The purpose of this study has been to identify how the work is conducted in five municipal homes for care and accommodation for unaccompanied refugee youths. Five qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with six respondents who work as staff in the youth accommodation for unaccompanied refugee youths. The results were analyzed based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The results showed a spread among the youths where some had difficulties with the most basic needs such as eating and sleeping, while other young people had worked their way up in the hierarchy and were on the top of the stairs working for self-actualization. / Syftet med den här studien har varit att kartlägga hur arbetet ser ut på fem kommunala hem för vård och boende för ensamkommande flyktingungdomar. Fem kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med sex respondenter som arbetar som personal på ungdomsboenden för ensamkommande flyktingungdomar. Resultatet analyserades med utgångspunkt i Maslows behovstrappa. Resultatet visade en spridning bland ungdomarna där en del har svårigheter med de mest grundläggande behoven såsom matintag och sömn, medan andra ungdomar har arbetat sig upp till behovstrappans högsta punkt och arbetar för självförverkligande.

This study focuses on the effects of the cash for care policy (CFC, in Swedish vårdnadsbidrag) on female employment in Sweden. The CFC was introduced in Sweden in 2008. It consists of a flat-rate sum paid by the municipalities to parents of children between age one and three, who decide to provide care for their children and do not use publicly subsidized daycare. The policy has been the object of heated political and social debates. The main object of the reform is increasing parents’ “freedom to choose”, but the policy is also feared to be a “housewife trap” by those opposing the reform. The study provides an overview of the use of CFC during the first years since its introduction, and an estimate of short-term effects of the use of CFC on female employment. Since it is voluntary for the municipalities to adopt the policy, municipalities have been analyzed as in a quasi-experiment, where some have been “treated” with the CFC policy, and some have not. First, female employment trends in similar types of treated and control municipalities were compared. Secondly, linear regressions were used to estimate the effects of the CFC policy on changes in female employment rates after the introduction of the policy, controlling for various characteristics of the municipalities such as: urban/rural areas, shares of highly educated women, shares of low educated women, shares of foreign-born women, total fertility rates. The study shows that, in general, the municipalities that offered the policy had higher female employment rates than the municipalities that did not offer it. Nevertheless, in rural areas the adoption of CFC had negative effects on female employment. On average, in rural areas female employment growth rates relative to years 2007-2012 in municipalities offering the policy were 2.42 percentage points lower than in control municipalities, all else being equal. Negative effects of CFC on female employment in municipalities with high shares of low educated women, high shares of foreign-born women and high fertility rates were not confirmed. The CFC policy has been recently adopted, mostly in urban municipalities and the proportion of parents that used CFC has been relatively low. Long terms effects of CFC on female employment will likely be dependent on whether the policy will be more widely used in the future and where.

This project aims to challenge preconceptions of mental health and attempts to conceptually dissect the popular phrase “mental health is a luxury”. The dissection is grounded on a theoretical background related to the inefficiencies of the health care system, advocacy movements of health care rights, material culture and luxury consumption, in order to conceptualize design strategies for sociocultural change.The concept challenges the perception of mental health care as luxury through the invitation of other mental health sufferers into a collaborative co-design space that generates information about their subjective lived experiences and needs, through participatory and empathic design methods. Jewelry has been selected as a design medium that combines possibilities of self-expression, involvement in co-crafting, similarities to other devices for self-regulation and preconceptions of status. The socioeconomic issues of the accessibility of mental health care reveals inequalities related to social status, and jewelry with its historical connotation as a social status symbol is used in this project as a critical tool to portray and question the correlation between socioeconomic privilege and mental health care. The collaborative process of co-designing and translating real people’s needs into customized jewelry works as an attempt to redefine jewelry as a manifestation of human needs and to cultivate mental health sufferers’ agency and power towards their own health.

