<p>Uppsatsens syfte har varit att få förståelse för hur socialsekreterare tänker kring och arbetar med ärenden där barn och ungdomar skolvägrar. Frågorna som uppsatsen försökt besvara är hur socialsekreterare beskriver sin förståelse för fenomenet skolvägran och hur de arbetar med barn och ungdomar som skolvägrar, hur de ser på tillgängliga och alternativa arbetsmetoder kring skolvägran samt hur de beskriver sin kontakt med skolorna och barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin. Urvalet består av sju utredande socialsekreterare inom Stockholms stad som har erfarenhet av arbete med skolpliktiga barn och ungdomar som skolvägrar. Metodvalet är kvalitativa djupintervjuer som tolkats utifrån en fenomenologisk ansats. Analysen har haft sin grund i ett organisationsteoretiskt perspektiv. Resultatet visade att enligt socialsekreterarna kommer anmälan om skolvägran oftast från skolan och att socialsekreterarna upplever det som om anmälan görs i ett sent skede. Om inte den sociala utredningen visar att skolvägran orsakats av sociala brister hos eller kring den unge, anser socialsekreterarna att det inte ligger inom deras arbetsområde. Ofta förekommande insatser vid skolvägran har varit familjebehandling och kontaktperson. Socialtjänsten samarbetar ofta med barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin och med skolorna när barn och ungdomar skolvägrar.</p>

Uppsatsens syfte har varit att få förståelse för hur socialsekreterare tänker kring och arbetar med ärenden där barn och ungdomar skolvägrar. Frågorna som uppsatsen försökt besvara är hur socialsekreterare beskriver sin förståelse för fenomenet skolvägran och hur de arbetar med barn och ungdomar som skolvägrar, hur de ser på tillgängliga och alternativa arbetsmetoder kring skolvägran samt hur de beskriver sin kontakt med skolorna och barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin. Urvalet består av sju utredande socialsekreterare inom Stockholms stad som har erfarenhet av arbete med skolpliktiga barn och ungdomar som skolvägrar. Metodvalet är kvalitativa djupintervjuer som tolkats utifrån en fenomenologisk ansats. Analysen har haft sin grund i ett organisationsteoretiskt perspektiv. Resultatet visade att enligt socialsekreterarna kommer anmälan om skolvägran oftast från skolan och att socialsekreterarna upplever det som om anmälan görs i ett sent skede. Om inte den sociala utredningen visar att skolvägran orsakats av sociala brister hos eller kring den unge, anser socialsekreterarna att det inte ligger inom deras arbetsområde. Ofta förekommande insatser vid skolvägran har varit familjebehandling och kontaktperson. Socialtjänsten samarbetar ofta med barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin och med skolorna när barn och ungdomar skolvägrar.

<p>The possibility to be able to better manage the Swedish public health care has been a focus from way back to the middle of the 20th century. This study focuses on a middle managerial position called Base-unit Executive Officer, which we feel is of great influence to the public health care. Because of the changes to the public health care organisations over a long period of time we find it important and interesting to research a managerial role in the midst of these changes. By going through information containing opinions, attitudes, and other information from employees within a CCDO we will try to enlighten what we feel are informational currents of opinions surrounding the notion of competence, leadership and management. The purpose of our study is to be able to help create an environment of open reflections and new ideas of what sort of competencies are required for the manager role.</p><p>The study is defined by our research problem which give use the following question:</p><p>What room is there for a broader comprehension of what kinds of competencies are desirable and useable in the role as a Base-unit Executive Officer?</p><p>To be able to interpret the primary data of the study a theoretic framework was created in the purpose to function as a tool for continuation of the study. The study was done with the use of hermeneutical paradigm together with a compromise between deductive and inductive approach.</p><p>The primary data of the study was collected with a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six employees of whom three were Base-unit Executive Officers. The reason for the use of a qualitative method was that it gives us conditions to gather the opinions, thoughts, values etc. of the respondents.</p><p>By merging the tools of our theoretic framework and the collected data we were able to establish an analysis. We concluded that the analysis consisted of both congruence and discrepancy related to our theoretical framework. The discrepancy showed that there exist a room for a broader comprehension of what kinds of competencies are desirable and useable in the role as a Base-unit Executive Officer. There is room to develop the comprehension of competence in areas such as management and leadership as defined by our theoretical framework.</p><p>Because of our path between deductive and inductive approach the reader should carefully evaluate the truth criteria in the study. Validation in the inductive sense is a tough task for a short and small study such as this one. We do however believe that give our preconditions have reached an acceptable level in the truth criteria. When taken into practical application we have hope that our initial thoughts of enlightment will enable a positive development of the managerial role of the Base-unit Executive Officers.</p>

The possibility to be able to better manage the Swedish public health care has been a focus from way back to the middle of the 20th century. This study focuses on a middle managerial position called Base-unit Executive Officer, which we feel is of great influence to the public health care. Because of the changes to the public health care organisations over a long period of time we find it important and interesting to research a managerial role in the midst of these changes. By going through information containing opinions, attitudes, and other information from employees within a CCDO we will try to enlighten what we feel are informational currents of opinions surrounding the notion of competence, leadership and management. The purpose of our study is to be able to help create an environment of open reflections and new ideas of what sort of competencies are required for the manager role. The study is defined by our research problem which give use the following question: What room is there for a broader comprehension of what kinds of competencies are desirable and useable in the role as a Base-unit Executive Officer? To be able to interpret the primary data of the study a theoretic framework was created in the purpose to function as a tool for continuation of the study. The study was done with the use of hermeneutical paradigm together with a compromise between deductive and inductive approach. The primary data of the study was collected with a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six employees of whom three were Base-unit Executive Officers. The reason for the use of a qualitative method was that it gives us conditions to gather the opinions, thoughts, values etc. of the respondents. By merging the tools of our theoretic framework and the collected data we were able to establish an analysis. We concluded that the analysis consisted of both congruence and discrepancy related to our theoretical framework. The discrepancy showed that there exist a room for a broader comprehension of what kinds of competencies are desirable and useable in the role as a Base-unit Executive Officer. There is room to develop the comprehension of competence in areas such as management and leadership as defined by our theoretical framework. Because of our path between deductive and inductive approach the reader should carefully evaluate the truth criteria in the study. Validation in the inductive sense is a tough task for a short and small study such as this one. We do however believe that give our preconditions have reached an acceptable level in the truth criteria. When taken into practical application we have hope that our initial thoughts of enlightment will enable a positive development of the managerial role of the Base-unit Executive Officers.