The number of people with intellectual disabilities having children has increased since the abolition of the forces of sterilizations in Sweden and with the improved right and living conditions. Previous studies showed that this is a large client group within social services and that parents feel mistrusted in their interaction with the authorites despite improved living conditions. Our qualitative study aimed to investigate social workers' experiences of assessing children's needs and parental capacity in families where one or both parents have intellectual disabilities and to identify the social worker’s state of knowledge working with this target group. The study has been conducted with a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews with professionals working and investigating these families. The empirical data has been analyzed with Michael Lipsky’s theory of street-level bureaucrats which highlights the social workers discretion in their work which can be considered to be complex. The results provide a deeper understanding of the experiences, challenges and knowledge social workers have working with families where the parents have an intellectual disability.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130858 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lyberg, Tilde, Byrsjö, Alma |
| Publisher | 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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