AbstractTitle: Inclusive education and evidence based strategies in four Danish schoolsAuthor: Margareta AnderssonDanish schools are supposed to include 96% of all students. They are also supposed to use evidence based strategies to make inclusion happen. This case study consist of a survey based on Mitchells (2014) metastudy and four interviews. The purpose of the study was to investigate to what degree Mitchell’s inclusive strategies were used. Another purpose was to investigate what other strategies were used and how the schools documented effective strategies. The results of the interviews were analyzed by theories of special education, the three perspectives, the compensative, the critical and the dilemma perspective (Nilholm, 2007). The results of the survey (n=31) show that teachers use all of the evidence based strategies included in the survey for including pupils with special needs. The interviews show that many of Mitchells strategies were considered effective, especially collaborative learning strategies. Other important factors were the support of pupil care teams and the personnel’s positive relations to the pupils. The teachers in this study worked informed by evidence not evidence based. Documentation about strategies used at the schools are kept in individual educational plans. The results show that teachers meet several dilemmas in working with inclusive strategies. As educational goals sometimes conflict, because of the context, dilemmas occur as to the degree of individualization versus taking part in class activities, what goal to focus on, inclusive or academic goals. Collaboration with parents is another dilemma, concerning the ethics about openness about a child’s or a group of children’s difficulties. Another dilemma is that information about effective strategies at an individual or group level is not generalized at school level. This study can contribute to the discussion on how schools try to resolve the dilemma that inclusion means. The challenge of making schools an inclusive environment remains. The dominating perspective is compensatory in the way that focus lies in adjusting the pupil to the existing organization.Keywords: evidence, inclusion, special education, educational plans, teams for care for schoolchildren

The Swedish child welfare system is, in an international comparison, distinguished bya family service orientation. Which means that there's a focus on understanding childrenand families in their community context (Lundström, Shanks, Pålsson & Sallnäs 2021).When a child is in a situation where their health or development is at risk or is harmed,social services have a responsibility to remove the child from that situation. In somecases, the child is then placed at an out of home care facility which is called HVB,where care or treatment is conducted (Kunskapsguiden 2022).In the beginning of the 21st century Sweden has had a rise of private out of home carefacilities (Sallnäs 2005). Which made us interested as to how different factors affect theway that decisions are being made when it comes to placement at HVB and furthermorehow these factors might lead to different dilemmas. Therefore will this paper study whatfactors might exist and how they affect the social workers.The result of the study shows that the child's needs and participation, location of thehome and how the organization is built are all factors that affect the way decisions aremade. The result also shows that there are some dilemmas that might occur. One is thefact that HVB might not actually be a good treatment, another is risks within placementand co-morbidity, another is economics versus the child's best interests and lastlywhether or not the placement should be close to home. Through the study we’ve cometo the conclusion that more research on the field is needed to make sure that Sweden asa society is providing the best possible care for children and adolescents.

The aim of this study was to examine how staff at homes for care or residence (HVB-homes) work towards helping unaccompanied children to become self-sufficient. The study is based on a qualitative approach and we have done eight semi-structured interviews with staff from different HVB-homes. The study shows how staff in different HVB-homes uses different strategies to create opportunities for the children to integrate into Swedish society as well as the conditions that are necessary for the children to cope on their own. Our results have shown that routines help the unaccompanied children to manage their time efficiently and maintain a functional life with school, health and extra-curricular activities. By executing different tasks on their own such as cooking or doing their own laundry, the children learn to manage on their own. Staff shows the unaccompanied children how Swedish society works as well as the values and norms that exist to aid them in getting accustomed to their new environment. The staff motivates the children to go to school in order for them to acknowledge the beneficial aspects of education and to help develop their language. Trust, security and healthy relations have shown to be a prerequisite to maintain a functional relationship between the unaccompanied children and staff at the HVB-homes. Creating a network for the children by having them join different associations and extra-curricular activities such as soccer has also come to help the children integrate into Swedish society.

The goal of my thesis "Social services and their availability in Pilsner region" is to monitor and analyze social services in the region, with particular focus on Klatovy region as a frontier area. It is also examined if people who are living in the border area also have an opportunity to get to needed services. The first part deals with the problem of a definition of social policy, the social services are described according to the legal determination. Also there are mentioned the problems of financing of social services and on the other hand positive aspects of community planning. The second part of the thesis is focused on Pilsner region, where the priorities of municipalities with extended powers in the field of social services are presented. In the third part of thesis is described a specific range of social services in Klatovy. People in the border region have the opportunity to get especially to services of social care and consulting services. A wider range of services (for the elderly, the disabled, children and youth and other disadvantaged and vulnerable groups) is available in Klatovy.

