This thesis concerns the role of the Social Care Worker in interventions into unacceptable sexual behaviour in people who have a learning disability. It takes as point of departure ways in which support organisations and individual members of staff become aware that a service user’s sexual behaviour needs to be addressed. This raises issues about the service user’s human rights, confidentiality, and the concept of what it is to be ‘professional’ which can affect information sharing between support organisations and also between fellow support workers. In the case of the latter this relates to the workers status within the organisation, relations of power/knowledge which also has implications for the status of these workers as ‘professionals’. The thesis goes on to determine the support workers’ perceptions of what Bourdieu has termed, their ‘field’. That is to say, those behaviours they feel they can address without consulting health professionals. In addition to this, criteria used to decide when it is appropriate to consult health professionals is also described which thus demarcates their ‘field’ as perceived by the social care workers. The subsequent roles of the SCW whether working with or without input of health professionals is then discussed in terms of the individual worker’s ‘proximity’ or working relationship with the service user in question, and also their status within the support organisation. Findings suggest that some front-line workers who can claim closer ‘proximity’ to the service user may not have the same level of information about the behaviour as their managers who work off-site and do not have their direct care. Consideration is then given to accounts of situations in which input from health professionals is sought but is not forthcoming leaving SCWs and their organisations to deal with the behaviour in-house. Some of these such as sexual assault and rape are thus being treated in the community when otherwise the individuals concerned would be treated in locked NHS wards. Thus a new ‘field’ emerges requiring of the SCW a level of responsibility and skill that goes unacknowledged. The thesis ends by considering the feelings of workers involved in interventions into unacceptable sexual behaviour and concludes with recommendations on the education and support these workers require. Acknowledgement of the work they do and re-assessment of their status as workers is also recommended.

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att få kunskap om pedagogers inställning till, samtuppfattning om högläsning som företeelse i förskolan. Vi har undersökt hur och i vilketsyfte högläsning används i förskolan samt vilken uppfattning förskollärare har om högläsningensbetydelse för barns språkutveckling. I denna studie har sju informanter intervjuatsoch samtliga informanter arbetar inom förskolan. Resultatet av intervjuerna visaratt högläsning är ett vedertaget inslag i förskolans verksamhet. Syftet med högläsningen iförskolan är dock varierande, där de två mest centrala ändamålen är för omsorg samt förspråkutveckling. Resultatet klargör även att samtliga informanter anser att högläsninggynnar barns språkutveckling, men att arbetsmetoderna är av varierande karaktär. Informanternabelyser att det egna förhållningssättet är betydelsefullt i högläsningssituationerdå det vidare påverkar barnens intresse för litteratur. I resultatet framkommer samverkanmed biblioteken som en viktig faktor för informanternas språkutvecklande arbete.Dessvärre varierar tillgången till bibliotek väsentligt bland informanterna. I diskussionenframkommer våra uppfattningar om hur högläsning i förskolan kan tillämpas på ett mergenomtänkt sätt samt vilken betydelse vi anser att förskolans uteslutande ur skollagenhar för det läsfrämjande arbetet mellan bibliotek och förskola. / The aim of this qualitative study was to gain knowledge about teachers attitude towardsand perception of reading aloud as a phenomenon in preschools. We have studied howand for what purpose reading aloud is used in preschools and what perception preschoolteachers have about the importance reading aloud has for children’s language development.To this study seven informants has been interviewed and all informants work inpreschools. The results of the interviews show that reading aloud is a recognized featureof preschool activities. The aim of the read aloud activities in preschools is howevervaried, where the two most central purposes are for care and for language development.The results also clarifies that all informants believes that read aloud promotes children’slanguage development, but that the working methods are of varying character. The informantsemphasize that their own approach is important in reading situations, as it furtheraffects the children’s interest for literature. In the results, collaboration with librariansappears to be an important factor for the informants language development work. Unfortunately,the access to libraries varies considerably among the informants. The discussionreveals our perceptions of how read aloud in preschool can be applied in a more thoughtfulmanner as well as the signification we consider that the preschool’s expulsion from theschool law have for the promote reading work between libraries and preschools.

The aim of this thesis is to study the adaptation process in the intensive care units. The theoretical section analysed the adaptation process of nurses with particular focus on methodical instructions, legislation and other specific aspects of the adaptation process, including necessary education for the ICU nurses. The aim of the practical section was to examine, whether the adaptation processes are done properly and are long enough. We focused not only on the point of view of the management, but also on the feedback from the new employees. A survey was done among the employees of accredited and non-accredited healthcare facilities. By the evaluation of our data, we have managed to accept or deny various hypotheses that were included in our work. Our survey has shown that both executive nurses and new employees think the adaptation process usually proceeds correctly and thoroughly and they do not want to make any changes. Our data have also been used to compare adaptation processes of accredited and non-accredited healthcare facilities. Based on the data from our survey, we have been able to determine, that the adaptation process is significantly better at facilities which are accredited. On the contrary, the nurses working in non-accredited facilities are less satisfied and would welcome changes...