<p>Upper secondary schools programme - a qualitative study about the collaboration of the Youth- and family team, the upper secondary schools and the police to prevent drugs</p><p>Author: Åsa Göransson</p><p>Supervisor: Björn Johansson</p><p>This essay discuss drug preventative work performed by the members of the “Upper secondary schools programme”, which is a part of the Youth- and family team of the Social Services. They perform this work in collaboration with the police and upper secondary schools in Örebro.</p><p>The purpose of this essay is to investigate and describe this collaboration. More specifically, the purpose is to study the contents of documents of the municipality of Örebro concerning drug prevention aimed at youths through collaboration and compare with the actual work that is carried out by the Youth- and family team through collaboration. Further issues dealt with are possible improvements and if the parties concerned feel a need for a documented structure concerning their way of working.</p><p>I have used a qualitative method and I have interviewed members of parties concerned. The two members of the Upper secondary organisation, the head principal of the Karolinska School and the group-leader of the narcotics squad, have been interviewed.</p><p>The essay is based on earlier research concerning collaboration between the social services, the school and the police working with vulnerable children and youths.</p><p>Documents from the municipality of Örebro about youth, drug abuse and collaboration will also be a part of my interpretation.</p><p>As starting point I will analyse my result from the focuses I found common in earlier research. The chapters on Earlier research and Results will be presented divided into different themes. These themes are: Aim and purpose, Means, Knowledge, roles and equality, Support from the management and legitimacy and Structure and routines. I also analyse earlier research regarding social service’s collaboration with the police and the school, along with research on secrecy and laws. Improvements and a passage about documents of Örebro municipality will also be presented in the result/analysis.</p><p>My result shows that there is a connection to earlier research regarding Aim and purpose, Support from the management and Knowledge, roles and equality. Aims and attitudes common to all parties and a supportive management is mutual for the people I have interviewed. They feel interdependent of each others work and knowledge. Structure and routines vary but there is still a relatively determined work procedure and this procedure has been more or less implemented by the staff. There are means being put into their collaboration and they consider the means provided enough for them to do their work. Regarding problems with secrecy mentioned in earlier research is not seen as a problem of the parties concerned. They can usually work with consent from the clients.</p><p>Central keywords: youth, collaboration, social services, school, police, drug prevention</p>

Upper secondary schools programme - a qualitative study about the collaboration of the Youth- and family team, the upper secondary schools and the police to prevent drugs Author: Åsa Göransson Supervisor: Björn Johansson This essay discuss drug preventative work performed by the members of the “Upper secondary schools programme”, which is a part of the Youth- and family team of the Social Services. They perform this work in collaboration with the police and upper secondary schools in Örebro. The purpose of this essay is to investigate and describe this collaboration. More specifically, the purpose is to study the contents of documents of the municipality of Örebro concerning drug prevention aimed at youths through collaboration and compare with the actual work that is carried out by the Youth- and family team through collaboration. Further issues dealt with are possible improvements and if the parties concerned feel a need for a documented structure concerning their way of working. I have used a qualitative method and I have interviewed members of parties concerned. The two members of the Upper secondary organisation, the head principal of the Karolinska School and the group-leader of the narcotics squad, have been interviewed. The essay is based on earlier research concerning collaboration between the social services, the school and the police working with vulnerable children and youths. Documents from the municipality of Örebro about youth, drug abuse and collaboration will also be a part of my interpretation. As starting point I will analyse my result from the focuses I found common in earlier research. The chapters on Earlier research and Results will be presented divided into different themes. These themes are: Aim and purpose, Means, Knowledge, roles and equality, Support from the management and legitimacy and Structure and routines. I also analyse earlier research regarding social service’s collaboration with the police and the school, along with research on secrecy and laws. Improvements and a passage about documents of Örebro municipality will also be presented in the result/analysis. My result shows that there is a connection to earlier research regarding Aim and purpose, Support from the management and Knowledge, roles and equality. Aims and attitudes common to all parties and a supportive management is mutual for the people I have interviewed. They feel interdependent of each others work and knowledge. Structure and routines vary but there is still a relatively determined work procedure and this procedure has been more or less implemented by the staff. There are means being put into their collaboration and they consider the means provided enough for them to do their work. Regarding problems with secrecy mentioned in earlier research is not seen as a problem of the parties concerned. They can usually work with consent from the clients. Central keywords: youth, collaboration, social services, school, police, drug prevention

I Malmö stad finns en handlingsplan för drogförebyggande arbete där två punkter handlar om skolan. Vårt syfte var att undersöka hur denna handlingsplan har implementerats på ett antal skolor i Malmö. Detta gjorde vi genom att utföra fyra stycken kvalitativa intervjuer med rektorer på fyra olika skolor och en intervju med en anställd på Malmö stadsförvaltning eller i Malmö stad. Vi fann att implementeringen inte fungerat väl då rektorerna inte använder sig av handlingsplanen. Dock finns det trots detta ett fungerande drogförebyggande arbete på skolorna. / In Malmö there is an action plan for drug preventive work in which two parts are related to school work. Our purpose was to examine how this action plan has been implemented in various schools in Malmö. We did this through four qualitative interviews with principals on four different schools and one interview with an employee in Malmö municipality. We found that the implementation has not been working well since the principals don’t use the action plan. Despite of this there is a functioning drug preventive work in the schools.

