De senaste 25 åren har antalet migranter fördubblats vilket medför bildandet av mångkulturella samhällen, där den tvärkulturella kommunikationen blir en viktig aspekt i förebyggandet av konflikter. Detta examensarbete kartlägger hur HVB-hem hanterar konflikter när den tvärkulturella kommunikationen brister mellan handledare och ensamkommande flyktingbarn. Vidare syfte är att undersöka vilka konfliktfaktorer som finns och hur konflikter hanteras inom HVB-hem. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och bygger på tio stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer som analyserats genom en tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att det inte finns några etablerade konflikthanteringsstrategier som handledarna använder sig av i konfliktsituationer. De strategier som tillämpas var alternativa metoder som växt fram under arbetsgången i interaktionen med ungdomarna. Konflikter uppkommer oftast i vardagssysslor på grund av språkliga och kulturella missförstånd där intrapersonella och interpersonella konflikter är vanliga. För att motverka den rådande verksamhetsdissonansen, bör HVBhemmet implementera interna utbildningar inom ämnesområdet samt erbjudas stöd från andra instanser. Med tydliga ramverk och transparent samverkan kan man skapa en tryggare och effektivare hantering av flyktingbarnens integration. / The last 25 years, the number of migrants has doubled, which leads to creation of multicultural societies where cross-cultural communication will become an important aspect in prevention of conflicts. This study investigates how HVB-homes handle conflicts when cross-cultural communication fails between supervisors and unaccompanied refugee children. Further aims are to investigate which conflict management and conflict factors exist within HVB-homes. The study is based on a qualitative research method with ten semi-structured interviews analyzed through thematic analysis. The results show that HVB-homes don’t have any established conflict management strategies used by supervisors in conflict situations. The strategies were alternative methods developed over time in interaction with the unaccompanied refugee children. Conflicts usually occur in everyday chores because of linguistic and cultural misunderstandings where intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts are common. As a remedy for the present organizational dissonance the HVB-homes are recommended to implement internal courses in conflict management and provide support from other agencies. Clear frameworks and transparent collaboration would create security and increased efficiency in the management of integration of the unaccompanied refugee children.

Family reunification for unaccompanied refugee minors is one of the most debatable issues when it comes to deciding whether it should be viewed as a right or it can be justifiable for states to completely prevent it and rather provide it only as a privilege. The discussion in the legal sphere proved that the issue is still problematic in both international and European laws. In this thesis, I have analyzed this issue through assessing the three claims that were provided by the United Kingdom for its negative position on the case. Through the lens of the child’s best interests’ principle, the non-discrimination principle, and the global distributive justice theory, I argued for considering family reunification as a right rather than a privilege. Children should always be treated as children. It cannot be justifiable for states to completely prevent them from being reunited with their families for being refugees.

Individer som kommit till Sverige som ensamkommande barn möter olika svårigheter. I tidigare forskningsansatser har fokus lagts på ensamkommandes tidigare erfarenhet av våld och krig samt betydelsen av socialt stöd. Studiens syfte är att få ökad förståelse om stress och stresshantering bland ensamkommande samt ta reda på betydelsen av sociala relationer gällande stresshantering. Denna kvalitativa studie är byggd på tio semistrukturerade intervjuer med tio unga vuxna mäns subjektiva berättelser. De har sitt ursprung i Afghanistan och har kommit till Sverige som ensamkommande barn. Intervjumaterialet analyserades utifrån Bronfenbrenners utvecklingsteori och Lazarus stressteori med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att ensamkommande upplever stress på grund av a) krav från familjen, b) familjens situation i hemlandet, c) språklig interaktion med infödda svenskar, d) kunna hitta ett arbete och e) att inte känna igen den fysiska miljön. Gällande stresshantering visar resultatet att individens sociala nätverk, hjälp från de professionella kontakter och den egna personligheten var betydelsefull. Att kunna arbeta och utbilda sig var viktiga stresshanterings strategier för deltagarna. Vänner från hemlandet och interaktion på det egna modersmålet var källor till trygghet för deltagarna. / Individuals who have come to Sweden as unaccompanied refugee minors meet different difficulties. In previous research, the main focal points have been the unaccompanied minors' previous experiences of violence and war, and the importance of social support. The aims of this study were firstly to gain a greater understanding regarding stress and stress management among unaccompanied refugee minors, and secondly, to look at the importance of social relationships regarding stress management. This qualitative study is based upon ten semi-structured interviews. Ten young adults gave their subjective narrative. The interviewees had their roots in Afghanistan. They all came to Sweden as unaccompanied refugee minors. The interview was analyzed based on Bronfenbrenner´s Ecological systems theory and Lazarus stress theory, using thematic analysis. The results drawn were that unaccompanied refugee minors experience stress because of a) expressed and perceived demands from the family, b) for the family's situation in the home country, c) the oral interaction with ethnical Swedes, d) be able to find work, and e) not recognizing the physical environment. The result regarding stress management shows that social relations, help from professional contacts, and their own personality were of importance for the study participants. Furthermore, the results show that being able to work and to educate themselves were important stress management strategies. Friends from the homeland and the mother tongue were sources of comfort for the participants.

