The aim of this study is to investigate how social services handles and experiences threats in the workplace with focus on prevention and how follow up work is conducted. Data collection involved six qualitative interviews with four social workers and two unit managers. The results indicate that social workers normalizes threats at the workplace and that the leadership is crucial for both prevention and follow up. Routines at work are important but social workers are rarely informed or updated about these routines. Social workers experience that follow up is not a priority by their unit managers and after a threat social workers have a lack of time to take care of themselves. Unit managers experience the importance of routines for prevention of threats in the workplace. As unit managers they have the biggest responsibility when threats occur in the workplace and follow up should include an individual plan for every social worker. Both social workers and unit managers agrees that the experience is enough when determining if a threat is real or not.

A large number of children and teenagers are placed in foster care for various reasons. Social services have a responsibility to follow up youths and ensure that they have the same opportunity for positive development as other young people. A qualitative study was conducted with an abductive perspective by gathering material from social workers in this particular field. The research design of this study is an interview study. The theoretical premise was Bronfenbrenners ecosystem theory and Maslows hierarchy of needs theory. The aim of this study was to examine how social services work to secure youths life situation and how social workers promotes teenagers perspective in their work. The collected material was analyzed thematically. Results showed that all social workers in the study perceived that a functioning schooling and network around the teenagers is important. Another outcome was that frequent follow-up work in foster care is important and that four of six municipalities have one responsible social worker that only follows teenagers in foster care. One of the municipalities which do not have one responsible social worker as a separate position is under preparation to develop this profession. A further result in this study was that social workers variously promote teenagers perspective in their work.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att fördjupa kunskapen om vilka svårigheter som kan uppstå vid problemlösning i matematikundervisningen och hur lärare förebygger och följer upp elevernas svårigheter. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ ansats och ett ramverk hämtat ur Mölleheds (2001) avhandling. Vi har genomfört observationer av elever och lärare och semistrukturerade intervjuer med lärarna. Resultatet visar vilka svårigheter elever har i problemlösningsuppgifter samt hur lärare förebygger och följer upp elevernas svårigheter. Elever visar svårigheter med att kombinera föremål, motivera sina lösningar, förstå matematiska begrepp, förstå texten, separera räknesätten, att ha fokus på rätt detaljer och att de gjorde slarvfel. Lärares förebyggande och uppföljande arbete inkluderade varierande introduktioner, förklaring av begrepp, kartläggande av elevers svårigheter, erbjuda individuellt stöd, och använda helklassdiskussionen som ett sätt att reda ut befintliga svårigheter som uppkommit, genom att lyfta olika strategier. Slutsatsen är att elevers svårigheter är att kombinera föremål, textförståelse, matematiska begrepp, att motivera sina lösningar, räkneförmåga och att behålla fokus på uppgiften. Lärare förebygger elevers svårigheter i problemlösning genom varierande introduktioner, genomgångar, att förklara begrepp och genom att kartlägga elevers svårigheter. Lärare följer upp elevers svårigheter genom att erbjuda individuellt stöd både i och utanför undervisningen i klassrummet och diskutera elevers svårigheter, möjliga lösningar och möjliga strategier i helklassdiskussioner. / The purpose of this study is to deepen the knowledge of the difficulties that can arise in problem solving in mathematics teaching and how teachers prevent and follow up students' difficulties. We have used a qualitative approach and a framework derived from Möllehed's (2001) thesis. We conducted observations of students and teachers and semi-structured interviews with the teachers. The result shows what difficulties students have in problem solving tasks as well as how teachers prevent and follow up students' difficulties. Pupils show difficulty combining objects, motivating their solutions, understanding mathematical concepts, understanding the text, separating the calculations, focusing on the right details and making mistakes. Teacher prevention and follow-up work included varied introductions, explanation of concepts, mapping of student difficulties, offering individual support, and using the whole-class discussion as a way to identify existing difficulties that arose, by highlighting different strategies. The conclusion is that pupils’ difficulties are to combine objects, textual understanding, mathematical concepts, to justify their solutions, calculating ability and to keep focus on the task. Teachers prevent pupils’ difficulties in problem solving through various different introductions, reviews, explaining concepts and by charting lifting difficulties. Teachers follow up pupils difficulties by offering individual support both inside and outside the classroom and discussing the pupils’ difficulties, possible solutions and possible strategies in whole class discussions.

Sammanfattning Syftet med studien, som grundar sig i en kvalitativ ansats, är att genom semistrukturerade intervjuer få uppfattning om vilka positiva och negativa aspekter det finns med privatisering av barn- och ungdomsvård. Dessutom grundar sig studien på att upptäcka socialarbetare upplevda skillnader i uppföljningsarbetet hos kommunalt utredda familjehem respektive konsulentstödda familjehem. Utifrån tidigare forskning framgår det att barn och vuxna är väldigt beroende av kontinuitet gällande att träffa samma socialarbetare för att uppleva situationen på ett bra sätt. Stor omsättning av socialarbetare leder till att upplevelsen med dessa inte blir lika bra och att förtroendet för socialarbetaren sjunker.   Genom tematisk analys framkom det att uppföljningen av placerade barn skiljer sig beroende på om barnet är placerat i kommunal eller privat verksamhet. I studien framkommer det att socialtjänsten besitter det yttersta ansvaret för det placerade barnet men saknar insyn i de privata aktörernas arbete. Det finns inte heller någon granskning från IVO gällande de privata verksamheterna. Detta skapar en osäkerhet om barnets behov tillgodoses på rätt sätt. / Abstract The purpose of this study is to get an idea through a qualitative method based in semi-structured interviews of which positive and negative aspects exist with the privatization of child and youth care. In addition, the study is based on discovering social workers perceived differences in the follow-up work of municipally investigated family homes and consultant-supported family homes. Previous research conclude that children and adults are very dependent on continuity in meeting the same social worker to experience the situation in a good way. A high turnover of social workers generates a bad experience and a lack of trust between the social worker and client.  Through thematic analysis, it emerged that the follow-up of placed children differs depending on whether the child is placed in a municipal or private operation. In the study it appears that the social service has the ultimate responsibility for the placed child but lacks insight into the work of the private operations. This creates uncertainty as to whether the child’s needs are being met in the right way.