv, yrkesprofessionellt perspektiv. / This study aimed to explore the relevance of the factors of treatment, support, and user involvement for a successful substance abuse care. This is a qualitative study with a user perspective and a professional perspective. Eight semi-structured interviews have been done. Four of them with individuals with substance abuse experience, and four of the interviews with professionals working in substance abuse care. The empirical data has been analyzed with a thematic analysis method. The results show that both users and professionals agree on the importance of the factors treatment, support, and user involvement for a successful care. Further on, these factors are dependent on one another. The two perspectives separate from each other in terms of how well these factors are implemented. The results also showed the importance of other factors for a successful care, such as alliance and establishing relationships. Beyond that, both users and professionals point out the need for improvement related to the aspects of treatment, support, and user involvement. A change in substance abuse care is also required at a macro level.     Keywords: successful substance abuse care, treatment, support, user involvement, user perspective, professional perspective.

The study aims to examine social workers' experiences of threats and violence from clients and to shed light on strategies that social workers in social services have for dealing with such situations. The study also intends to examine social workers acquired knowledge from higher educational institutions and employers. To answer the study’s research questions a qualitative research approach is used. Empirical collection comes from semi-structured interviews with seven social workers active within two municipalities in Sweden. Results is analysed with previous research and Coping and KASAM as theoretical frame of reference. Result show that social workers experience more threats from clients in comparison with violence. How social workers are affected depend on various aspects such as supportive colleagues and managers. Experienced colleagues also prove to be important for less experienced social workers as all respondents considered that higher education institutions do not contribute with sufficient knowledge in the matter. The conclusion was that normalization of the subject risks negatively affecting the well-being of social workers as well as the client's opportunity for help. Employers and higher education institutions must work continuously to prevent normalization and provide informative training on the subject to social workers.   Keywords: social worker, threats and violence from clients, experience, educational institutions, social services, strategies. / Studien syftar till att undersöka socialsekreterares erfarenheter av hot och våld från klienter samt belysa de strategier som socialsekreterare inom socialtjänsten har för att hantera sådana situationer. Slutligen undersöks vilken kunskap inom ämnet hot och våld som socialsekreterarna i studien anser att lärosäten samt arbetsgivare bidragit med. För att besvara studiens forskningsfrågor och fånga varje respondents unika upplevelse används kvalitativ forskningsansats. Empiriinsamlingen kommer från semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju socialsekreterare inom två kommuner i Mellansverige. Studiens resultat analyseras mot bakgrund av tidigare forskning samt teoretisk referensram som utgörs av Coping och KASAM. Resultatet visar att socialsekreterare upplever mer hot från klienter i jämförelse med fysiskt våld. Hur socialsekreterare påverkas beror även på olika aspekter såsom stöttande kollegor och chefer samt hur verksamma inom socialtjänsten hanterar dessa frågor inom området. En betydelsefull strategi är exempelvis kurs i lågaffektivt bemötande. Erfarna kollegor visar sig ha betydelse för mindre erfarna socialsekreterare då samtliga respondenter ansåg att lärosäten inte bidrar med tillräcklig kunskap i ämnet. Slutsatsen blev att normalisering av ämnet riskerar att drabba socialsekreterares välbefinnande negativt samt även klientens möjlighet till hjälp. Av den anledningen måste arbetsgivare och lärosäten arbeta fortlöpande för att förhindra normalisering och ge informativ utbildning i ämnet till framtida socialsekreterare.   Nyckelord: socialsekreterare, hot och våld från klienter, erfarenhet, lärosäten, socialtjänsten, strategier.