O Sistema Único de Saúde apresenta a descentralização da gestão das ações de saúde como uma das principais estratégias para a reorganização do setor. O poder municipal se apresenta como o principal responsável pela prestação da assistência da atenção à saúde, garantindo os princípios da universalidade e da integralidade do atendimento em todos os níveis da atenção. As Normas Operacionais Básicas e as Normas de Assistência à Saúde estabeleceram os mecanismos que impulsionaram o processo de descentralização das ações de saúde. O Estado do Ceará iniciou o processo de descentralização das ações de saúde para os municípios ao aderir ao Programa de Sistemas Unificados e Descentralizados de Saúde (SUDS). O estudo descreve este processo de descentralização, com ênfase na microrregião de Baturité, a partir da descentralização político-administrativa, da organização da regionalização e hierarquização como a identificação de mudanças no processo de atenção à saúde, a partir das ações de atenção à saúde da mulher, à saúde da criança, de controle de tuberculose e de controle de hipertensão O referencial do estudo foi a base normativa da Norma Operacional de Assistência à Saúde - 2001 (NOAS/ 2001). As condições oferecidas aos municípios para efetivar a descentralização das ações de saúde contribuíram para uma melhor estruturação dos serviços de saúde, resultado numa maior cobertura em ações básicas a partir da estratégia da Saúde da Família, e melhor organização da atenção em termos de hierarquização e regionalização como maior percentual de aplicação de recursos financeiros próprio. / The Brazilian Unified Health System presents the decentralization of management of health actions as one of the main strategies for reorganization of the sector. City Hall proves to be the main agent accountable for provision of health care support, guaranteeing the principles of universality and completeness of services at all levels of care. The Basic Operational Norms and Health Care Norms established the mechanisms which drove the process of decentralization of health actions. The state of Ceará began the process of decentralization of health actions to municipal administrations upon adhering to the Unified Health System (SUDS). This study describes this process of decentralization, with emphasis on the Baturité District, in terms of its political-administrative decentralization, organization of regionalization and ranking as identification of changes in the process of health care, based on health care services for women, children, tuberculosis control and control of high blood pressure. The benchmark for the study was the normative framework of the Health Care Operational Norms - NOAS/2001. The conditions offered to municipal administrations to perform decentralization of healthcare contributed to improvement in the Family Health structure, resulting in greater coverage in basic care from the standpoint of Family Health and better organization of care in terms of hierarchy and regionalization such as best percentage of investment of own financial resources.

O Sistema Único de Saúde apresenta a descentralização da gestão das ações de saúde como uma das principais estratégias para a reorganização do setor. O poder municipal se apresenta como o principal responsável pela prestação da assistência da atenção à saúde, garantindo os princípios da universalidade e da integralidade do atendimento em todos os níveis da atenção. As Normas Operacionais Básicas e as Normas de Assistência à Saúde estabeleceram os mecanismos que impulsionaram o processo de descentralização das ações de saúde. O Estado do Ceará iniciou o processo de descentralização das ações de saúde para os municípios ao aderir ao Programa de Sistemas Unificados e Descentralizados de Saúde (SUDS). O estudo descreve este processo de descentralização, com ênfase na microrregião de Baturité, a partir da descentralização político-administrativa, da organização da regionalização e hierarquização como a identificação de mudanças no processo de atenção à saúde, a partir das ações de atenção à saúde da mulher, à saúde da criança, de controle de tuberculose e de controle de hipertensão O referencial do estudo foi a base normativa da Norma Operacional de Assistência à Saúde - 2001 (NOAS/ 2001). As condições oferecidas aos municípios para efetivar a descentralização das ações de saúde contribuíram para uma melhor estruturação dos serviços de saúde, resultado numa maior cobertura em ações básicas a partir da estratégia da Saúde da Família, e melhor organização da atenção em termos de hierarquização e regionalização como maior percentual de aplicação de recursos financeiros próprio. / The Brazilian Unified Health System presents the decentralization of management of health actions as one of the main strategies for reorganization of the sector. City Hall proves to be the main agent accountable for provision of health care support, guaranteeing the principles of universality and completeness of services at all levels of care. The Basic Operational Norms and Health Care Norms established the mechanisms which drove the process of decentralization of health actions. The state of Ceará began the process of decentralization of health actions to municipal administrations upon adhering to the Unified Health System (SUDS). This study describes this process of decentralization, with emphasis on the Baturité District, in terms of its political-administrative decentralization, organization of regionalization and ranking as identification of changes in the process of health care, based on health care services for women, children, tuberculosis control and control of high blood pressure. The benchmark for the study was the normative framework of the Health Care Operational Norms - NOAS/2001. The conditions offered to municipal administrations to perform decentralization of healthcare contributed to improvement in the Family Health structure, resulting in greater coverage in basic care from the standpoint of Family Health and better organization of care in terms of hierarchy and regionalization such as best percentage of investment of own financial resources.

