Many of those who work in social work today are exposed to large amounts of trauma, stress and suffering. Even if the social worker is not the one who is exposed in the first place, the work turns out to entail high risks of suffering from secondary trauma and empathic fatigue. Those who work with children and young people are particularly vulnerable, as there is an extra amount of responsibility and need for care when it is a minor who has had a bad experience. This work aims to investigate the prevalence of secondary trauma and empathic fatigue on the basis of current research and how these can be counteracted and prevented in social work with children and young people. The work is a literature study and is therefore based on various scientific articles and books. Through the theories KASAM, sense of coherence, and coping, the results have been discussed and the result of this shows that by using one or more methods one can strengthen one's own health and thereby counteract mental illness, secondary trauma and empathic fatigue. An important part of the risk prevention work is to be aware, as knowledge about different mental conditions can make it easier for the person to see different warning signs in future working situations. It is also of great importance to have clear rules regarding recovery and expectations of the work role from an organizational perspective. In order to be able to counteract secondary traumatic stress, changes must take place on both an individual and an organizational level, since the events themselves and the clients' experiences are constant.

Youth crime is a topic that has taken place in the media and has engaged politicians as well as researchers. This is a problematic phenomenon that can contribute to various social problems in the future by affecting youth and society. Since youth crime can lead to various social problems, it is important to examine and highlight the problem, how it can lead to various social problems, but also how society can prevent these social problems. The purpose of this study is to create a deeper understanding of how social workers imagine and frame crime among young people and how they work preventively in their practical work. Based on the collected empirical evidence and previous research, we can draw conclusions that juvenile delinquency is very complex and there is no clear explanation about that subject. We have collected empirical evidence through eight semi-structured interviews where the respondents were selected with conscious selection.The results show that the social worker's individual beliefs about risk identification depend on academic discipline, experiences, collaboration and further education. However, the respondents specify that family and dysfunctional schooling is central. The results show that the material we have collected from the respondents is consistent with previous research and theories about juvenile delinquency.