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The purpose of this study was to explore young people's participation and experience of participation in child protection investigations. The study was conducted using qualitative methodology and is based on interviews with four adolescents aged 13-19 years old who have experience of child protection investigations. Our chosen method has made it possible for us get a deeper understanding of young people's own experiences of participation. In order to analyze the material we have used Shiers (2001) model of children's participation, symbolic interactionism, and some concepts relating to shame and pride. The results show that all adolescents have had the opportunity to be heard during the investigations, but it is different to what degree they feel that someone has listened to them. Two of the young people have been involved in their investigation, been listened to and have had impact on the decisions taken. The results indicate that it does not seem to be the external factors, such as how many meetings they have had, or what quality it was on the information, that matters if the social worker did not manage to convey to the young people that what they told was of any importance. The results also show that all young people want to be involved in the investigations but that they often experience some obstacles. Such an obstacle may be that you do not feel that what you say is important. Another obstacle may be that you have too many negative experiences of social services in the past. All young people point to the importance of having a good and close relationship with their social secretary to overcome such obstacles.

Titel: Lärares syn på anmälningsplikten. Valet av ämne till detta examensarbete väcktes bland annat genom samhällsdebatter där det ofta framkom vikten av att uppmärksamma barn som far illa i ett tidigt skede i livet. Examensarbetet fokuserar på anmälningsplikten mellan skola och socialtjänst. Syftet med studien var att undersöka lärares syn på anmälningsplikten genom att visa vilka faktorer som påverkar om en anmälan görs eller ej samt undersöka om det fanns några skillnader mellan en större och mindre kommun. För att ta reda på detta användes kvalitativa intervjuer där totalt sju lärare intervjuades. Studien utgick från hermeneutiken och har sin teoretiska utgångspunkt i utvecklingsekologin och rollteorin. Huvudresultaten i denna studie visade att de faktorer som påverkade anmälan var samarbete, risken för relationsskador samt lärarnas oro för att ha otillräckliga bevis. Det framkom ur resultatet en skillnad mellan kommunerna gällande samverkan med socialtjänsten, denna fungerade betydligt bättre i den mindre kommunen.

This study highlights the problematic situation fathers encounter when they require help and support in a custodial dispute. Previous research shows the emergence of a new, more involved father. In the light of this earlier research, this study will show a father that is willing to fight for his rights to be a present and engaged parent in the case of a separation from the mother. The aim was to analyze the subjective perceptions of five fathers in custodial dispute. This analysis did not only show how they perceive their role as a father and their masculinity but also the way they feel about the help they got from social services and other institutions. The fathers show feelings of subordination and discrimination of their parenthood compared to the one of the mother’s; as a result of the treatment they got from social services and other institutions.

Previous research has indicated that intellectual disabilities and parenting is not socially accepted and compulsory care of children often occurs in families where one or both parents have an intellectual disability. This study aims to, thru a document analysis, investigate ideas and representations of parents with intellectual disabilities that emerge in Swedish legal cases. The legal cases is about children who are taken care of according to LVU § 2, where one or both parents have a intellectual disability. The results of the study revealed that people with intellectual disabilities are seen as not capable of developing parenting ability, in some cases aroused concerns about parenting during pregnancy, these suggesting stereotypes of parents with intellectual disabilities. Of the documents reveals that social workers word overrides in the decision-making, this leads to a position of power where the parents are at a disadvantage.

The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how social services utilizing Chapter 5. Section 11 of the Swedish social service act when it comes to identify the needs of women experiencing domestic violence. Furthermore the study aims to investigate how the social services look at the need of women experiencing domestic violence seeking protective shelter together with their pets. The study's purpose and research question was answered with a qualitative approach where semi-structured interviews were conducted. Eight social workers from seven municipalities where participating in the interviews. The result of the study showing that in order to identify needs different standard methods are used and problem solving approach is practiced by social workers. When it comes to identifying needs of women seeking protective shelter with their pet whilst escaping a domestic violent home, study concludes that social workers that participated in the interview do not or rarely encounter this specific group of women in their daily practice.  However, based on the assumption that taking your pet with you is a need amongst other needs the socialworkers taking an indecisive approach. On one hand they are identifying the complex situation and are having empathy with the women, on the other hand they argue for high costs, difficult to achieve and that the decision is not in their hands.