Esta pesquisa buscou identificar e interpretar as representações de educação de bebês e crianças pequenas das profissionais docentes de creche. Os sujeitos foram as profissionais responsáveis pelas crianças de 0 a 2 anos, em uma creche empresarial no município de São Paulo, localizada no Campus de uma Universidade. Esta pesquisa se configurou como do tipo etnográfica, de caráter interpretativo envolvendo a estratégia de estudo de caso. Para a identificação das representações foram utilizados como procedimentos: entrevistas formais e informais; registros fotográficos e observações diretas da prática. Estas observações foram realizadas em três grupos e tiveram frequência semanal durante 3 meses. Além da coleta de dados junto às profissionais e o registro do caderno de campo da pesquisadora, foram analisados registros sobre o cotidiano com as crianças e também planejamentos e rotina dos grupos. Realizou-se um estudo a partir de documentos oficiais, produções acadêmicas, e a literatura produzida sobre experiências de educação de bebês em instituições educacionais com a intenção de apreender, compreender e interpretar as variáveis envolvidas nas representações identificadas. A análise das informações coletadas ao longo da pesquisa de campo teve como referencial a teoria das representações e do método genealógico proposto por Lefebvre (1983). O estudo do cotidiano da creche apontou que as práticas cotidianas nela encontradas não apenas refletem sua história, mas também a antecipam. Ao nível de suas representações as educadoras pareciam se restringir às limitações de suas próprias experiências, porém, ao nível da prática o mesmo não parecia ocorrer. O grupo de educadoras apresentou elementos de mudanças da história, construindo o potencial de um futuro com práticas transformadoras. O estudo das representações apontou que a creche é compreendida como tendo a função de socializar, favorecer a autonomia e o desenvolvimento infantil. O estudo do cotidiano aliado à análise das representações das educadoras indicou que, apesar da compreensão da função da creche como cuidar/educar crianças estar presente em suas representações ainda não aparecem incorporadas. Ao falar sobre proposta educativa, constatou-se que compreendem como educativo aquilo que devem ensinar às crianças, em uma perspectiva mais formal de ensino, passando a dar destaque não somente aos conteúdos voltados à formação pessoal e social, mas também aos conteúdos das diferentes linguagens, somando-os à função da creche e se aproximando de uma concepção mais integrada de cuidado/educação. A análise das representações também revelou contradições entre o discurso e a prática no que se refere à representação de criança, da relação com as famílias e do papel do professor. As crenças em que se originam suas representações estão pautadas em experiências profissionais e pessoais anteriores, em conhecimentos em torno da história desse segmento e carecem de escuta e reflexão em torno do que revela o cotidiano. Evidenciou-se que falta às educadoras a possibilidade de elaborar de forma crítica as experiências da prática educativa, tanto no que se refere ao cotidiano como no que se refere às suas representações, relacionando-as com as representações de outros sujeitos, com toda a história dessa instituição e com a história singular da creche em que trabalham. / This research sought to identify and interpret the representations of education of infants and toddlers from the nursery professional teachers. The subjects were the professionals responsible for children 0-2 years in a private companys nursery in São Paulo, located at the campus of a university. This research was configured as a ethnographic character interpretive strategy involving the case study. The procedures used to identify the representations were as following: formal and informal interviews, photographic records, and direct observations of practice. These observations were performed weekly during three months with three distinct groups. Besides the professionals data collection and the researcher fields notes, records on the daily routine with children, teachers planning and routine groups were also analyzed. A study based on official documents, academic productions, and produced literature on infant education experiences in educational institutions was also conducted with the intention to grasp, understand and interpret the variables involved in the representations identified. The analysis of the information collected during the field research had as a benchmark the theory of representations and the pedigree method proposed by Lefebvre (1983). The study of the everyday routine in the nursery indicated that the daily practices reflect not only its history but also anticipates it. In terms of their own representations, teachers seemed to be restricted to the limitations of their own experiences. However, when it came to analyze the practical implementation the previous statement did not seem to occur. The group of teachers provided evidence of changes in history, building a potential future with transformative practices. The study of representations indicated that the nursery is understood as having the function to socialize, promote autonomy and child development. The study of everyday life combined with the analysis of representations of the educators indicated that, despite understanding the function of the nursery as caring/educating, in their representations it not appeared yet incorporated. When exploring educational proposal, it was found that what they understand as education is what they must teach from a more formal educational perspective, highlighting not only the content focused on personal and social education, but also the contents of the different languages thus adding them to the role of the nursery and approaching a more integrated care/education paradigm. The analysis of representations also revealed contradictions between rhetoric and practice in regards to the representation of children, the relationship with the families and the role of the teacher. The beliefs that originate their representations are guided by past personal and professional experiences, present knowledge about the history of this sector and lack of listening and reflection on the foundings of the daily routine. It was proven that the teachers lack the possibility to develop in a critical method the experiences of routine educational processes, as much in regards to the daily life as its representations, relating them to the representations of other subjects, with the whole story of the institution and the unique history of the nursery where they work.