The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what type of work-related stress that social workersexperience in working with abused children and how they handle this stress. The study uses the qualitative method approach, which has conducted interviews with six social workers who are professionals in three different municipalities in Stockholm. The results of the interviews were further analyzed using coping theory, which is the theoretical methodology of the study. It was clear from the results that all interviewees experienced feelings of, for instance, grief and anger while working with abused children. They also stated that the interaction with this group of children; and the organization's workload; added different types of work-related stress. Despite the help of long work experience, the majority of the interviewees have managed to acquire different strategies for coping with the work with these children. Strategies such as support from colleagues, managers, self-care, and relaxing from work were consistent aspects; in the results for dealing with work-related stress.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-201655 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Kaya, Fatma, Elkilany, Rania |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete |
| 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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