This study analyzes the court of appeals work on judging immediate care (6 § LVU) by the child´s best from 10 court cases. This study has been reviewing 10 court cases and reviewing the court of appeals applicable laws in their decisions on interlocutory order within LVU. The material than have been analyzed consists of immediate care of children, and the concept of the best interests derived from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The legal sanctions includes when a state signs a convention, which Sweden has. This means that Sweden is at their disposal to offer all children within its territorial limits, up to 18 years may take part of the rights set down in the Convention of the Rights of the Child. This means that all decisions relating to the individual child, should always be taken with respect to the best interest of the child, when a child for varoius reasons end up in a lawsiut. The concept of the best interest of the child are vague and abstract because it is not clearly defined. So when authorities and courts come into contact with that kind of cases, they need to adapt the contents of the convention, to the individual childs specific situation. This can be considered to be a complex task.

Author: Nina Ekberg and Therese Ljung Title - Within the social services approach: A qualitative interview study of the social services attitudes towards young offenders Supervisor: Melker Labory Assessor: Ulf Drugge The purpose of this study was to see the social workers attitude towards young offenders and how this can affect the teenagers. The theoretical perspectives have been the theory of street-Level Bureaucracy, social constructivism and Stages of change. The material has been collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews and email-interviews with the social workers. The aim of this study was to examine if the social workers uses their theoretical experiences about their attitudes in their practical work and if their response can raise or reduce the young offenders motivation to change their behaviour. To collect information it was chosen that this study would only concentrate on the social workers opinions. This is to ensure the relevance of the social work practice. The social workers, who were chosen, were limited to those who in one way or another come in contact with the young offenders between the ages of 15-17 years, on a regular basis. The collected data was contrasted with the previous research and was analysed from the above perspectives. The authors of this study were interested to see the professionals’ thoughts and experiences on their theoretical and practical work, which both include the attitudes and their motivational work with the young offenders. The results show that the social workers have a great responsibility in strengthen the young offenders to discover their inner motivation so they can change their criminal behaviour.

Studien har undersökt hur skolpersonal upplever och tillämpar anmälningsplikten vid misstanke om barn som far illa eller riskerar att fara illa. Studiens frågeställningar fokuserar på skolans rutiner, skolpersonalens upplevda möjligheter och begränsningar samt vad de upplever behöver förändras för att underlätta arbetet kring anmälningsplikten. Detta arbete har en hermeneutisk ansats baserad på en kvalitativ metod där fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med fyra lärare i årskurs F-1. Resultatet av intervjuerna har analyserats med hjälp av ett etnometodologiskt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att skolorna inte hade någon handlingsplan dokumenterad för hur de ska gå till väga när ett barn är utsatt eller när en anmälan ska göras. Studien visar att det finns behov av att se över om lärares anmälningspliktiga ansvar minskar eftersom rektorn ansvarar för anmälningarna. / <p>2015-06-18</p>

Under de senaste åren har socialtjänsten drabbats allt hårdare av den rådande arbetsmiljön. Arbetsvillkoren har blivit sämre samtidigt som arbetsbelastningen blivit högre. Där av fokuserar denna studie på att undersöka socialsekreterarnas arbetssituation och om det förekommer stress utifrån hur arbetsorganisationen fungerar. Undersökningen har gjorts med en kvalitativ ansats där semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförts. Resultatet visar att det både finns hinder och möjligheter i socialsekreterarnas arbete. Det förekommer upplevelser av att det är en hög arbetsbelastning och att personalantalet är för lågt. En viktig förutsättning som visat sig vara positiv i sammanhanget är att socialsekreterarna har möjlighet att planera sitt arbete relativt fritt och således får vara flexibla. Resultatet visar även att stress upplevs främst på grund av tidsbrist och höga dokumentationskrav. Flexibiliteten i arbetet upplevs av socialsekreterarna som en hjälp i att minska stressen. Summan av dessa faktorer indikerar att problematiken bör lyftas och arbetas vidare med för att minska den negativa utvecklingen inom socialtjänsten. / In recent years, the current work environment has increasingly affected social services. Working conditions have gotten worse while the workload has become higher (Karlsson &amp; Folkesson, 2014). Therefor this study focuses on examining social workers work situation and if there is work related stress based on how the organization functions. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach in which semi-structured interviews were conducted. The result shows that there are both impediments and opportunities in the work of the social workers. There are experiences among the social workers of heavy workload and staffing levels being too low. An important condition, which proved to be positive, is that social workers are able to plan their work relatively freely and thus be flexible. The result also shows that stress is experienced primarily due to lack of time and high documentation requirements. Flexibility of work was experienced by the social workers as an aid in stress reduction. The sum of these factors indicates that the problem should be lifted and further worked with to reduce the negative trends in social services.