Studien syftade till att erhålla en fördjupad förståelse för hur socialpedagogen beskrev sin yrkesroll och specifika kompetens inom det drogförebyggande arbetet i skolan i jämförelse med andra professioner. Studien avsåg även att få en ökad förståelse för hur socialpedagogen beskrev framgångsfaktorer och utmaningar inom yrkesrollen avseende frågan om att motverka droganvändning hos elever. Vid genomförandet av studien användes en kvalitativ metod med fokus på semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex informanter som hade olika yrkestitlar. Vid bearbetningen av den insamlade datan användes tematisk analys för att underlätta identifiering och analys av teman. För att analysera hur organisatoriska strukturer kan påverka socialpedagogens yrkesroll och specifika kompetens inom det drogförebyggande arbetet tillämpades Human Relations som teoretisk förankring. Det socialpedagogiska perspektivet tillämpades som teoretisk förankring för att synliggöra hur det socialpedagogiska bidraget kan berika det drogförebyggande arbetet. Resultatet i studien visade på skillnader i socialpedagogernas delaktighet och arbetsbelastning i det drogpreventiva arbetet. Resultatet indikerade att socialpedagogerna var i behov av tydligare riktlinjer och ökat handlingsutrymme för att kunna påverka det drogförebyggande arbetet ytterligare. Studien betonade även vikten av att socialpedagogen hade en fungerande samverkan med övriga professioner och utomstående samhällsaktörer för att kunna tillgodose barnets behov och önskemål. Slutsatserna kunde dras att socialpedagogens yrkesroll och specifika kompetens har en stor betydelse i att bidra till elevernas psykosociala utveckling, och detta genom att skapa tillitsfulla relationer. Avslutningsvis synliggjordes vikten av att tydliggöra socialpedagogens yrkesroll och arbetsuppgifter inom skolverksamheten för att samtliga socialpedagoger ska kunna arbeta utifrån likvärdiga riktlinjer och förutsättningar.

Ungdomars droganvändning utgör ett samhällsproblem som kan medföra allvarliga konsekvenser för både individen och samhället i stort. Att arbeta drogpreventivt med ungdomar är således en prioriterad fråga på nationell nivå och skolan framhålls inneha en viktig roll i det förebyggande arbetet. Gymnasieskolan Knut Hahn i Ronneby har nominerats för sitt framgångsrika drogpreventiva arbete som bland annat utgörs av drogtester och samverkan med polis och socialtjänst. Knut Hahn har tidigare haft en problematik med droganvändning vilket resulterade i att det drogpreventiva arbetet inleddes. Aktuell processutvärdering syftar till att utvärdera Knut Hahns drogpreventiva arbete med intention att såväl kunskapsutveckla som främja processen. Det inbegriper följaktligen att undersöka vilka insatser som implementerats på gymnasieskolan Knut Hahn i förhållande till deras framtagna handlingsplan. Vidare ämnas erfarenheter och upplevelser från involverade aktörer i det drogpreventiva arbetet studeras, för att identifiera potentiella framgångsfaktorer och eventuella brister. Datamaterialet utgörs av tio semistrukturerade intervjuer med involverade aktörer. I resultatet framgår att insatserna i skolans handlingsplan har efterföljts. Därutöver framkommer det i intervjuerna att ytterligare insatser som inte omnämns i handlingsplanen genomförs. Vidare indikerar resultatet på en samstämmighet hos de involverade aktörerna avseende positiva upplevelser av det drogpreventiva arbetet på Knut Hahn. Flera framgångsfaktorer identifieras, varpå engagemang, korta kontaktvägar och långsiktighet i huvudsak framhävs. Sekretess och resursbrist lyfts i sin tur fram som hinder för ett effektivt drogförebyggande arbete. / Youth drug use is considered a societal problem which can cause serious consequences for both the individual and society at large. Drug prevention aimed towards young people is thus a prioritized issue at a national level and schools are emphasized to have an important role in the drug preventative work. Knut Hahn High School in Ronneby has been nominated for its successful drug preventative work, which includes drug tests as well as cooperation with the police and social services. The drug preventative work was initiated due to observed drug use among students at Knut Hahn. The current process evaluation aims to evaluate Knut Hahn's drug preventative work with the intention of developing knowledge in order to further the process. Consequently, the evaluation mean to investigate the implemented drug preventative measures at Knut Hahn High School in relation to their developed plan of action. Furthermore, the study aims to highlight experiences from different actors involved in the drug preventative work, in order to identify potential success factors and possible shortcomings. Ten semi-structured interviews with involved actors were conducted. The results show that the initiatives of the school's plan of action have been followed. The interviews also indicate implemented measures beyond what’s mentioned in the plan of action. Furthermore, a consensus among the actors regarding positive experiences of the drug prevention work at Knut Hahn was found. Several success factors are mentioned, whereupon commitment, effective communication and long term perspective are mainly emphasized. Secrecy and lack of resources are in turn highlighted as obstacles to effective drug preventative work.