My aim was to explore the experiences of social workers working with unaccompanied refugee children when hearing traumatic narratives shared by the children. This is a qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews with three social workers with experience of working with these children in the social services in Sweden. The transcribed interviews have been interpreted with themes and the theoretical framework used is countertransference and vicarious trauma theory. The result shows that all the informants have been influenced by the traumatic narratives they have heard and their interaction with the client was affected by their personal experiences. The result also shows that a trustful relationship between the client and the social worker is fundamental for good communication, but also that more education and knowledge combined with support from the workplace and opportunities to exchange knowledge contribute to developing good and respectful interactions with clients.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka och förstå de faktorer som kan har betydelse för hur ensamkommandeunga vuxna som bor på stödboende integreras in i det svenska samhället och i vilken utsträckning boendefor-men har relevans i den processen. Ensamkommande barn/ungdomar som jag i uppsatsen hädanefter förkortarEKB och EKU, vilket är en allmän vedertagen benämning inom socialtjänsten. När ensamkommande barnfyller 16 år så anses de vara unga vuxna och därmed redo för att bo på stödboende.För att kunna svara på syftet har jag valt att använda mig av kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer där sexensamkommande unga vuxna, som idag bor på stödboende, har fått dela med sig av sina personliga upplevel-ser av den processen. Det resultat som har framkommit under intervjuerna har sedan analyserats utifrån treolika teorier, social identitet, KASAM och empowerment men också tidigare forskning. Resultatet redovisasoch tolkas utifrån teorierna och till viss del tidigare forskning. / The purpose of the study is to investigate and understand the factors that may have implications for how un-accompanied young adults living in a support housing are integrated into Swedish society and the extent towhich the housing form is relevant to that process. Unaccompanied refugee children as I in this essay hereaf-ter abbreviate EKU, which is a generally accepted name in the social service. When EKU turn to 16 years,they are considered young adults and thus ready to live in supported housing.In order to be able to respond to the purpose, I have chosen to use qualitative semistructured interviews withsix unaccompanied young adults living in a support housing today, they have shared their personal experi-ences of that process. The result that has emerged from interviews has been analyzed from three differenttheories, social identity, KASAM and empowerment but also previous research. The result is presented andinterpreted based on the theories and to some extent previous research.

