The aim of this study was to investigate what thoughts and strategies parents of people with intellectual disabilities had concerning their children’s future, and if whether societal attitudes had an impact on these thoughts. A qualitative study was conducted through focus group discussions. The results were categorized through a thematic analysis, and the results were analysed using SOC and coping theories. The parents' fears were of societal changes and cutbacks to the welfare system. The participants were reluctant thinking about the future, a form of avoidant coping. They also used problem-focused coping by improvements to the child's current situation and through organized advocacy work. An important conclusion was that parents of people with intellectual disabilities felt a strong worry regarding their children's future when they themselves would be gone. This due to a lack of sense of coherence caused by perceived shortcomings in societal structures and negative attitudes from society. / Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka vilka föreställningar och strategier föräldrar till personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning hade gällande sina barns framtid samt om omgivningens bemötande påverkade dessa tankar. En kvalitativ studie genomfördes via två fokusgruppsdiskussioner. Resultatet kategoriserades via en tematisk analys och KASAM och copingteoretiska perspektiv användes för att analysera resultatet. Föräldrarna farhågor gällde främst framtida samhällsförändringar och nedskärningar i välfärdsystemet. Deltagarna undvek att tänka på framtiden, en form av undvikande coping. De använde även en problemfokuserad coping genom att aktivt förbättra barnets nuvarande situation och via organiserat påverkansarbete. En viktig slutats var att föräldrar till personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning kände en stark oro för sina barns framtid när de själva inte längre finns kvar i livet. Detta på grund av bristande känsla av sammanhang orsakade av upplevda brister i samhällsstrukturer och av negativt bemötande från omgivningen.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate group-oriented pedagogy and its effects, based on the subjective experiences of social students, i.e. to study the pedagogical and special educational significance of the group work. This has been done through a qualitative approach where the selection was turned towards a targeted group, and then semi-structured interviews were conducted. The result shows that group-oriented pedagogy was perceived positively, instructively and educating in large part among the respondents despite some conflicts and different views. Furthermore, characteristics such as acceptance, responsiveness, adaptation and openness are highlighted and emphasized as something that is bred or refined by working in groups. Other aspects that emerged from the results were prerequisites for a functional group work, where the respondents listed some criteria such as willingness to cooperate, group size and constellation as important conditions for a well- functioning group work. In summary, the study's content highlights that there are great opportunities for development within group work, but that it is also important to continuously develop and keep an eye on the group processes.

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Uppsatsens syfte var att försöka få en förståelse av hur personal på asyl – och permanent uppehållstillståndboende arbetar med ensamkommande flyktingbarn, och hur personalen stödjer barnen/ungdomarna att integreras i samhället. En annan aspekt i uppsatsen var att se vilka de sociala konsekvenserna är. Jag använde mig av hermeneutisk kvalitativintervjustudie, och för att få fram empiri till resultatet intervjuade jag fyra ur personal ur asyl – och PUT boende. Analysen genomfördes med hjälp av tre teorier, etablerade och outsiders, KASAM och empowerment, och tidigare forskning om ensamkommande flyktingbarn.

When a child has been in foster care for three years, the Municipal Welfare Committee has to, according to Swedish legislation, evaluate whether or not to transfer the custody of the child to the foster family. Foster families are accepting children with severe physical and mental trauma into their homes, giving them everyday care, and raising and guiding them on their journey to adulthood. Still, the number of transferred custodies is small in comparison to the number of children in foster care. We are asking ourselves why this is the case. Unlike other studies on the subject, we have chosen to approach the matter from the perspective of case workers within the Social Services who, by law, are obligated to instigate the transfer of custody after three years. The aim of this thesis is to, through an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of a series of semi-structured deep interviews with social workers and their supervisors, investigate which organizational and emotional parameters in the responsible case worker’s everyday reality might be affecting the low number of instigated transfers of custody among children in Swedish foster care. The result shows five emerging themes among our respondents – Organization, Time, Responsibility, Information and Conflict. These five factors are impacting one other, but also the case worker. Discussed against a background of Organizational theory and the Front-line bureaucrat’s level of discretion, we aim to let the case workers’ relation to these five emerging themes put the matter of the low number of transferred custodies into a new light.

Skolkuratorsrollen tenderar att vara otydligt formulerad vilket påverkar skolkuratorernas yrkesutövning. Arbetsbelastningen är hög samtidigt som allt fler elever drabbas av psykisk ohälsa. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur synen på skolkuratorn skiljer sig åt mellan skolkuratorer och rektorer samt vilka konsekvenser det ger kopplat till skolkuratorns yrkesroll. Studien ämnar också undersöka vilket stöd skolkuratorn har i sin yrkesroll. För att besvara studiens syfte och frågeställningar användes en kvalitativ metod där sammanlagt tio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med både skolkuratorer och rektorer på mellan- och högstadienivå i en mellanstor stad i Sverige. Med hjälp av tidigare forskning samt teoretiska begrepp som Bourdieus fältbegrepp, Brantes professionsbegrepp och Honneths erkännandebegrepp analyserades studiens insamlade empiri. Resultatet visar att skolkuratorns yrkesroll skiljer sig åt mellan skolorna. Vidare visar resultatet att skolkuratorernas och rektorernas syn på yrkesrollen skiljer sig åt både när det gäller synen på yrkesrollen och det stöd som skolkuratorn får då skolkuratorerna lyfter fram en mer komplex bild än vad rektorerna gör.   Nyckelord: Skolkurator, rektor, elevhälsoteam, yrkesroller, samarbete, stöd.

This study investigates how and to what extent homeless women are exposed, both economically, individually and socially. This is investigated from the perspective of employees who work with homelessness on day-care activities, support organizations, hostels and employment activities (which offer an income opportunity for homeless people). The study is qualitative, and information has been gathered through semi-structured interviews with 12 respondents in seven different activities. The collected material has been reviewed and compared with previous research and analyzed by Bronfenbrenner's ecological development theory. The result shows that homeless women to a large extent are exposed economically, since most are unemployed and rely on alternative income paths like crime and prostitution. They are also exposed individually, primarily due the fact that the homeless women have impaired physical and mental health as well as abuse problems. The women are also vulnerable to violence and living in an existence characterized by insecurity, shame and guilt. The social vulnerability is characterized by a lack of network to family and friends and destructive environments which complicates their ability to change their situation. The treatment from the healthcare and authorities is emphasized as problematic and the collaboration between them needs to be further investigated and improved. Keywords: homelessness, woman, vulnerability, violence, abuse, insecurity, crime

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