Denna kvalitativa studie handlar om förändringsarbetet som erbjuds av Socialtjänstens verksamheter, till män som utövat våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer. Målet med förändringsarbetet är att hjälpa våldsutövaren att komma till insikt med sina problem, samt förändra det destruktiva beteendet. Studien är baserad på professionellas upplevelser av metoderna ATV och Samtal om våld som används i förändringsarbetet, samt utmaningar som dem möter i arbetet. I denna studie har metoden semistrukturerade intervjuer tillämpats. Sex personer medverkade i studien och intervjuades, informanterna arbetade i Socialtjänstens verksamheter i tre olika län. Studiens resultat visade att metoderna som används i förändringsarbetet tyder på positiva effekter, men metoderna uppgavs ha svag evidens. Utmaningar i arbetet hade kopplingar till könsnormer, stereotypa föreställningar av våldsutövare och handlingsutrymmet. Teorierna om gräsrotsbyråkrati och maskulinitetsteorin, användes i studien för att med koppling till dessa, analysera och utveckla resultaten. / This qualitative study is about the Social Services' perpetrator treatment programs of men's violence against women. The study is based on professionals' experiences of the methods ATV and samtal om våld used in the treatment programs, and challenges they encounter. In this study, the method of semi-structured interviews has been applied. Six interviewees participated and were interviewed. The interviewees worked in the Social Services' operations in three different counties. The results of the study showed that methods used in the treatment programs indicate positive effects, but the methods were stated to not yet have a strong scientific support. Challenges experienced in the work had connections to gender norms, stereotypical perceptions of perpetrators of violence and space of management. The theories of grassroots bureaucracy and masculinity theory were used in the study to analyze and elaborate the results in connection to those.

För att stärka barns rättigheter ingår barnkonventionen sedan 2018 i den svenskalagstiftningen och återfinns i flera författningar. Trots dess omfattning finns detbrister när det kommer till att göra barn delaktiga i beslut som rör dem. Det finnsen tolkningsfrihet där vuxna bedömer om barnen kan vara delaktiga utifrånmognad och ålder. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur socialsekreterarearbetar med barns delaktighet i beslutsprocesser som rör våld i nära relation.Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en kvalitativ undersökning.Datainsamlingsmetoden var semistrukturerade intervjuer med tio styckenrespondenter. Urvalet bestod av socialsekreterare i två olika kommuner. Vidarehar Lipskys teori om gräsrotsbyråkrater legat till grund för analysen av empirin.Resultatet visar att barns delaktighet ligger i händerna på socialsekreterarna.Slutsatsen av studien visar att socialsekreterarna anser sig hellre vilja skyddabarnen än att göra dem delaktiga, samtidigt som det är just delaktighet de helatiden strävar efter.

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In the USA, older adults are sexually active and are the fastest growing age group in the country. However, previous research has placed little emphasis on sexual satisfaction amongst older adults. Research has focused on individuals up to midlife and how sexual function is affected by age. There is a need for studies that focus on both similarities and differences between age groups as well as other variables that may affect individuals’ sexual satisfaction.  Consequently, the aim of this study was to investigate sexual satisfaction between two age cohorts, 39-60- and 60–92-year-olds, in the United States of America taking age, sexual orientation, as well as gender into account. Other explanatory variables such as cohabitation status, educational level, financial situation, everyday health limits and chronic pain were added to the multiple regression model to investigate changes in relationship between the central independent variables and sexual satisfaction. A split sample regression model by gender was conducted to study if the effects of the variables were similar when men and women were analyzed separately. For this study, secondary data was retrieved from a study titled Midlife Development in the U.S (MIDUS). Results from the bivariate regression model showed a significant and negative correlation between the older age cohort and sexual satisfaction. In this study, these results may be understood from the respondent’s cohabitation status and the respondent’s health limits in their everyday life. No significant differences in sexual satisfaction were found between sexual orientations. Differences in sexual satisfaction between men and women were found, indicating women being on average less sexually satisfied than men. Women’s lower levels of sexual satisfaction could be fully understood from cohabitation status and socioeconomic resources, as women are often younger than their partner and therefore more likely to be alone in later life. Results from the split sample analysis by gender indicated similar effects. Living arrangements had a strong and significant effect on both men and women’s sexual satisfaction. For women, socioeconomic resources had a stronger and significant effect on women’s sexual satisfaction, whereas everyday health limits had a slightly higher effect on men’s sexual satisfaction. To increase the overall well-being for sexually active adults throughout life, future research should study sexual satisfaction with a longitudinal approach and focus on how sexual satisfaction develops in different stages of life. The amount of sexual education the respondents received earlier in life and the relationship with sexual satisfaction may also be investigated further. Lastly, further research could study to what extent social services and housing administrators are implementing living conditions that enable intimate moments in later life amongst older adults.