I media skrivs det om osäkerhet, hot och våld bland både boende och personal påsvenska HVB-hem för ensamkommande flyktingbarn. Att arbeta med personer som harerfarit traumatiska händelser har visat sig ha en stor känslomässig påverkan på enindivid. Vi upplever att detta borde ha ökat forskningsintresset för HVB-personalensmående och inte enbart de boendes. Syftet med studien är därför att analysera denemotionella utmaning som möter personal i arbetet på HVB-hem. I studien behandlar vifrågor om hur de anställda arbetar och påverkas i arbetet med ensamkommandeflyktingbarn, samt på vilket sätt de hanterar känslor som uppstår i arbetet. Studien harutgått från en kvalitativ metodansats med sex ostrukturerade intervjuer med personersom arbetar eller har arbetat på HVB-hem i Skåne. Teorin i studien är baserad påGoffmans dramaturgiska teori, Hochschilds emotionssociologi och empowermentbegreppet.Studiens resultat visar att personalen utsätts för en omfattande känslomässigpåverkan i arbetet med ensamkommande flyktingbarn. Personalen på HVB-hemmenpåverkas i såväl positiv som negativ bemärkelse, till följd av ett emotionelltengagemang som uppstår i arbete med de boende. Personalen beskriver ävensvårigheterna med att lyckas släppa arbetet när de kommer hem och hur de hade önskatmer emotionellt stöd. För att kunna hantera emotionerna i och utanför arbetet ärmodifiering av känslor inte ovanligt. / The media writes about insecurity, threats and violence amongst residents andemployees within residential care homes (HVB) for unaccompanied refugee children inSweden. Working with people who have endured traumatic experiences has shown tohave a profound emotional impact on an individual. This, in our opinion, should haveraised the interest in researching the well-being of the employees. The aim of this studyis therefore to analyse the emotional challenge facing the care home employees in theirwork. We examine how care home employees work, are affected by work, and in whatway the employees manage their emotions arising from work. A qualitative method waschosen, containing six unstructured interviews with people who work or have worked atcare homes for unaccompanied refugee children in Skåne. The theoretical concepts usedin this study are based on Goffman’s dramaturgy, Hochschild’s emotion sociology andthe empowerment concept. The study shows that due to an emotional commitment, thecare home employees are highly emotionally affected by working with unaccompaniedrefugee children, in a both positive and a negative sense. The study also shows that theemployees have difficulties leaving their professional life at work, and that they wishfor more emotional support. Modification of emotions is not an unusual method inmanaging emotions inside and outside of the workplace.

<p>The aim of this study is to examine which factors in the receiving-country that have had an influence on three now adult unaccompanied refugee children. The method used in the study is qualitative interviews with the three above-mentioned participants. The results show that some factors are perceived as helpful, having a positive influence on the participants life while other factors are perceived as worsening, having a negative influence on their life. Depending on the context some factors such as age, the Swedish language and housing arrangements have had both positive and negative influences on their life. Positive factors are among other things: access to good treatment and support, help with processing trauma and bad mental health, help with understanding coherence, access to a social network, family reunification, resilience and other internal factors. Negative factors are among other things: loneliness, feeling of powerlessness, mistakes made by public authority and “the long waiting” until they get a residence permit. The results correspond with previous research findings but have also originated new knowledge that can be added on the current field of research. The results have furthermore been analyzed with theories of risk and resilience, coping and sense of coherence.</p><p>Keywords: unaccompanied refugee children, unaccompanied children, asylum-seeking children /young adolts/adolecenses/minors, resilience, risk and protective factors, coping, sense of coherence (SOC)</p>

The aim of this study is to examine which factors in the receiving-country that have had an influence on three now adult unaccompanied refugee children. The method used in the study is qualitative interviews with the three above-mentioned participants. The results show that some factors are perceived as helpful, having a positive influence on the participants life while other factors are perceived as worsening, having a negative influence on their life. Depending on the context some factors such as age, the Swedish language and housing arrangements have had both positive and negative influences on their life. Positive factors are among other things: access to good treatment and support, help with processing trauma and bad mental health, help with understanding coherence, access to a social network, family reunification, resilience and other internal factors. Negative factors are among other things: loneliness, feeling of powerlessness, mistakes made by public authority and “the long waiting” until they get a residence permit. The results correspond with previous research findings but have also originated new knowledge that can be added on the current field of research. The results have furthermore been analyzed with theories of risk and resilience, coping and sense of coherence. Keywords: unaccompanied refugee children, unaccompanied children, asylum-seeking children /young adolts/adolecenses/minors, resilience, risk and protective factors, coping, sense of coherence (SOC)

