The aim of the study was to increase the understanding of the social secretary’s individual professional judgments in accordance with the compulsory legislation Law (1988: 870) on the care of addicts in certain cases. The study wants to show how social secretary’s perceive if there are various factors that influence judgments. Drug and alcohol abuse is a major social problem and it affects many individuals. It is the social service that is responsible for helping and supporting the individual. There is a knowledge gap regarding how social secretary’s approach towards compulsory treatment affects judgements, but also how uncertain it is with individual judgements. Six social secretaries were interviewed in a qualitative study and the result was analyzed with the help of themes and coding but also the theory of discretion regarding to street- level bureaucrats. Result showed that the compulsory treatment is lacking. The six social secretaries described that the legislation can be interpreted differently and their experience is important while judging.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-97066 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Fridh, Johanna, Lind, Felicia |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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