Våldet mot kvinnorna är idag ett stort socialt problem som diskuteras världen över och är ett högst aktuellt ämne i Sverige. Socialtjänsten bär det yttersta ansvaret för att hjälpa och stötta dessa kvinnor. Stor del av våldet sker bakom stängda dörrar där socialtjänstens svårighet blir att identifiera och nå fram till de kvinnor som är utsatta. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka de vanligaste insatserna som socialtjänsten använder sig utav i sitt arbete och ifall Covid-19 pandemin har påverkat arbetet. Vi undersökte även socialarbetenas kompetens samt effekten av de insatser som används i arbetet. Vårt material består av kvantitativa data i form av enkäter insamlade från 55 socialarbetare. Majoriteten av socialarbetarna är socionomer som erhållit specifik utbildning om våldsutsatta kvinnor. De vanligaste insatserna som de arbetar med är stödsamtal och skyddat boende medans ekonomiskt bistånd, som är en avgörande insats för huruvida kvinnorna kan frigöra sig från sin partner, inte används i lika stor utsträckning. Covid-19 pandemin har visat sig haft en påverkan på hur socialtjänsten arbetar då fysiska möten ersatts med digitaliserade möten vilket påverkat utfallet för kvinnorna. Antalet utredningar har inte visat sig öka under pandemin men det finns en oro inför en kommande ökning när samhället öppnar upp igen. Något som framkom i studien och är viktigt att lyfta är att socialtjänsten bör arbeta utifrån varje individs specifika behov för att kunna hjälpa kvinnorna på bästa sätt. Hur socialtjänsten använder sig utav olika insatser och hur de ställer om verksamheten i en samhällskatastrof, såsom Covid-19 pandemin, är något som det krävs vidare forskning inom. / Violence against women is today a major social problem that is discussed around the world and is a highly topical issue in Sweden. The social services carry the ultimate responsibility for helping and supporting these women. Much of the violence takes place behind closed doors where the social services difficulty becomes to identify and reach the women who are vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efforts that the social services use in their work and whether the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the work. We also examined the skills of social workers and the effect of the tools used in the work. Our material consists of quantitative data in the form of surveys collected from 55 social workers. The majority of social workers have a degree as a Socionom who have received a specific education about abused women. The most common tools they work with are supportive meetings and sheltered housing, while financial aid, which is a crucial tool for whether women can free themselves from their partner, is not used to the same extent. The Covid-19 pandemic has been shown to have an impact on how the social services work as physical meetings have been replaced by digitized meetings, which has affected the outcome for the women. The number of investigations has not been shown to increase during the pandemic, but there is concern about a future increase when society reopens. Something that emerged in the study and is important to highlight is that the social services should work based on each individual's specific needs in order to be able to help women in the best way. How the social services use their tools and how they reajust their work during a societal crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, is something that requires further research.

Authors: Julia Berghällen och Isabelle Österström. Title: The social services work for children who have parents with substance use- disorders. Supervisor: Johan Billsten. Assessor: Torbjörn Forkby. The purpose of this study was to provide an increased knowledge and understanding of how social workers work with children whose parents have a substance use disorder. The background to this study is that a large number of children live with parents who don't have the ability to care for them because of their disorder. Despite the parents lack of abilities to nurture and protect the child, the family or the individuals in the family don't always get the help and support that they are in need for by their surroundings. There is a perception that the social workers ability to help the children is affected by laws and regulations as well as by the structures of the system. The study was conducted by using a qualitative method, where six interviews were made with social workers from two different departments children, and adults. The interviewees were from two different municipalities. The interviewees were selected through a strategic selection where we only selected the profession area to social workers. The study was analyzed on the basis of three theoretical points, thematic analysis, hermeneutics and system theory. The results of the study are for the most part consistent with previous research. The most prominent results from the study are the importance of the social workers competence to utilize their abilities regarding interacting and cooperating. But also, being able to work within the structures regarding laws and regulations, and being able to see individuals as individuals in different systems.