Bakgrund: Forskning tyder på att ett ensamkommande flyktingbarn löper en större risk för psykiska hälsoproblem. Skolsköterskors arbete ska präglas av ett salutogent perspektiv och att främja psykisk hälsa kan vara av stor betydelse för ett ensamkommande flyktingbarns välbefinnande. Syfte: Studiens syfte var att belysa skolsköterskors erfarenheter av att främja psykisk hälsa hos ensamkommande flyktingbarn. Metod: Det användes en kvalitativ metod i studien och analys genomfördes med en kvalitativ innehållsanlays. Det intervjuades åtta skolsköterskor verksamma i Stockholms län genom semistrukturerade e-postintervjuer. Resultat: Studien resulterade i tre kategorier och sex underkategorier. Kategorierna var: att förmedla kunskaper utifrån behov, att samverka och att skapa förutsättningar för att främja psykisk hälsa. Slutsats: Studien visar att skolsköterskor är betydelsefulla personer i skolan för att främja psykisk hälsa och belyser hur det är möjligt att genomföra ett hälsofrämjande arbete, vikten av hälsosamtal och även skolsköterskors samverkan. Hälsofrämjande arbete med psykisk hälsa underlättas  om förutsättningar i form av bätre organisation och samordning skulle finnas. / Background: Research suggests that an unaccompanied refugee child is at greater risk of mental health problems. School nurses`work should be characterized by a salutogenic perspective and promoting mental health is important for the well-being of unaccompanied refugee children. Aim: The purpose of the study was to elucidate the school nurses`experiences with promoting mental health of unaccompanied refugee children. Method: A qualitative method was used in the study and analysis was conducted by using a qualitative content analysis. Eight school nurses from schools in Stockholm County were interviewed through semi structured email interviews. Results: The study resulted in three categories and six subcategories. The categories were: to imparting knowledge based on needs, to cooperate  and to creating conditions for promoting mental health. Conclusion: The results show that school nurses are significant persons in the school to promote mental health and elucidate how it is possible to implement health promotion work, the importance of health conversation and school nurses`cooperation with others. It appears that health promotion work with mental health is facilitated if conditions in terms of better organization and coordination exist.

Syftet med denna undersökning var att bidra till en ökad kunskap kring ensamkommande flyktingbarns integrationsprocess i det svenska samhället. Vidare syftar studien till HVB-hemmets roll i denna process. Studiens val av metod är den kvalitativa metoden med åtta öppna intervjuer. Vi använde teorier som berör integrationsprocessen, vilket i detta fall var identitet, roll, socialt nätverk, socialt stöd, integration samt byråkrati för verksamhetens arbete. Studiens resultat tyder på att HVB-hemmets roll för denna process har varit omfattande med tanke på boendet har bidragit till att skapa ett tryggt hem, erbjudit socialt stöd, uppmuntrat till att delta i föreningslivet samt bidragit till sociala kunskaper. Även språket, skolan, nätverket och stödet från myndighetsutövare har bidragit till integrationsprocessen för barnen. Slutsatser som framkom är att de före detta ensamkommande asylsökande barnen är på ett objektivt och subjektiv plan integrerade i det svenska samhället. Lyckade integrationsprocesserna beror på kombinationen mellan barnens egna drivkrafter och samhället tillgängliga stödfunktioner. I och med flykten till ett främmande land kan en slutsats dras från denna studie att rollförändringar och identitetsbildningar har präglat de före detta ensamkommande barnen under deras integrationsprocess. Även inslag av rollförändringar och identitetsskapande finns hos personalen som arbetat med de ensamkommande barnen genom samspelet mellan grupperna. / The purpose of this study was to contribute to an increased knowledge of unaccompanied refugee children's process of integration into the Swedish society. Furthermore, the study aims to HVB-home role in this process. The study selection method is the qualitative method with eight open interviews. We used the theories related to the integration process, which in this case was the identity, role, social networks, social support and integration. Also bureaucracy was used to describe HVB-homes work. The study's results suggest that HVB-home role in this process has been extensive considering the accommodation has helped to create a safe home, offering social support, encouraged to participate in club activities and contributed to social skills. Even the language, school, network and the support of public power have contributed to the integration process for children. Conclusions that emerged is that the former unaccompanied asylum seeking children are in an objective and subjective planes integrated into the Swedish society. Successful integration processes depends on the combination of the children's own motivations and society accessible support functions. By fleeing to a foreign country, there is a role change and identity formation that characterized the former unaccompanied children during their integration process. Elements of the role and identity changes characterize the staff worked with this group through collaboration between the groups.